“Modeling the Right Stuff“ I Thessalonians 1:4-10 Key Verse 1:7

February 28, 2021

The City: Thessalonica was a thriving metropolis in the first century. The city was located on the superhighway of it’s time the – Via Egnatia – which brought people from the east to the west. Travelers literally poured into Thessalonica. At one point the city grew to be some .

 

1 Thessalonians 1:4-10

For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.  You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.  And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.  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,  for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

 

Question: “What should Park Hill Baptist Church be modeling?” 

 

 

Celebration

 

 

Touch

 

 

Difference-making

 

 

 

 

 

 

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