Becoming the Example

Becoming the Example | 1 Thessalonians 1.1-10 
Pastor Blake Hanson | 4.6.22 

Big Idea: How to be in a critical world 

1 Thessalonians 1.1–10 (ESV)

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 give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 

3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 

4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 

5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 

6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 

7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 

8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 

9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 

10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

WE’RE COMMENDED WHEN WE… 
1) Possess  

1 Thessalonians 1.3 (ESV) 
remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 

3 aspects of discipline: 
1. in works. 
2. Labor in . 
3. Consistent in .

2) Live life in the of the gospel 

Hebrews 4.12 (ESV)

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Romans 1.16 (ESV)

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

3) Set an example that others to the gospel

Two parts to becoming a godly example: 
1. Find someone to . 
2. Develop a godly . 

1 Thessalonians 1.9–10 (ESV)

9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 

10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

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