Author Archives: Jefferson Vann

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About Jefferson Vann

Jefferson Vann is pastor of Piney Grove Advent Christian Church in Delco, North Carolina.

staying awake

staying awake 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 (JDV) 1 Thessalonians 5:6 So then, let us not be sleeping, like the rest, but let us be staying awake and be self-controlled 1 Thessalonians 5:7 because those who are sleeping, sleep at night, and … Continue reading

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children of the day

  children of the day 1 Thessalonians 5:4-5 (JDV) 1 Thessalonians 5:4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the dark, causing this day to surprise you like a thief1 Thessalonians 5:5 because you are all children of light … Continue reading

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quick destruction

20211125 quick destruction 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 (JDV) 1 Thessalonians 5:1 About the times and the seasons: Brothers and sisters, you do not need anything to be written to you1 Thessalonians 5:2 because you yourselves know quite well that the day … Continue reading

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with the Lord

    with the Lord 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 (JDV) 1 Thessalonians 4:16 because the Lord himself will descend from the sky with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will … Continue reading

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in the same way

1 Thessalonians 4:13-15 (JDV) 1 Thessalonians 4:13 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope1 Thessalonians 4:14 because if … Continue reading

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brotherly care in one direction

brotherly care in one direction 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 (JDV) 1 Thessalonians 4:9 About brotherly caring: You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to care about one another. 1 Thessalonians 4:10 In fact, you … Continue reading

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invitation to consecration

invitation to consecration 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 (JDV) 1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God has not invited us to impurity but to live in consecration. 1 Thessalonians 4:8 Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject a human, but God, who gives … Continue reading

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God’s sexual preference

God’s sexual preference 1 Thessalonians 4:3-6 (JDV) 1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is God’s preference, your consecration: that you keep away from sexual immorality, 1 Thessalonians 4:4 that each of you knows how to control his own body in consecration … Continue reading

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keep at it

keep at it 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 (JDV) 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Beyond this then, brothers and sisters, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, because as you have accepted instruction from us on how you should live and please … Continue reading

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praying for absent friends

  praying for absent friends 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 (JDV) 1 Thessalonians 3:11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. 1 Thessalonians 3:12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and … Continue reading

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