1 Thessalonians - the Big Picture

Just under forty minutes from https://twitter.com/WelshRev at https://www.facebook.com/TyrBugail for https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Wales.online and https://yGRWP.com on the Big Picture overview of Paul's first letter to the Thessalonian church.

Episode notes:

Introduction
What do you SAY to new Christians who have suddenly, in coming to Christ, come under huge pressure, precisely BECAUSE of their new-found faith in Christ?

(And what crumbs from this lesson fall under the table to the rest of us to help us along?)

•Celebrate faithfulness, chs. 1-3

     •Paul thanks God for all that He’s given them, 1:1-5

     •Remembering their conversion, 1:6-10

     •Remembering the campaign they were converted in, 2:1-12

     •Realising as they suffer they participate with Jesus, 2:13-16

     •Paul’s anguish and Timothy’s discovery, 2:17-3:10

•Challenge to grow, chs. 4-5   (Ymlaen!)

      •Holiness and sexual purity, 4:1-8

      •Love expressed in practical service, 4:9-12

      •Answering death’s challenge to faith, 4:13-18

      •The Christian hope is what fires your faithfulness, 5:1-11

•Conclusion

      •Following Jesus leads to a counter-cultural life

      •That responds to hostility with love & generosity

      •That is motivated by going forward in holiness inspired by HOPE in the coming Kingdom of Jesus