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1 Thessalonians 5:27
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27 I charge [horkizo] you [humas] by the Lord [kurios] that this epistle [epistole] be read [anaginosko] unto all [pas] the holy [hagios] brethren. [adelphos] KJV-Interlinear
27 I adjure you by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brethren. NASB
To charge, or to ‘adjure,’ carries the authority or power of an order from a recognized higher authority.
This is an order, and not a request. Not something that you can consider and either do or not do. In this order you have no choice in the matter. You are bound by the order to follow it, to the letter.
When in the military, the higher authority gives orders to the subordinates. The subordinate has no choice but to obey and follow the orders given. Now, these are honest and lawful orders, of course.
And it is the same here. Paul is giving all believers an order. Read these words. Read this letter. Read the scriptures. Why? Because they are truth and your access to truth.
By ignoring the order to read, as most will, because they resent being given orders, then you are left only lies to consider as a guide for your life. If you reject truth, then what is remaining for you?
By refusing, resisting, objecting, being indifferent or apathetic toward reading the scriptures, then you are disobedient not only to God, but to truth. You by default are embracing lies.
By ignoring the scriptures, you are in effect, believing that all there is to life is whatever it is that is going on around you in your life or in the world. And whatever goes on after this life, is whatever it is that you want to believe it’s going to be. And that is the biggest and most dangerous mistake that you or anyone could ever make, because you are gambling your entire eternal future (which is a very, very, very long time) to beliefs that have no basis in fact.
Now, we just finished studying in these past few verses, the need for examination of the scriptures. That examination, or questioning (objectively), is something that will save your life and help you avoid a great deal of grief in your life.
Positive believers question, ask, verify, review, dig deep to discover the truth’s of a matter.
Those who reject truth, don’t. Those who are negative toward God, toward Christ, toward doctrine, and so forth, reject truth without examination, and in contrast, will accept the carnal beliefs of this world, without question.
In some of the worst case scenarios of history, people followed, Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others. They rejected truth, and ended up involved in some of the most violent segments of history. You are not exempt from this kind of result. Thus the order. Read and study truth, because its alternative is never good.
