The Last Days! What happens next?
Life Lessons from Four Apostles
Working, Witnessing, Waiting. . . and Suffering
A Church Majoring in Faith, Hope, and Love
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
When the evidences of God’s spirit are clear. . . (vv. 1-3)
Paul gives thanks for these believers because he sees the effects of conversion in them. In spite of great opposition and persecution, their faith produced works motivated by love, a reality that was kept alive because of the conviction of hope they had in Jesus. He had saved them, and now they were living in the promise of His return. This is not the hope of wishful thinking, but full conviction that God will keep His promises both now and in the future. See Hebrews 6:10-12.