Category: 1 Thessalonians
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Daily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-28
Paul closes his letter by instructing the Thessalonian believers to rejoice always. Show your joy again in celebration. Party like something good has happened. Out of all the people on God’s earth, Christians are the ones with most reason to have a good time, celebrate, and rejoice. The rejoicing does not stop. God is doing…
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Daily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15
After encouraging the Thessalonians about those who have died, Paul exhorts them concerning the treatment of others. First, he instructs them to appreciate their preachers and teachers—those who have charge over them in the Lord and give instruction. This instruction particularly concerns the congregation’s treatment of their pastors or positional elders. We are to esteem…
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Daily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
After encouraging them about the reality of the death of their loved ones, Paul comforts the Thessalonians again by telling them that they have no need of anything to be written to them about the times and epochs. He explains why. They are in Christ and do not have to worry about the wrath of…
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Daily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Paul does not want the Thessalonians to be uninformed concerning those who are asleep, or their brothers and sisters in the faith who have died. Whatever Paul is about to write is about a particular type of rapture, but not a future, secret rapture of all the saints all at once prior to a greater…
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Daily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12
Once again, Paul praises the love that the Thessalonians have for one another and encourages them to excel still more. He instructs them to make it their ambition to lead a quiet life, attend to their own business, and work with their hands. This is quite the opposite objective from that of worldly ambition. Worldly…
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Daily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
Paul encourages the saints in Thessalonica to continue being sanctified. Sanctification, in this sense, is the process by which Christians become more like Christ. Sanctification is complete when we are fully like Christ. Paul praises the Thessalonians for walking according to Christian instruction. He admonishes them to excel still more. We are always to excel…
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DAily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13
Paul spends another chapter telling the Thessalonians how thankful to God he is for them. Since he could not make it to Thessalonica, he sent Timothy. He feared that Satan tempted them and rendered his own gospel work in vain, but Timothy reported the success of the gospel in their lives. Paul was worried for…
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Daily Devotional: 1 thessalonians 2:13-20
Because the Spirit was moving with power when Paul first presented the gospel in Thessalonica, the people who received it received it as the word of God–not the mere words of Paul. So, Paul thanks God constantly for the Thessalonians. Any good preacher or teacher does not promote his own teachings, but exegetes and exposits…
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Daily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
Paul, and those with him when he visited Thessalonica, shared the gospel free of monetary charge in the midst of great oppression while they were there. The Thessalonian church is now made up of people who believed despite oppression from both Jews and gentiles in their city. Paul is greatly encouraged and praises the church. …
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Daily Devotional: 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10
Paul is confident in the salvation of the Thessalonians, meaning we can be confident in the salvation of others. He is confident because of their fruit, yes, but also because of the power of the gospel. According to Paul, the gospel did not go out from them in word only. Have you ever listened to…