He Gave His Word
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Convictional Reception
Convictional Reception
1 & 2 Thessalonians (Chapter 8: Not of Men but of God (1 Thessalonians 2:13–17))
: “Will you recant?” Luther’s bold answer consisted of these famous words: “Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason, for I do not trust in the pope or the councils alone, since it is well known that they often err and contradict each other, I am bound to the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God.… I cannot do otherwise. Here I stand. May God help me. Amen.”
“I am bound to the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God…I cannot do otherwise. Here I stand. May God help me. Amen.”
The Word comes from God
14 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;
This convictional reception by the Thessalonians and by us is not a mere “burning in the bosom” but an actual transformed new creation. Not only do we have the validation of history, science, etc. but we have actual new birth.
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
v.14
Judean churches were the first to be planted and therefore were surely models of faithful convictional life under persecution.
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11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
v.16
The Jews were guilty of what then?
10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
And what does the Holy Spirit do?
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: