1 & 2 Thessalonians: Triumphs and Trials of a Consecrated Church (Biblia.com)

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The Thessalonian epistles give us relevant glimpses of the church’s earliest times. When looking at the early church many contemporary questions arise such as: • What is true Gospel? • How do you plant a church? These are questions that exercise our modern church just as much as the historic Thessalonian one. Paul’s first letter was written to encourage and reassure the Christians in...

the LORD Jesus Christ and His equality with the Father point directly to the deity of Christ. The triune relationship of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is assumed, since Paul will shortly speak of the Holy Spirit in 1:5. Paul indicates three truths about the Savior by using His full title, the LORD Jesus Christ (cf. 1:3; 5:9, 23, 28). First, He is LORD (kurios) or Jehovah of the Old Testament, which points to His deity. Next, as Jesus, He is declared to be human; His earthly name means ‘Jehovah saves’ (cf.

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