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PROOF OF THEIR ELECTION
*1 Thes.
1:4-7*
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THEY BECAME FOLLOWERS OF US AND THE LORD.
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/The outstanding fruit of faith in the gospel was the Thessalonians’ change of behavior.
They *became imitators *of their spiritual parents, the missionaries.
This is normal Christian experience.
But they also went on to imitate *the Lord.
*This too is natural, and the order is true to life as well.
A new Christian first looks to other believers as his pattern, but then as he matures he realizes that Jesus Christ is his best “model” (cf. 1 Peter 2:21).[1]
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They received the Word in much affliction.
/I think there to be no greater witness of divine election in salvation, than people who embrace the faith of Christ while in much tribulation./
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/ Talk is so cheap among the disciples of Christ when faith is served up on a platter./
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/But, show me the believer who trusts in the midst of affliction, or better yet, the one who dares to believe in-spite of the affliction, and there you have the genuine article!/
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And, with joy of the Holy Ghost.
/Romans 5:3 “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: /
/knowing that tribulation worketh patience.”/
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THEY WERE EXAMPLES.
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To all that believed in Macedonia.
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To all that believed in Achaia.
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[1]John F. Walvoord, Roy B. Zuck and Dallas Theological Seminary, /The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An Exposition of the Scriptures/ (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1983-c1985).
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