EIGHTEEN RULES OF EXHORTATION
BY J.L. MEREDITH

1. Our exhortation was not of deceit (I Thess. 2:3)

2. Our exhortation was not of uncleanness (I Thess. 2:3)

3. Our exhortation was not in guile (I Thess. 2:3)

4. As you were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so speak (I Thess 2:4)

5. Speak not as pleasing men (I Thess. 2:4)

6. Speak as pleasing God (I Thess. 2:4)

7. Use no flattering words (I Thess. 2:5)

8. Use no cloak of covetousness (I Thess. 2:5)

9. Do not seek glory from men (I Thess. 2:6)

10. Be gentle, even as a nurse cherishes her children (I Thess. 2:7)

11. Impart the gospel of God (I Thess. 2:8)

12. Impart your own souls (I Thess. 2:8)

13. Behave holily  (I Thess. 2:10)

14. Behave justly (I Thess.2:10)

15. Behave unblameably (I Thess. 2:10)

16. Exhort as a father does his children (I Thess. 2:11)

17. Charge everyone to walk worthy of God (I Thess. 2:11, 12)

18. Thank God without ceasing for those who receive the exhortation (I Thess. 2:13)

THE ABOVE MATERIAL WAS PUBLISHED IN THEIR FEBRUARY 1995 ISSUE OF THE INDIANA DISPATCH, AND WAS ADAPTED FORM MEREDITH’S BOOK OF BIBLE LISTS.

THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN COPYRIGHTED AND MAY BE USED FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY PURPOSES ONLY.