1. It's My Business! 1Thessalonians 4:9-12

2. and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, 1Thessalonians 4:11 Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. 2Thessalonians 3:12

3. It's God's Business! Genesis 1:1 John 3:16 1John 1:9 1Peter 3:12 2Timothy 2:19

4. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

5. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1John 1:9 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. 1Peter 3:12

6. But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: The Lord knows those who are his, and, Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity. 2Timothy 2:19

7. It's Jesus' Business! 1Peter 3:18 1Peter 2:21 Acts 3:22-23 Hebrews 3:1 Revelation 17:14 Revelation 3:19 Acts 17:30-31

8. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 1Peter 3:18 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 1Peter 2:21

9. Moses said, The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people. Acts 3:22-23

10. Therefore, holy brothers and sisters; you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, Hebrews 3:1 They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful. Revelation 17:14

11. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Revelation 3:19 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead. Acts 17:30-31

12. It's The Holy Spirit's Business! John 16:13 Romans 1:16 2Peter 1:20-21 Hebrews 2:1-4 Acts 5:3-4

13. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. John 16:13

14. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16

15. knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2Peter 1:20-21

16. how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will. Hebrews 2:3-4

17. It's The Elders' Business! Acts 20:28 1Peter 5:1-3 Hebrews 13:17 1Corinthians 5:1-5 Matthew 18:15-20

18. Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. Acts 20:28

19. shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. 1Peter 5:2-3

20. Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you. Hebrews 13:17

21. It's Brethren's Business! 1Thessalonians 5:14-15 Galatians 2:11 Ephesians 2:19 Romans 12:10 Hebrews 10:23-25 John 7:22-24

22. And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle (disorderly, undisciplined), encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. 1Thessalonians 5:14-15

23. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens (sojourners), but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, Ephesians 2:19 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Romans 12:10

24. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:23-25

25. Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment. John 7:22-24

26. Yes, Sometimes It Is Their Business!