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1 Thessalonians 1:9 · BSB
1:9 For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
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…make a believer? Isn't that God's job? And if it's not God's job, isn't that what we pay you to do, Travis? How are we supposed to make a believer?1 Thessalonians chapter 1, verses 2 through 10talks a lot about roles and responsibilities. So there's going to be some job descriptions in here. We always thank God for all of you and…
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…as Lord means repentance or turning from sin. That's what it means. It means that we leave the sin that so easily entangles us. In fact, look at1 Thessalonians 1:9. Paul is rejoicing over the Thessalonians true faith and their repentance. Look what it says. He says, "You turned to God?" From what? From idols…
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…that the believers of this age are repeatedly told that they shall not taste this wrath. Yea, they shall not be on earth when it breaks loose.First Thessalonians chapter 1, verses 9and 10 state, ye turn to God from idols, to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even…
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…these epistles, the apostle, was given by Jesus Christ, our ascended Lord, is saying. So let's go. Alright? Because truth is getting spoken here.First Thessalonians chapter 1, verses 8 through 10. Watch what it says here. For the word of the Lord has resounded from you and has echoed like thunder, not only in Macedonia and Archaia, but in…
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…son of God to be saved. But it's more than that. We must also put our trust in Jesus to be saved. We are to give ourselves to him. And Paul says in1 Thessalonians 1:9, "We're converted when we turn from our idols to serve the living God." When we put our trust in the atoning death of Jesus to save us from the…
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…as Christians must keep focused on the hope of our final rescue from God's destruction upon the earth and our deliverance to heaven. Paul taught in1 Thessalonians 1, verse 9-10, For they themselves report about us what kind of entrance we had with you and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God. And…
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…news, new news to them, but it was good news. They were believers. They embraced it. They believed it. They were sharing it. So uh look with me in1 Thessalonians 1:9. This is the first time in Thessalonians the word resurrection of Christ is explicitly used. 1:9 For they themselves show of us what manner of…
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…says in Hebrews 9 verse #14 that God will cleanse your conscience from dead works so that you might serve the living God. Those in Thessalonica,First Thessalonians 1 verses 9and 10, they turn to God from idols in order to serve the true and living God. They turn from dead idols, from empty vain idols that mean nothing…
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…infallible Word. Now this morning we are continuing with our exposition of truths from the book of Thessalonians. And my text today is taken fromFirst Thessalonians chapter 1, verses 9and 10. They read as follows. For they themselves show of us what mannering of entering in we had unto you. And now you turn to God from idols to…
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…that Paul is a servant of him. And we also see the evidence that the belief of the death and resurrection of Jesus is there. I'm going to read from1 Thessalonians 1 verses 9 through 10. 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…
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…with a meal, with encouragement, with prayer, whether it's coming to church and serving in some manner here, you are serving the Lord Christ.1 Thessalonians chapter 1, verse 9, the Thessalonian believers, we are told, turned from idols to serve the living God. So in some sense, service to Christ is a picture of salvation.…
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…Don't shout out. A long time, right? The second benefit that accrues to those who trust Christ is this, you are saved from the coming wrath.1 Thessalonians chapter 1 verses 9and 10. Paul tells the Christians in Thessalonica that they're saved from the wrath of God which is about to fall on society. And the third thing…
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…and work that we are changed from sons of disobedience to sons of obedience, from children of wrath to children of mercy and grace. Paul again,1 Thessalonians 1, verses 9and 10, writes to the Thessalonian church, For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to…
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…hands are not gods. Gods made with hands are not gods. Now this ties into for example what it says in 1 Thessalonians, the summary of the Gospel in1 Thessalonians chapter 1 verses 9and 10. You turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God and to wait for his Son from heaven whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who…
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