“I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.”
(I Thessalonians 5:27)
It has been my observation that the reading of scripture to someone in the hospital or grieving over the recent death of a family member or friend is excellent comfort.
Paul put much confidence in what the Holy Spirit inspired him to write in his letter to the Thessalonians. “Have it read to all the holy brethren,” he said. It was read to them in the first century. That epistle and all other scriptures ought to be read to the brothers and sisters living in this twenty-first century.
This is why the great apostle instructed Timothy and all other pastors from that day to this to, “Preach the Word…” (II Timothy 4:2) Churches must get their operating instructions from the Bible. No other book of instructions for living the Christian life and guiding the function of a church can match it.
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