An Introduction to Thessalonians

An Introduction to Thessalonians
I Thessalonians 1:1-3  |  Pastor Terry Wilcox

The first of Paul’s 13 letters, written in  A.D.

Thessalonica was Therma due to  .
In 315 B.C. Alexander the Great renamed it.
It was referred to as the bridge between the and the .

1. I Thessalonians 1:1 – His greeting is different than his other letters.
   a. It’s .
   b. “Grace and peace” are used together times in the New Testament.
   c. I Thessalonians 1:2 – They give thanks for   .
   Zephaniah 3:17 NKJV
   Galatians 5:26-29 NKJV
2. Paul’s first use of Greek, “ekklesia” –
   “A gathering of citizens called by a herald from their homes to a public gathering.”
   The translation of Hebrew to Greek about 250 B.C. is called the “septuagint” because it was the work of  . It was “ekklesia” to denote an assembly of the   .
   a. Paul appropriates the term by referring specifically to these “In the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
   b. The picture of God as  is central to Christianity.
3. They are noted for:
   a. Faith-producing .  James 2:14-20
   b. Love that  .
   c. Hope that inspires .  Romans 5:3-5

The Thessalonian Christ-followers were persecuted. 
Christ-followers today are persecuted.
God the Father is also the same.
Hebrews 13:8

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