Some people talk about being a Christian as if it is merely a decision made in the past,

a decision that has little effect on the way you live on a daily basis.

But this is a far cry from scriptures teaching about what it means to belong to Jesus.

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In today's sermon from 1st Thessalonians chapter 5

David Platt explains how Jesus transforms us from the inside out and this

transformation prepares us to come face to face with Jesus on the last day.

Because God's judgment will be final and irreversible,

we should make certain now that Jesus is, in fact, our life

so that we might escape eternal judgment and instead enjoy eternal

satisfaction with him. So here's David with a sermon titled The Secret to

the Christian Life continued from 1st Thessalonians,

Chapter 5, verses 23 and 24.

If you have a Bible, and I hope you are somebody around you does

that you can look on with, let me invite you to open with me to First Thessalonians chapter five.

It's a small book near the back of the Bible, First Thessalonians, chapter 5.

It's really good to be back together around God's word.

Like I've been looking forward to this Sunday

ever since last Sunday when here and at different campuses

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