Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2

A. Working out salvation: Biblical morality in an immoral world

1. The Mandate toward a life of Biblical Morality: 1 Thess. 4:1a, Eph. 1:3-4

2. The Process in a life of Biblical Morality: 1 Thess. 4:1c, Gen. 5:22-24, Eph. 4:1, 1 John 2:6

3. The Purpose in a life of Biblical Morality: 1 Thess. 4:1b, 2 Cor. 5:9-10, John 8:29

4. The Progression in a life of Biblical Morality: 1 Thess. 4:1c-2, Psalm 71:14, 1 Thess. 4:10