The Problem is Specific. v.6, 11 The Pattern was Shown. v.7-9 The Principle is Simple. v.10 The Practice of the Sinner. v.12 The Patience in Sharing. v.13 The Purpose of the Separation. v.14 The Penalty not to be Severe. v.15 C. Reprimand. 3:6 V.6 h) Commandment to Withdraw - I. Withdrawal from brothers that Walks Wrongly by not Working. II. The disorderly walk is elaborated in v.7-15 III. The curse God put upon man has not yet been released from man. Gen.3:17-19 The curse Jesus took upon Himself on the cross was the curse of the Law not the curse given in the garden of Eden. Gal.3:10-13 D. Review. 3:7-10 V.7 i) Capable Witnesses - Paul didn’ t exhort something he didn’ t live, he was an example to follow, a pattern to form oneself after. V.8 j) Cared for ourselves and Worked- I. Paul and Silas paid for their own bread. II. Worked day and night. They worked as evangelists in the city, as pastors and teachers in the church, yet they worked in a secular job during the day and night. Eph.4:28 III. They could have burdened the Thessalonians, by strongly exhorting them to support them because of the full time ministry they were doing, but they didn’ t V.9 k) Challenged to Consider their Walk - Paul as an apostolic minister could have used his authority to make certain demands, instead of being an example of Lordship he chose to be an example of Lifestyle. 1.Peter 5:2-3; 1.Cor.4:15-17; 11:1 V.10 l) Commandments regarding not Working - I. Paul taught them by Exhortation and by Example to work for their own food II. By sowing Laziness believers will reap an empty stomach. By sowing Labour believers will reap a full stomach. Gal.6:7; Prov.19:15; 24:30-34 III. Some believers in the church were lazy, some wanted to be full time workers in the church and didn’ t work, and some waited for the near return of the Lord and didn’ t work. No matter what are the reasons, Christians has the command by the Lord to work, until God provides them with the financial release to be without work as a minister of God. Christians should not be burdens to the Church nor to his fellow Christian. IV. The idle had perhaps wrongly understood that the Lord would come soon instead of that He could come soon, therefore they perhaps didn’ t work. V. It’ s not referring to the sick, weak, handicapped or the old, but the lazy believers that are capable workers.