The God who Prepares His People
1 Thessalonians • Sermon • Submitted
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· 5 viewsGod directs and strengthens his people, and encourages them to love one another so that they are found blameless in holiness in the day that Christ comes again.
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Introduction
Introduction
I wonder this morning if any of us here have ever prepared for something, or perhaps someone else has prepared us for something.
For example, you just might’ve prepared practically to come to this lecture by reading the passages that will be preached on today.
Or maybe it’s something big in your life that you’ve had to prepare for: like getting prepared emotionally to attend the thanksgiving service of a dear friend, as some of us did on Monday when we remembered together the life of Tony.
Well whatever the circumstance, I’m sure we’ve all had to be prepared for something at some point in our lives.
Just take a second to think about what that was like: what emotions did you feel as you prepared?; was it a hard situation?; was it a joyful situation?
Keep those thoughts in mind as we enter into
Sub-Introduction
Sub-Introduction
Keep those thoughts in mind as we enter into the text that I’ve been given because we are going to be looking at the theme of The God who prepares his People.
If you want to turn to it, the passage is one Thessalonians three verses eleven to thirteen. That again is one Thessalonians chapter three, verses eleven to thirteen.
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Verse ten ends with Paul longing
So we heard of the encouragement that Paul received from Timothy concerning the Thessalonians last week with our very own in house Timothy, and it’s on the back of this encouragement that we pick up this morning.
But, before examining the text there are two questions that I hope to answer from it: First, what is God preparing us for? And second, how does he do that.
The Lord Directs
The Lord Directs
We will come to the what later, but first let us look at the how.
Verse ten ends with the earnest desire and prayer that Paul, Silus, and Timothy have to see the people at the church in Thessalonica again. This links directly with verse eleven where they write ‘Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.’
In preparation, the Lord
Verse ten ends with the earnest desire and prayer that Paul, Silus, and Timothy have to see the people at the church in Thessalonica again. This links directly with verse eleven where they write ‘Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.’
The Lord Himself
The Lord Himself
This earnest desire is seen in a prayer to God. And I like what the writers add in the word himself. It is like an extra emphasis to remind them that it is God who directs and brings us to our first point.
In preparation, the Lord Himself directs us.
The Lord who is OURS
The Lord who is OURS
The Lord Makes our Love Grow
The Lord Makes our Love Grow
Increase and abound
Increase and abound
Love for one another and for all
Love for one another and for all
As we do for you
As we do for you
The Lord Strengthens our Hearts
The Lord Strengthens our Hearts
To make us blameless and holy
To make us blameless and holy
For the day of Christ
For the day of Christ
Application and Conclusion
Application and Conclusion