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Growing Pains
No pain no gain, you have heard it, more than likely have even experienced it.
The church at Thessalonica was experiencing it then so we can learn from them now and apply some divine resources to help us in our spiritual growth.
The church at Thessolonica was going through a time of growth but with the growth came some difficulties like:
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Affliction (1The1:6; 3:3)
Suffering (1The2:14); persecution (1The2:15)
Hinderance (1The2:18)
Still they had joy (1The2:19-20)
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Affliction (1The1:6; 3:3)
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In our passage today we are going to see other growing pains too.
Suffering (1The2:14); persecution (1The2:15)
Hinderance (1The2:18)
Still they had joy (1The2:19-20)
We as the church experience growing pains as we seek to save the lost and to grow and mature the saved and to bring glory to God.
In times of suffering, and we will face them (2Tim3:12) we need some resources to help us, and that is what our passage is about today.
So the resources before us today are:
God’s Effective Word in us (1The2:13)
God’s Effective people around us (1The2:14-16)
God’s glory within us and around us (1The2:17-20)
God’s effective word in us
The word founded the church because it was heard (1The2:13); believed and obeyed.
This effective word that brings salvation also brings instructions for enduring.
But first may we look how they received the Word.
They appreciated the word (1The2:13)
They received it for what it was, the Word of God, not the word of man (2Tim3:16; 2Pt1:20-21; Ps19:7-9)
Reference 2Tim passage
It is the inspired word of God written by spirit filled men and it is pure, holy and perfect, let me show you
It came with great cost, great cost to Christ, and great cost to the inspired writers too.
And it may come with a great cost to you too (your lifestyle; your family. .
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Our appreciation of the word
Our reception is a reflection of our acceptance of Jesus Christ (Jn1:1, 14; Jn6:48; Jn8:12, Jn14:6; 2Pt1:20-21; Rom1:25; 1Pt1:23-25)
It is the word, it is Christ as seen in (Jn1:1, 14)
It is bread of life
It is Light
It is truth
It came through inspired men as read a moment ago in 2Pt1:20-21
Jesus, the word, the truth, the life is the eternal Son of God
And this word in which they appreciated will live forever
Our feeding on the word
Are we feeding on the word, for it is:
It is bread (Jn6:48, 51)
It is milk and meat (Heb5:11-14)
It is honey (Ps119:103)
Is the word of God sweet to you?
If we, like the church at Thessolonica want to live victoriously through the suffering we must appreciate the word, but then we also need to appropriate the word too.
They appropriated the word
They received it, not only in hearing of the ear, but also hearing of the heart.
There are bible warning about hearing too
First, that you hear (Mt13:9)
Then, what you hear (Mk4:24)
Then, how you hear (Lk8:18)
Don’t have itching ears (2Tim4:3) or be dull in hearing (Heb5:11)
and i already gave you the Hebrews passage about dull of hearing from Heb5:11.
How we appropriate the word is important.
By understanding we receive it and receive it into our hearts and then by meditating on it is our digestion process of it.
“Mediation is to the spiritual life what digestion is to the physical life.”
- Victor Brooks
They applied the word
It is not enough to appreciate the word, or to appropriate the bible, we must apply the word for it to be effective and we know with them it was.
God’s word is the power of God unto salvation, but also the enablement needed during times of suffering and testing.
We appreciate the word with our heart, we appropriate the word with our mind, and we apply the word with our will!
And when we do these things we have our victory!
God’s Effective People Around Us
People that we surround ourselves with oftentimes will impact us.
It sure was that way to the church at Thessolonica, but how about for us, who, what kind of people are we surrounding ourselves with?
They became imitators of those in Judea who were suffering
Those in Judea were suffering at the hands of their own countrymen
Everyone suffers at some time in one way or another, maybe sickness, pain, death of loved one.
They suffered at hands of the Jews in Jerusalem; here in Thessolonica at the hands of the Gentiles (see Act17 for details)
Paul then goes into (1The2:15-16) and deals with religious bigotry; don’t allow this to happen today.
(other scriptures Heb7:25)
Bigots killed the Lord and the prophets
Bigots drove Paul out of Philippi and chased out of Thessolonica
But bigotry was storing up wrath for them, the full measure of their sins.
Paul encouraged them, even through the negative illustration, that they were not alone in their suffering, others suffered before, there was suffering going on now in Judea.
Suffering oftentimes is a time for sanctification and purification, when we grow the most.
Int was in much tribulation that the church continued to grow.
Saints have been saved to the uttermost (Heb7:25); sinners will experience wrath to the uttermost (1The2:16)
and then another version of one of our verses
One of the greatest values we can have as the church (local body of believers) is each other, that we stand together in unity and encourage one another in the difficult times.
This now brings me to the next point.
God’s glory within us and around us!
As you can clearly see throughout the letter, Paul loved the brethren in the church of Thessalonica.
He had the care of a mother, the instructions of a father, the service like a brother.
Even though he was not there with them when this is written, he was with them in spirit.
Paul longed to be with them, but being withstood, hindered look at his thoughts now.
Paul desired to be with them, to see them (1The2:17-18a)
Paul was hindered from coming by Satan (1The2:18b)
Paul’s desire was similar to Jesus desire prior to his death (Lk22:15)
In the times of trouble, testing, tribulation and trials may we come to have the forward future view of what we have to come.
Paul lived in the future tense and the present tense.
His actions were guided by the promises of the future and what a glorious day it would be:
Living in the present and future tense:
For the church there was his hope, was his joy
For the church there was his crown of exultation
This is the victor’s crown, the stephanos
Not that they were going to receive a crown here, but they were going to be his crown when they came to be in the presence of the Lord.
they were glory! and they were joy!
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