Elder Harter exposits 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10. The message begins with an enlightening lesson on the history and context of the letter, linking Paul’s epistle with the story of the church’s early days in Acts 17.
The church at Thessalonica was a good church, and Paul obviously recalled his brief visit there with fondness. Both his letters to the church emphasize the second coming of Christ, and exhort the disciples there to continue on in their labors of discipleship and service.
In verse 4, Paul makes reference to their “election of God.” When rightly understood, election is not an eliminating doctrine. Rather, it includes a great number of souls who could have been saved in no other way but God’s grace.
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