“Salvation and the Second Coming”
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Part 6

I. They HEARD the Scriptures. (vv. 1-5).
A. The GREETING of the Thessalonians (v. 1)
B. The GROUND of Thanksgiving. (vv. 2-4)
C. The GOSPEL of Truth (v. 5)

II. They HEEDED the Scriptures (v.6)

A. The GRACE of Transformation in the obedience of the Thessalonians. (v. 12" class="scriptRef">12.12" class="scriptRef">12.6" class="scriptRef">6) And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost 9" class="scriptRef">9" class="scriptRef">9" class="scriptRef">Genesis 6:9; 19.19" class="scriptRef">19:19; Exodus 18:9; 4.16" class="scriptRef">16.33" class="scriptRef">33.7" class="scriptRef">13.17" class="scriptRef">17" class="scriptRef">17" class="scriptRef">33:17; 25.11" class="scriptRef">11.23" class="scriptRef">23" class="scriptRef">23.19" class="scriptRef">Numbers 23:19; 15" class="scriptRef">15.15" class="scriptRef">15" class="scriptRef">15.29" class="scriptRef">1 Samuel 15:29; Ezra 9:8; Nehemiah 12:43; Psalm 84:11; 97:8; 10" class="scriptRef">10" class="scriptRef">102.27" class="scriptRef">102:27; Isaiah 53:11; 62:5; Jeremiah 31:2; Zephaniah 3:17; Zechariah 4:7; 12:10; Matthew 2:10; 21" class="scriptRef">21" class="scriptRef">25:21, 23; 28.8" class="scriptRef">28:8; 14" class="scriptRef">Luke 1:14, 47; 2:10, 40" class="scriptRef">40; 10:17, 21; 15:7, 10; 24" class="scriptRef">24.41" class="scriptRef">24:41, 13.52" class="scriptRef">52" class="scriptRef">52; John 1:14, 16-17; 3:29; 15:11; 16:20, 22" class="scriptRef">22" class="scriptRef">22, 24, 33; 17:13; Acts 4:33; 8:8; 11:19, 23; 13:43, 52; 14:3, 22, 26; 15:11, 40; 18:27; 20:23-24, 32" class="scriptRef">32; Romans 1:5; 3:24; 4:4, 16; 5:1-3, 15, 17, 20-21; 6:1, 14-15; 11:5-6; 12:3, 6, 12; 14:17; 15:13, 15, 32; 1 Corinthians 1:4; 10:30; 15:10; 2 Corinthians 1:12, 24; 2:3-4; 4:15, 17; 6:1, 4; 7:4, 13, 8:1-2, 6-7, 9, 19; 9:8, 14; 12:9; Galatians 1:6, 15; 2:9, 21; 5:4, 22-23; Ephesians 1:6-7, 2:5, 7-9; 3:2, 7-8; 4:7; Philippians 1:4, 16, 25; 2:2, 29; 4:1; Colossians 1:6, 11; 3:16; 4:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20; 3:3, 7, 9; 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 1:4, 12; 2:16; 1 Timothy 1:14; 2 Timothy 1:4, 9; 2:1; Titus 2:11; 3:7; Philemon 7; Hebrews 2:9; 4:16; 10:29, 33-34; 12:2, 11, 15, 28; 13:9, 17; James 1:2; 4:6; 1 Peter 1:8, 10, 13; 4:10; 5:5, 10, 12; 2 Peter 3:18; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 12; 3 John 4; Jude 4; Revelation 1:9; 2:9-10, 22; 7:14