WHEN GOD GETS A HOLD OF YOU

WHEN GOD GETS A HOLD OF YOU

WHEN GOD GETS A HOLD OF YOU
1 Thessalonians 1.5a-10
Waiting For Jesus – Part 2

vv. 8–9 “… your faith in God has gone out … they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God …” (csb)

FAITH IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD …

MOVES US THROUGH Honesty TO Imitation 

v. 5-6 “You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us …” (esv)

v. 2.5 “For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed …” (esv)

v. 10 “… Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.” (esv) 

CALLS US TO Clarity THROUGH Inflection  

v. 9 “… you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God …” (esv) 

v. 6 “… you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit …” (esv)

Matthew 13.20–21 “… this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. But he has no root and is short-lived. When distress or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.” (csb)

v. 10 “… to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead …” (esv)