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I am enjoying this book and agreeing with it (like "yes!", "write on"...laughing that Jesus wouldn't get hired because he was single...silly but prob would be true). There are some parts that uses particular language to describe leadersh...
Tag Archives: 1 Thessalonians
Our Future Hope and the Coming of the Lord – 1 Thessalonians 3:11-18
We have a future hope. But the best part of this is that our future hope is the Lord coming back for us and how we will be part of the gathering of all believers of all time (whether we are here or not). We will partake of the resurrection from the dead when our […]
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A Servant of God: Four Motives Unworthy of the Gospel
In 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6, Paul shared with the Thessalonian church that he did not have unworthy motives when he and his team went to them and started the church. He did not have any unworthy motives of the Gospel of Christ. These are applicable not only to those who serve in some form of Christian […]
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Three marks of a believer
Three marks of a believer Paul in 1 Thessalonians 1:8-10 gives us three marks of believer. 1. They share the gospel with others v. 8 “The Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it” […]
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Three virtues of a Christian
Paul (along with Silvanus and Timothy) in 1 Thessalonians 1 prays without ceasing “before God” for the virtues that believers in Thessalonica had shown when they converted to Christ. Paul mentions for the first time in his writings (this letter was one of the first) the three cardinal virtues of a convert or christian.Let’s ask […]
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