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*1THESSALONIANS 1:5-10*
The thanksgiving (vv.
2–5) is blended with an affirmation (vv.
6–10) of the church.
Both together praise past actions of the Thessalonians with the intent (as becomes clear later in the letter) of encouraging the continuation and expansion of praiseworthy Christian deeds and character.
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*GOD’S MISSION & THE CHURCH *
The Church is a community which is loved and chosen by God.
*1.        **The Third Dependent Clause*
The third participial clause dependent on the thanks: “/knowing/…” [1:4].
*a.       **The Assurance *
Paul was assured about the status of the church in Thessalonica: “/knowing, brethren beloved/…” [1:4].
§  εἰδότες - “/knowing/” [1:3], perfect active participle, ‘to have seen and believed and hence know’; ‘to know intuitively or instinctively’;
*2.        **The Election of the Church *
Paul now presents the second and most profound reason for thankfulness to God in
*a.       **The Election *
Paul is assured about election: “/your election of God/” [1:4].
§  ἐκλογὴν ὑμῶν - “/your election/” [1:4], from ἐκλέγω; the idea of ‘selection’ is predominant; ‘to seek out or select’;
*b.       **The Old Testament *
Paul follows the example of Moses in bringing “love” and “election” together:
§  God’s love and election of Israel was not based on who or what they were: “/The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous…/” [Deu.7:7].
§  The explanation for God’s love and election of Israel is hidden in himself: “/but it was because the Lord loved you/” [Deu.7:8].
*c.        **The Root Cause *
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**The New Social Identity *
The identity: “/brethren beloved of God/…” [1:4].
§  ἀδελφοὶ - “/brethren/” [1:3], ‘male sibling’; ‘male child of the same parenthood’; in Judaism used to express group identity or a loose sense of group kinship’;
§  They gained a new social identity as ‘those who called God their Father’ [Rom.8:15],
‘professed themselves to be God’s adopted children’ [Gal.3:26], and ‘understood Christ, the Son of God, to be their brother’ [Rom.8:29].
§  The church has been alienated from their society due to their new religious allegiance.
§  But their new social identity is forged by the One who is their Father.
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**The Love of God*
The love of God: “/brethren beloved of God/…” [1:4].
§  ἠγαπημένοι - “/beloved/” [1:4], perfect passive participle, in the Old Testament, ‘a spontaneous feeling which impels to self-giving or, in relation to things, to the seizure of the object which awakens the feeling, or to the performance of the action in which pleasure is taken’;
§  ὑπὸ [τοῦ] θεοῦ - “/beloved of God/” [1:4],
*3.        **God’s Mission *
God’s plan for humankind: “/that the purpose of God according to election might stand/…” [Rom.9:11].
§  πρόθεσις - “/purpose/” [9:11], ‘plan, purpose, will’; ‘a divine decision that transcends history’; “/to them who are the called according to his purpose/” [Rom.8:28].
§  A setting forth, presentation, an exposition, determination, plan, or will.
It involves purpose, resolve, and design.
A placing in view or openly displaying something.
*Application*
The question: ‘does God have a mission for his Church or does God have a Church for his mission?’
§  The mission: “/as the Father has sent me, even so I send you/…” [Joh.20:21].
§  Paul’s knowledge of their election is based on the transformation that took place in their lives when he and his colleagues preached Christ to them.
Paul knew the Thessalonians were part of the chosen people of God because he knew the character of the gospel the Thessalonians received (v. 5) and saw the observable results of conversion in their lives (vv.
6–10).
MAKE THE ELECTION OF GOD THE TRANSITION FROM ONE SERMON TO THE NEXT
 
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*THE GOSPEL OF GOD PROCLAIMED  *
*1.        **The Message *
The planting of the church was the direct result of the preaching of the gospel:
*a.       **The Gospel *
The good news: “/our gospel came not unto you/…” [1:5].
§  εὐαγγέλιον - “/our gospel/” [1:5], ‘good news’; ‘well’ plus ‘message’;
§  The news of transcendent events in the life of the emperor, as well as his decrees and discourses, was proclaimed throughout Italy and the provinces as “good news”.
§  Paul’s gospel was “/the good new of Jesus Christ/…” [Acts 17:2].
§  ἐγενήθη - “/came/” [1:5], aorist passive, ‘to come to exist’; ‘to come into being’;
§  εἰς ὑμᾶς - “/unto you/” [1:5], ‘motion up to and into’ Thessalonica;
§  ἐν λόγῳ - “/in/ /word/” [1:5], ‘a word as embodying an idea’; ‘statement’; ‘treatise’;
*b.       **The Messengers *
The human messengers: “/our gospel came not unto you/…” [1:5].
§  τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἡμῶν - “/our gospel/” [1:5], first person genitive plural, genitive of /origin/; ‘belonging to us’;
§  It was the gospel of Paul, Silas, and Timothy; it was the apostolic preaching of the cross: “/that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you/…” [1Joh.1:3].
§  The ‘passing on’ of the gospel: “/our gospel/”, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἡμῶν, came “/unto you/”, εἰς ὑμᾶς.
*Application*
The gospel is the “word of God” which comes in God’s vocabulary.
It must be articulated and verbalised.
*2.
**The Accompaniments *
Four qualifiers explain the manner in which the gospel came to the Thessalonians.
*a.       **The Presence of Accompaniments   *
The message of the gospel: “/came not unto you in word only/…” [1:5].
§  μόνον - “/only/” [1:5], ‘by itself’;
§  ἀλλὰ καὶ - “/but also/” [1:5],
§  ἐν - “/in/” [1:5], ‘withinness’; focus on the /spatial/;
§  ἐν λόγῳ - “/in/ /word/” [1:5], ‘a word as embodying an idea’; ‘statement’; ‘treatise’;
*b.       **The Powerful Events  *
The powerful accompanying events: “/but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost/…” [1:5].
§  ἐν δυνάμει - “/in power/” [1:5], ‘strength’; ‘ability to perform an activity’;
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**Some Examples *
The preaching of the gospel was accompanied with signs and miracles in apostolic times:
§  The Corinthians: “/Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds/” [2Cor.12:12].
§  The conversion of Gentiles in Romans: “/Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ/” [Rom.15:19].
§  Ephesus: “/And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul/” [Acts 19:11].
*c.        **The Holy Ghost *
The presence and work of the Holy Spirit: “/in the Holy Ghost/…” [1:5].
§  ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ - “/in the Holy Ghost/” [1:5], ‘withinness’;
§  The ἐν has the idea of the spatial: ‘the word was preached within the boundaries of the ministry of the Holy Spirit’.
§  The word of God is the Spirit’s sword: “/the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God/” [Eph.6:17].
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**The Necessity *
The truth of the Word, the conviction with which we speak it, and the power of its impact on others all come from the Holy Spirit.
§  The new birth: “/except a man be born of water and of the Spirit/…” [Joh.3:5].
§  Jesus’ promise: “/when the Comforter is come he will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement/…” [Joh.16:7-11].
§  The Spirit and the messenger: “/Paul was compelled by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ/” [Acts 18:5].
§  The Spirit and the recipients: “/eye has not seen…but God has revealed them to us by his Spirit/” [1Cor.2:10].
§  The combination: “/my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power/” [1Cor.2:1-5].
*d.       **The Conviction of Messengers *
The conviction of the messengers: “/in much assurance/” [1:5].
§  [ἐν] πληροφορίᾳ - “/in assurance/” [1:5], literally ‘supreme fullness’; ‘the fullness of the divine work’; ‘complete certainty’;
§  πολλῇ - “/much/” [1:5], ‘a great number’; ‘extensive quantity’;
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