Serve God as You Wait for Jesus
As we await Jesus' return, we must work to serve God by serving others, sharing the Truth with confidence.
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Published June 16th, 2016
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We who have been chosen by God have a responsibility to spread the Good News but not just by what we say. (Even false prophets know the words to say.) To be effective ministers evangelists and missionaries our words must also come with the power of knowing we speak the Truth, and the power that comes from the Holy Spirit itself. We must speak and share the Truth of God's Word with assurance. We are waiting for Jesus' return, and as we wait, we are here to serve. Jesus has already secured our salvation, but we must work to demonstrate our faith. We serve others, putting their best interests above ours (Philippians 2:4). Our service to others should be a labor of love. We will be able to humble ourselves, giving and doing sacrificially, because of the hope that we have in our Savior.
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1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
esv
Greetings
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church
of the Thessalonians
Contents
in God
Context #1
the Father
Explanation
and the Lord
Context #2
Jesus Christ:
Grace
to you
Reference
and peace.
We give thanks
to God
always
Temporal
for all
Content
of you,
Partitive
constantly mentioning you
Manner #1
in our prayers,
Context
before our God
Locative
and Father
remembering ... your work
Manner #2
of faith
Producer #1
and labor
of love
Producer #2
and steadfastness
Manner #3
of hope
Producer #3
in our Lord
Jesus Christ.
For we know, brothers loved
by God,
Agency
that he has chosen you,
because our gospel came
Ground
to you
not only
in word,
Manner #1
but also in power
Manner #2
and in the Holy Spirit
Manner #3
and with full conviction.
Manner #4
You know
of men
what kind ... we proved to be
among you
for your sake.
Advantage
And you became imitators
of us
Objective
and of the Lord,
for you received the word
in much affliction,
Manner #1
with the joy
Manner #2
of the Holy Spirit,
Plenary
so that you became an example
Purpose
to all the believers
in Macedonia
Destination #1
and in Achaia.
Destination #2
For not only has the word ... sounded forth
Negative
of the Lord
Possessive
from you
Source
in Macedonia
Destination #1
and Achaia,
Destination #2
but your faith ... has gone forth everywhere,
in God
so that we need not say anything.
concerning us
For they themselves report ...
the kind
Content #1
of reception
we had
among you,
and how you turned
Content #2
to God
from idols
Separation
to serve
Purpose #1
the living
and true God,
and to wait
Purpose #2
from heaven,
whom he raised
from the dead,
for his Son ...
Jesus
who delivers us
from the wrath
to come.
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