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Friday, April 19, 2024
Messages from a preaching series on Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians.
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Sermon notes Paul’s courageous ministry of the gospel in Thessalonica was not in vain. God made it a fruitful ministry so as to accomplish His own electing purpose. Yet, God works sovereignly to save in prescribed channels! God is a God of order. We may look […]
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Sermon notes In the first chapter Paul speaks of what he knows of these believers, 1:4. The fruits of grace he sees in their lives convinces him that they are elect of God. He focuses upon the sovereign grace in salvation and what it produces in […]
Subject: Waiting for the return of Christ Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Sermon notes They began to wait for Christ’s return, v10. To wait is from the root meaning ‘to remain, abide’, John 15:4. It is an intensified form of the verb. This is a part of their gospel steadfastness in […]
Subject: Witnesses for Christ Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:7-8 Sermon notes They became witnesses, v7-8. This is an important aspect of their siding with the gospel and Paul’s preaching of it. Silent support is not possible! Cp Acts 4:20. There is a very public, obvious stand with gospel truth. This […]
Subject: Followers of Paul Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6 Sermon notes Recognition of the character of Paul’s ministry, v5-6.
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Sermon notes The Apostle lists a series of evidences that these believers were certainly the elect of God. This solid, irrefutable proof of God’s sovereign saving mercy. The work of the Holy Ghost in power to apply the gospel, v5. The saving power of the Holy […]
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Sermon notes The letter before us was written by Paul from Athens where Paul had arrived very soon after leaving Thessalonica. See Acts 17:10-15, 1Thess 3:2. It was written to the congregation but clearly addressed to the oversight, 5:25-27. The human penmen were Paul, Silas and […]
Scripture: Acts 17:1-10 Sermon notes At 50 miles west of Philippi on the coast of Macedonia lay the city of Thessalonica. Paul had arrived in that city fresh from the trouble of Philippi and spent just a few weeks—three Sabbath days, v2—in establishing the congregation that he later writes two […]