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Author
– Paul
Time – 50 A.D.
Summary
– The main focus in these letters is the state of the dead
in Christ. It deals with their resurrection and the future
Kingdom of God. Paul appears to have written these letters
because of the large number of newly baptised believers in
Thessalonica. He was forced out of the city by jealous Jews.
The occurrence of "you know" in the letters indicates
that Paul had begun to teach them but was interrupted and
therefore wishes to solidify the subject matter. Further encouragement
is given in the second letter regarding the punishment of
those wicked men who were persecuting them.
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1st
Thessalonians – Christ as our hope
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Key
Verses – "You turned to God from idols to serve the
living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven,
whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivers us
from the wrath to come."
1Thessalonians 1 v 9 and 10
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Looking
back: how they were called – Chapter 1 v 1 to 3 v 13
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Passage
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Subject
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1
v 1 to 10
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Through
example
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2
v 1 to 20
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Through
preaching
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3
v 1 to 13
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Through
after–care
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Looking
on: How they should live – Chapter 4 v 1 to 18
Looking
forward: Watching and waiting – Chapter 5 v 1 to 28
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2nd
Thessalonians – Christ As Our Victory
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Key
Verses – "And to you who are troubled rest with us when
the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know
God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ ... when he comes, in that day, to be glorified in
his saints and to be admired among all those who believe"
2Thessalonians 1 v 7 to 10
Consolation:
– From the fact of Christ’s coming – Chapter 1 v 1 to 12
Caution:
Instruction on the time of Christ’s coming – Chapter 2 v 1
to 17
Command:
Injunctions in view of Christ’s coming – Chapter 3 v 1 to
18
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