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Paul’s epistles to the Thessalonians were written to a young church and one that was facing persecution. Yet, in the midst of their difficulties, these new converts were noted for their ‘work of faith, labour of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ’.

In his first epistle we have a priceless opportunity to look into the heart of Paul himself and discover the burning passion for Christ and his gospel which made him the man that he was. Both the apostle himself and the believers at Thessalonica set us an example in evangelism and their concern to bring others to faith in Christ.

Paul’s instructions to these new converts on the practical implications of holiness, and how to live an orderly life that was pleasing to God and would not bring the gospel into disrepute, have much to say to people brought to Christ today from a background of religious pluralism and a moral climate where anything goes.

In these two epistles we also find two of the clearest statements in the whole New Testament about the Second Coming of Christ and the end of the age. We too can find encouragement in the face of present difficulties as, like the Thessalonians, we in our day seek to ‘serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven’.

Title

1 & 2 Thessalonians
Author(s)

J Philip Arthur
Series

Welwyn Commentary Series
ISBN

9780852343852
Format

Paperback
Publisher

Evangelical Press
Bible Book

1 Thessalonians|2 Thessalonians
Audience

Church Leaders
Pages

176
Published

01/11/1996

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J Philip Arthur

Phil Arthur is the pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Lancaster, England. Phil is a visiting lecturer in Church History at London Theological Seminary. He is a member of the conference committee for the Westminster Conference – to which he has regularly contributed – and Consulting Editor for Grace Publications Trust. He has authored a number of devotional commentaries on New Testament letters.

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