1 Thessalonians 1

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1. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

   Election cites 1 Thess. i. 4

   “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.”—1 Thess. i. 4. “Give diligence to make your calling and election sure.”—2 Peter i. 10. The texts which…

2. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   XII. Nothing can be certainly concluded concerning the nature of religious affections, that any are the subjects of, from this, that the outward manifestations of them, and the relation persons give of them, are very affecting and pleasing to the truly godly, and such as greatly gain their charity, cites 1 Thess. 1:1

   …in God's church at that day, and an intimate companion of the apostles. See 2 Cor. 1:19, 1 Thess. 1:1, and 2 Thess. 1:1.

3. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   Man's Chief End cites I Thess 1:1

   …this creates inward peace; it makes music within, whatever storms are without. 2 Cor 1:1. I Thess 1:1. If we consider what Christ has wrought for us by his blood, and wrought in us by his…

4. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

   Paul a Pattern of Prayer cites 1 Thess. i. 2

   …great conflict I have for you, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh.” 1 Thess. i. 2: “We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers.” iii.…

5. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   1.2 Love cites 1 Thess 1: 3

   …working, feet running in the ways of his commandments. It is called the labour of love. 1 Thess 1: 3. Mary Magdalene loved Christ, and poured her ointments on him. We think we never do…

6. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

   Controversy cites 1 Thessalonians 1:3

   …whenever men speak about faith. Just what is faith? What is a work of faith outlined in 1 Thessalonians 1:3 and further, what is the walk of faith mentioned in 2 Corinthians 5:7? Since, “it is…

7. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites 1 Thess. 1:3

   …course, is often mentioned as the proper expression and fruit of a Christian hope. 1 Thess. 1:3, “Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of…

8. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   Scriptural Christianity cites 1 Thess. 1:3

   …Christ also walked,” in “the work of faith, in the patience of hope, the labour of love” (1 Thess. 1:3). 5. Without busying ourselves, then, in curious, needless inquiries, touching those…

9. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

   Sanctification cites 1 Thess. i. 3

   …“I know your election of God.” (1 Peter i. 2; 2 Thess. ii. 13; Rom. viii. 29; Eph. i. 4; 1 Thess. i. 3, 4.) He that boasts of being one of God’s elect, while he is wilfully and habitually…

10. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Charity cites 1 Thess. i. 4

    …as well as their faith and hope, that he said,—"I know your election of God." (1 Thess. i. 4.) Look at your own daily life, both at home and abroad, and consider what place the…

11. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    July cites 1 Thessalonians 1:4

    …thine unexhausted love. July 17 “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” (1 Thessalonians 1:4) Many persons want to know their election before they look to Christ, but they cannot…

12. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.3 The Word cites 1 Thess 1: 4

    …comfort to find our evidences for heaven? And where should we find them but in the word? 1 Thess 1: 4, 5. The word written is a sovereign elixir, or comfort, in an hour of distress. ‘This is…

13. The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High · A. B. Simpson

    The Holy Spirit in Thessalonians cites 1 Thessalonians 1:5

    …our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost." 1 Thessalonians 1:5. "Having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost." 1…

14. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Holy Spirit as a Teacher cites 1 Thessalonians 1:5

    …wisdom of me n but in the power of God.” In a similar way, in writing to the believers in 1 Thessalonians 1:5, “Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy…

15. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    The Holy Ghost cites 1 THESSALONIANS 1:5

    …unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. 1 THESSALONIANS 1:5 It was not, she insisted, that the truth was lacking. She loved the Bible as much as…

16. The Key Teachings of Dwight L. Moody · Ochorus Originals

    Power from on High cites 1 THESSALONIANS 1:5

    …unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. 1 THESSALONIANS 1:5 This gives his teaching a healthy practicality. Moody did not encourage people to chase…

17. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites 1 Thess. 1:5

    …3:6). In this sense he elsewhere declares that his Gospel was not in word, but in power (1 Thess. 1:5). He also affirms that the Galatians received the Spirit by the hearing of faith (Gal.…

18. Communion with God · John Owen

    The general consequences of the Holy Ghost's work in believers cites 1 Thess. i. 6

    …and joy in the Holy Ghost,” Rom. xiv. 17; “Received the word with joy in the Holy Ghost,” 1 Thess. i. 6, — “with joy,” as Peter tells believers, “unspeakable and full of glory,” 1 Epist. i. 8.…

19. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of particular communion with the Holy Ghost cites 1 Thess. i. 6

    …are believers said to “receive the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost,” 1 Thess. i. 6; and to “take joyfully the spoiling of their goods.” This is that I aim at:— there is no…

20. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealed in His Names cites 1 Thessalonians 1:6

    …which the believer receives the Word, still he will have “ the joy of the Holy Ghost ” (1 Thessalonians 1:6). On the Day of Pentecost, when the disciples were baptized with the Holy Spirit, they…

21. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Joy cites I Thess 1:6

    …heart in trials and afflictions. ‘Having received the word in much affliction, with joy.’ I Thess 1:6. These are roses that grow in winter, these joys can sweeten the waters of Marah; he that…

22. C. T. Studd (For Teens) · Ochorus Originals

    The Church in the Forest cites 1 Thessalonians 1:8

    …place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.” — 1 Thessalonians 1:8 (ASV) Around 1921 or 1922 Studd moved his base to Ibambi, in the forest country to the…

23. Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd · Ochorus Originals

    The Church in the Forest cites 1 Thessalonians 1:8

    …place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.” — 1 Thessalonians 1:8, ASV Whose Story? Most of what has been written about the Heart of Africa Mission was…

24. Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of C. T. Studd cites 1 Thessalonians 1:8

    …carry the word. “From you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord … in every place” (1 Thessalonians 1:8, ASV). 11. Go Where Christ Is Not Named He spent his last years among peoples who had…

25. Waiting on God · Andrew Murray

    For the Coming of His Son cites 1 Thess. 1: 9

    …to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven.'—1 Thess. 1: 9, 10. WAITING on God in heaven, and waiting for His Son from heaven, these two God has…

26. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Christian Conception of God, or the God of the Bible as Distinguished from the God of Christian Science and the God of Modern Philosophy cites 1 Thess. 1:9

    …work, and also to be clearly distinguished from the idols which are not living gods. In 1 Thess. 1:9, the converts at Thessalonica are represented as turning from dead gods, "idols, to serve…

27. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites 1 Thess. i. 10

    …to “deliver us,” Gal. i. 4. He is “Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come,” 1 Thess. i. 10. 2dly. It is the delivery of one from bondage or captivity. We are, without him, all…

28. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites 1 Thess 1: 10

    …they to bless God who are delivered from it! Jesus ‘delivered us from the wrath to come.’ 1 Thess 1: 10. Jesus Christ suffered the torments of hell in his soul, that believers should not suffer…

29. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.3 The Wrath of God cites 1 Thess 1: 10

    …believe in him should never feel it. ‘Jesus which delivered us from the wrath to come.’ 1 Thess 1: 10. Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace was a type of God’s wrath, and that furnace did not singe…

30. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Man's Misery by the Fall cites I Thess 1:10

    …to shield off the wrath of God from us. ‘Jesus has delivered us from the wrath to come.’ I Thess 1:10. [3] Subject to all outward miseries. All the troubles incident to man’s life are the…

31. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Exaltation cites I Thess 1:10

    …is called the horn of salvation. Luke 1:19. He saves from sin, Matt 1:21; from wrath, I Thess 1:10. To save is a flower belonging only to his crown. ‘Neither is there salvation in any…

32. Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Thessalonians 1:6-8

    …own languages, through their own evangelists, at their own cost. Scriptures to revisit 1 Thessalonians 1:6-8; Revelation 7:9-10; 1 Corinthians 3:6-7. Reflection 1. Whose names are missing from the…