YOUR FAITH IS FAMOUS 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

1 Thessalonians 1:1–10 (ESV) “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.”

1 Thessalonians 1:4–6 (ESV) 1. It is a GENUINE church Genuine conversion changes our DIRECTION 1 Thessalonians 1:4–6 (ESV) “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.”

1. It is a GENUINE church Genuine conversion changes our AFFECTION 1 Thessalonians 1:9 (ESV) “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.”

1. It is a GENUINE church Genuine conversion changes our REFLECTION 1 Thessalonians 1:10 (ESV) “To wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.”

1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 (ESV) 2. It is a DYNAMIC church A WORKING faith 1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 (ESV) “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.”

1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 (ESV) 2. It is a DYNAMIC church A LABORING love 1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 (ESV) “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.”

1 Corinthians 13:1–3 (ESV) “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 (ESV) 2. It is a DYNAMIC church An ENDURING hope 1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 (ESV) “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.”

3. It is a CONTAGIOUS church Contagious in our PROCLAMATION 1 Thessalonians 1:8 (ESV) “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.” 2) Contagious in our PASSION gg 1 Thessalonians 1:9 (ESV) – “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.”

3. It is a CONTAGIOUS church Contagious in our PASSION 1 Thessalonians 1:9 (ESV) “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.”

What can we learn from the church in Thessalonica? They were grounded in their relationship with Jesus They were passionate about their calling They were hopeful about their futures e about their calling