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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
Looking for the Lord's Return
2 Thessalonians 1 - Commendation in Conflict - 7/10/16 Turn with me to the book of 2 Thessalonians, chapter 1. Two weeks ago, we looked at 1 Thessalonians, and we saw an introduction to the church there. As you remember, Thessalonica is a town in Greece, one of the biggest cities in the whole ...read more
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
This is an exposition of 1 Thessalonians 1.
I had a great conversation with my 4 year old son, Kasen, this week. He was noticing all of the cars parked at the neighbors house next door. Everyone was dressed up and he wondered why. I explained to him that our neighbor...an old man died. I told him that’s what happens to all of us someday. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Giving Thanks for These Believers, Paul’s Ministry, Encouragement of Timothy’s Visit, Sanctification and Love, and The Day of the Lord
1 THESSALONIANS 1-5 (NASB) (notes care of biblegateway.com) Giving Thanks for These Believers CHAPTER 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 2 We always give thanks to God for all of you, making ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:1
Denomination: Vineyard
On of the things that hurts the Lord’s work is that sometimes people join the church who are not sincere in their relationship with the Lord.
These join for wrong reasons. For example, if you ask people what kind of church they are looking for, some answers will be: • “Well, I do not really like that church, but I probably will join the one down the street because it is convenient.” • “I am looking for a church with a good youth ...read more
Scripture: Acts 17:1-9
Denomination: Baptist
An introduction and the church at thessalonica
I Thessalonians 11-10 Today the art of letter writing seems to be dying. What with email, text messaging etc people no longer seem to write a letter to anyone. Now I am one of those who uses text messages and email but I love receiving a letter and I quite enjoy writing letters to people. I ...read more
Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican
To be an agent of Jesus in this life, we must be willing to faithful, gentle and sacrificial in our lives and expect people to take our actions for granted
This week we start the second oldest book in the New Testament as recorded in its publishing. We began with James on our year-long journey chronological study of the New Testament. Hence the reason we are calling this message series Chronos. It's a word that means “time.” We will be journeying ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6, 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8, 1 Thessalonians 2:9-12, 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16
To mature as a Christian, everyone needs to apprentice with a strong guide who offers good instruction, insight and continual prayer.
Last week, we discovered following Jesus requires sacrifice and to expect someone close to betray you as you traverse the pathway to be more like Jesus. This week, we look at how Paul was a spiritual parent to these believers. How apropos for this mother’s day don’t you think? He loved them so ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13, 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13, James 1:2-4 (view more) (view less)
We witness to Christ everyday in how our words and actions show the hope we have within our hearts
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8, 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 24:36-37 (view more) (view less)
The Study Of First and Second Thessalonians
The Study Of First and Second Thessalonians 2 Timothy 3:16 (KJV) 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: Thessalonica was a large and prosperous city in Macedonia. It was located on the ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16
Denomination: Foursquare
A discussion based exposition of 1 Thess. 1:1
1 Thessalonians 1:1 – Paul’s Greeting to the Thessalonian Church Series: 1 Thessalonians Chuck Sligh Sep-Oct 2016 NOTE 1: This is the first lesson of an extended Bible study of the book of 1 Thessalonians. Each lesson includes discussion questions. Some are open ended questions which require not ...read more
The record of the Thessalonian church being established can be found in Acts 17:1-9.
This church was established on Paul’s second missionary journey. It was when Paul and Silas had just left Philippi and passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia to arrive at Thessalonica. Many of the people who heard Paul preach came to believe in the gospel that he preached. The unbelieving Jews ...read more
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4
In his book, “Harvest of Humanity,” John Seamands tells the story of a German soldier that was wounded in training.
He reported the injury to his officer and he was commanded to go to the local military hospital. When he arrived at the hospital he parked his car and entered the magnificent building. Immediately he saw two doors clearly marked. • The sign on one said, “For the slightly wounded,” and the other ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-27
Outline of the book of 1 Thessalonians
THE TEACHINGS OF THESSALONIANS I. The End Times – Last days . 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 2:19; 3:11-13; 4:13-5:11; 5:23 . 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; 2:1-12 II. The Emotions – Passion of a pastor, don’t lose joy& hope . 1 Thessalonians 1:3-5; 2:7-8, 11-12, 17-18; 3:1-10; 4:1-8 . 2 ...read more
This is the first message in a series on the book of 2 Thessalonians. Paul gives encouragment to Christians who are going through trials and tribulations.
2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 INTRODUCTION: A few months after writing his FIRST letter to them, Paul writes his SECOND letter to the Christians at Thessalonica. WHY did he write this 2nd letter? o The 1st letter didn’t answer all their questions. o Persecution had intensified (1:4). o They got a ...read more
In 1 and 2 Thess. some last days events are dealt with. If we are not careful we can get those events mixed up.
For example, in 1 Thess. Paul dealt with the RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH. He had this to say in 1 Thess. 4:16-18. We read, “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which ...read more
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12