Tag: 1 Thessalonians
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May 7, 2023 Worship Service
Be patient with one another. How will you display the patience that Jesus has had with you in how you treat others?
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April 16, 2023 Worship Service
Knowing that Jesus will come back should cause us to live differently – we must commit to going about our lives in a way that points to the coming King!
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February 5, 2023 Service
Paul hearing about the Thessalonians brought him great joy, just as it encouraged them of his care. This sort of encouragement is what every Christian needs to grow in holiness and to follow the Lord as we serve one another.
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January 29, 2023 Service
Paul’s desire. Paul explains his inability to return to the Thessalonians in heart-wrenching terms: he desperately wanted to be with them to help them grow in Christ, yet was prevented from doing so by the adversary.
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January 22, 2023 Service
The church in Thessalonica adopted the very patterns of life of faithful believers who had gone before them, even to the extent of not shying away when persecution was the result. Paul sees this as evidence of them genuinely receiving the Gospel.
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January 15, 2023 Sermon
Genuine, Christ-honoring ministry is not about worldly success. It isn’t measured by how accepted (or not!) we are. Paul shows that even in the midst of opposition, God was still at work. His goal wasn’t to please people, but instead was God’s honor.
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January 8, 2023 Sermon
What disciples do. Very practically, we read that the Thessalonians were following Christ in four distinct ways: they had turned away from worshiping anything or anyone other than Him, they were patiently awaiting Christ’s return, they believed that Jesus truly was the Messiah, and they believed that His work would rescue them from their sins.
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January 1, 2023 Sermon
It is significant that the first “topic” Paul writes on is thanksgiving: gratefulness for this imperfect church filled with fairly new believers. Paul’s gratefulness specifically revolves around the fact that the Thessalonians don’t just believe Christ on an intellectual level, but rather that the Gospel is transforming how they live and act.
