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Paul’s letters to the Christians in Thessalonica offer a model for ministry, a vision for the local church, and an affirmation of our faith. They thus illuminate aspects of Christian life and service that are at the heart of God’s purposes for his people.

towards others (both within the Christian fellowship and beyond it), and hope towards the future, in particular the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Similarly, ‘faith rests on the past; love works in the present; hope looks to the future’.17 Every Christian without exception is a believer, a lover and a hoper (not necessarily an optimist, since ‘optimism’ is a matter of temperament, ‘hope’ of theology). Faith, hope and love are thus sure evidences of regeneration by the Holy Spirit. Together
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