I Thessalonians 1

2. CAN YOU MENTION FEW
COUNCIL/ BUSINESS MEETS IN
BIBLE?

3. TO CHOOSE A VACANT POST
OF A COMMITTEE MEMBER
ACTS ACTS 1:12-26
DONE KEEPING IN GODLY
STANDARD & GOD’S PLAN

4. TO ASSIGN VARIOUS
RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT
PREACHING OF THE WORD CAN
BE DONE WITHOUT COMPROMISE
ACTS 6:1-7
PEOPLE FILLED WITH HOLY
SPIRIT

5. DEALING WITH CONFUSION IN
THE EARLY CHURCH AND
COME AT AN CHURCH POLICY
ACTS 15:1-29
FOCUS ON ESSENTIALS

6. REPORTING IN BIBLE

7. LUKE 10:
1-3 – APPOINTMENT OF
COMMITTEE & SPECIFYING THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY
4-16 – STRATEGY & POLICY
17 - RPORTING

9. I THESSALONIANS 1

10. Intro (Acts 17:1-10)
 Paul entered Thessalonica while on his second
missionary journey.
 He preached there for three weeks and was
able to establish a church.
 However, a group of jealous Jews interpreted
Paul's message to mean that he was
proclaiming another ruler in opposition to the
Roman emperor, and he was forced to leave
town

11. Intro…
 Because of Paul's concern for this young
church, he sent his coworker, Timothy, to learn
how the Thessalonians were doing.
 Timothy reported that the Christians' faith
remained strong but that they continued to be
persecuted by those who had banished Paul.
 Timothy also brought back questions which Paul
had not had time to answer during his short
stay.

12. Intro…
 First Thessalonians was Paul's first attempt at
offering encouragement and answering
questions
 In fact it was probably the first of Paul's
epistles.
 It was written from Corinth only a few months
after Paul had left Thessalonica.

13. In 1 Thessalonians Paul offers
encouragement in four major areas:
 (1) How can I be sure that I will be with
Jesus after death?
 (2) How can I be sure that Jesus is
coming again?
 (3) How can I be sure that Jesus hasn't
forgotten me when I am suffering
persecution?
 (4) How can I be sure that my life is
pleasing to God?

14. I THESSALONIANS 1

15. 1:1
USUAL SALUTATION
SHORT GREETING
PAUL, SILVANUS & TIMOTHY
GRACE & PEACE

16. WHAT ARE THE THREE POINTS
FOR WHICH PAUL THANKS
GOD FOR THE CHURCH AT
THESSALONICA?

17. WHAT ARE THE THREE POINTS
FOR WHICH PAUL THANKS GOD
FOR THE CHURCH AT
THESSALONICA?
WORK PRODUCED BY FAITH
YOUR LABOR PROMPTED BY
LOVE
YOUR ENDURANCE INSPIRED BY
HOPE

18. (1) ALWAYS THANKED
GOD FOR THEM ALL,
(2) MENTIONED THEM IN THEIR
PRAYERS
(3) CONTINUALLY
REMEMBERED THEM BEFORE
GOD

19. WHAT CAN WE UNDERSTAND
ABOUT THE FOLLOWING?
WORK PRODUCED BY FAITH
YOUR LABOR PROMPTED BY
LOVE
YOUR ENDURANCE INSPIRED BY
HOPE

20. THE THREE MOST EMINENT
CHRISTIAN GRACES (FAITH,
LOVE AND HOPE) WHICH
CHARACTERIZED THEIR LIVES.

21. THEIR FAITH IN GOD WAS NOT
A CONCEPT. BUT THE CHANGE
WAS EVIDENT FROM THEIR
LIVES.

22. Faith, love, hope
 your work of faith
 your labor of love
 patience of hope
 you turned to God
from idols
 to serve the living
and true God
 to wait for His Son
from heaven
1 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Thessalonians 1:9–10

23. Work of Faith
 Faith must always lead to works (James2:14–
26)

24. Labour of love
 A true love for people leads to labour for them;
otherwise it degenerates into mere sentimentality.
 Moreover, this ‘labour’ is kopos, which denotes
‘either the fatiguing nature of what is done or the
magnitude of the exertion required’
 We are “taught by God to love one another” (1
Thess. 4:9).
 We serve Christ because we love Him; this is the
“labor of love”
 “If ye love me, keep my commandments”
 (John 14:15)

25. Patience of hope
 true hope, which looks expectantly for the
Lord’s return, leads to endurance (hypomonē),
which is patient fortitude in the face of
opposition.

26. WHAT ARE OUR PRAYER
POINTS ABOUT?
ARE THE PEOPLE WHOM WE
MENTOR PART OF OUR
PRAYER POINTS?

27. AS EU & EGF MEMBERS HOW
CAN WE MEANINGFULLY PRAY
FOR EU STUDENTS?
HOW CAN WE STRATEGICALLY
PRAY FOR SPREAD OF THE
GOSPEL?

28. WHAT EVIDENCE DOES PAUL
SUGGEST THAT THE
THESSALONIAN CHURCH IS AN
ELECT BY GOD?

29. FOR IN V 4
BECAUSE IN V 5
A) FOR – VISIBILITY OF CHRISTIAN
TRIAD (FAITH, LOVE, HOPE)
B) BECAUSE – RESULT OF
EVANGELISTIC ACTIVITY OF PAUL
& COMPANIONS

30. HOW DID PAUL & COMPANIONS
PRESENT GOSPEL? (5)

31. WITH WORDS
WITH POWER
WITH DEEP CONVICTION
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

32. WORDS
POWER
DEEP CONVICTION
HOLY SPIRIT
DEMONSTRATED IT

33. WITH POWER ????

34. With power
 Words spoken in human weakness need to be
confirmed with divine power.
 The reference is to the internal operation of the
Holy Spirit.
 1 Cor. 2:1–5.
 It is only by his power that the Word can
penetrate people’s mind, heart, conscience
and will.
 Word empowered by Holy Spirit
 Word of God is the Sword of the Spirit
(Eph:6:17)

35. DEEP CONVICTION

36. Deep conviction
 Paul’s preaching was not only powerful in its
effect but confident in its presentation.
 He was sure of his message, of its truth and its
relevance, and in consequence was bold in
proclaiming it.

37. HOLY SPIRIT

38. Holy Spirit
 belong to all the other Three
 the truth of the Word, the conviction with which we
speak it, and the power of its impact on others all
come from the Holy Spirit
 It is he who illumines our minds, so that we
formulate our message with integrity and clarity.
 It is he whose inward witness assures us of its
truth, so that we preach it with conviction.
 And it is he who carries it home with power, so
that the hearers respond to it in penitence, faith
and obedience.

39. DEMONSTRATION OF GOSPEL
MESSAGE

40. Demonstrated Gospel
 I Thes: 2:10-12
 Did not think about themselves
 Lived an incarnational life
 Their life was open book to be read and
understood.
 This forced people to imitators of Paul & his
companions

41. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE
CHOICE OF PROPER WORDS/
CONCEPTS IN OUR
EVANGELISTIC ACTIVITIES?

42. WHAT EFFORTS CAN WE DO
SO THAT MESSAGES WILL BE
PREACHED WITH THE POWER
OF HOLY SPIRIT AND DEEP
CONVICTION?

43. HOW DOES EU STUDENTS
LOOK TO US?
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
THINGS WE AS A FELLOWSHIP
CAN MEND SO THAT WE CAN
BE IMITATED BY EU
STUDENTS?

44. HOW WAS THE GOSPEL
MESSAGE RECEIVED BY
THE THESSALONIAN
CHURCH?
(6,7)

45. WORDS – WELCOMED THE
MESSAGE
POWER – GOD’S MESSAGE RANG
OUT FROM THEM TO
EVERYWHERE
DEEP CONVICTION – WELCOMED
IN THE MIDST OF SEVERE
SUFFERING
HOLY SPIRIT – WELCOMED WITH
JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
DEMONSTRATED IT – BECAME
IMITATORS OF PAUL & CO & LORD

46. HOW DID THE CHURCH AT
THESSALONICA INVOLVE IN
GOSPEL ACTIVITIES?

47. Involvement in Gospel by church of
Thessalonia
 Model to all the believers in Macedonia and
Achaia
 The Lord’s message rang out from you (1:8)
 Their change was a public spectacle
 Turned from idols to living and true God
 Wait for His second coming

48. PAUL & COMPANIONS TOOK
EFFORTS IN THESSALONIA,
ACHAIA, MACEDONIA AND OTHER
PLACES.
WHAT ARE THE PLACES WE AS EU
- EGF IS CONCENTRATING ON?
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR
EXTENSION OF MINISTRY?