“But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.”
2 Thessalonians 3:13-14 KJV
Brothers and sisters, don’t ever grow weary in doing what is right. Take special note of anyone who won’t obey what we have written and stay away from them, so that they would be ashamed and get turned around. Paul is persuading here that doing right is not growing tired of honest work. The Hebrew word for work is a homonym for worship. Our lives are to be a seamless expression of offering to God all of our activities as things we do with all our might for the glory of God. To stay away from wayward and disobedient people in the church was not a punishment but an attempt to draw them to repentance and bring them back into restored fellowship with the church. Paul persuades church leaders everywhere to walk the talk and for their guidance, influence and power that comes from God’s Presence, to be real to their congregations. Let’s trust in the Holy Spirit to be real with God and with people so we can mirror Jesus to them. Amen!
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