1st Thessalonians Chapter 4

In their reading of 1 Thessalonians 4, Delaney and Shawn explore Paul’s instructions on sanctification, purity, and love. They discuss how justification (being made right with God through Christ’s atonement) applies to everyone today, while sanctification (becoming holy) now comes through faith and spiritual maturity rather than religious works. They contrast how these ideas applied to the early church bride and how they apply differently in a post-fulfillment world. The conversation touches on sexual ethics, legalism, heart over behavior, and why Christian expectations often get things backwards—expecting people to clean up before understanding they’re already covered.