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First Thessalonians chapter three, verse eight,

for now we live if you are standing fast in the Lord.

Yes, this is this is very similar language to what we

read and prayed about in first Thessalonians 2, 19, and 20, their Paul was saying,

I can't wait for you just to come back and on that day I want your lives to be the fruit of my life.

You are my hope and glory and joy. Well, now he says in first Thessalonians 3, listen to this

language, I live if you are standing fast in the Lord. Like the purpose of my life is to help you

stand fast in the Lord. Again, this is the heart of disciples making. This is the practical

outworking of Matthew 28, verse 19, in Paul's life and his relationship with these Thessalonians

Christians. What does it mean to make disciples? It means to live to help other people stand and

experience life in the Lord and not just to come to know Christ, but to persevere in Christ.

To grow in Christ. That's what it means to make disciples to go, lead people to Jesus,

lead them to be baptized, the name of the Father to the Son and the Holy Spirit, teach them to

obey everything Christ has commanded so that they are standing fast in the Lord. So I would just

ask the question for all of us today, who are you living to see standing fast in the Lord?

Who would you say, I live if you are standing fast in the Lord and my whole life is about helping

you stand fast in the Lord. There should be people around us that we are living like that for.

In fact, there's a sense in which this is the Christian life and approach to everyone around us.

Like certainly the people closest to us, we want to live in such a way that we're helping them

know Christ and grow in Christ and stand firm in Christ. But that's also true for people,

not just in our homes or our friends or in the church, but certainly that's true for people

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