“Salvation and the Second Coming”
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Part 7

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 manifested in the joy of the Holy Ghost. (v. 6)

III. They HERALDED the Scriptures (vv. 7-9) 22.19" class="scriptRef">19.9" class="scriptRef">Exodus 19:9; 12.6" class="scriptRef">Numbers 12:6; 8" class="scriptRef">22:8, 5" class="scriptRef">35, 38" class="scriptRef">38; 23:5; 10" class="scriptRef">Deuteronomy 4:10, 36; 28" class="scriptRef">12:28; 18.20" class="scriptRef">18:20; 31.12" class="scriptRef">31:12; 32:1; Joshua 3:9; 2 Samuel 23:2; 17.16" class="scriptRef">1 Kings 17:16; 22:13-14, 19, 38; 2 Kings 7:1; 9:36; 10:10; 25" class="scriptRef">25" class="scriptRef">14:25; 15" class="scriptRef">15.12" class="scriptRef">15:12; 20:16; 23:16; 24:2; 2 Chronicles 10:15; 18:12-13, 18; Nehemiah 8:12; Psalm 40:9; 119:172; 138:4; Isaiah 1:10; 28:14; 39:5; 41:27; 52:7; 61:1-3; 66:5; Jeremiah 2:4; 6:19; 7:2; 9:20; 10:1; 11:2, 6, 10; 13:10; 17:20; 19:3, 15; 20:9; 21.11" class="scriptRef">21:11; 22:1-2, 5, 29; 23:8, 22; 44" class="scriptRef">44.26" class="scriptRef">26.2" class="scriptRef">26:2; 28:7; 29:19-20; 31:10; 34:4, 8; 36:13; 42:4, 15; 44:24, 26; Ezekiel 2:7; 3:10, 17; 6:3; 13:2; 16:35; 20:47; 25:3; 33:7, 30-32; 34:7, 9; 37:4; Hosea 4:1; Amos 3:1; 4:1; 5:1; 7:16; Jonah 3:2; Nahum 1:15; Zechariah 7:7, 12; 8:9; Mark 2:2; 4:33; 16:20; Luke 4:18-19; 5:1; 8:21; 11:28; John 8:47; Acts 2:22; 4:29, 31; 5:20; 8:4, 25; 10:22, 36-37, 44; 11:19; 13:5, 7, 26, 44; 14:3, 25; 15:7, 35-36; 16:32; 17:13; 26:25; 28:25; Romans 10:8, 13-17; 15:18, 20; 1 Corinthians 1:21-23; 2:13; 14:19; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 5:19-20; Philippians 1:14; 2:16; 3:17; Colossians 1:25, 28; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; 1 Timothy 4:12; 2 Timothy 4:2; Titus 1:3; Hebrews 4:2; James 1:18, 21; 1 Peter 1:25; 4:10-11; 5:3