“Salvation and the Second Coming”
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Part 5

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)

D. They HEEDED the Scriptures (v.6) And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost 7" class="scriptRef">17" class="scriptRef">Genesis 3:17; 22.8.13" class="scriptRef">13" class="scriptRef">13.18" class="scriptRef">18" class="scriptRef">22:18; 5" class="scriptRef">26:5; Exodus 4:1, 8-9; 5:2; 15.26" class="scriptRef">15:26; 19:5; 21-Exod.23.22" class="scriptRef">23:21-22; Leviticus 26:3, 14-Lev.26.15" class="scriptRef">14-15; Numbers 15:39-40; Deuteronomy 5:31; 6:1, 4-6, 25" class="scriptRef">25; 7:11; 8:1; 11:22, 27-28; 13:4, 18; 15:5; 19:9; 27:10; 28:1, 13, 15, 62; 30:2, 8, 20" class="scriptRef">20; 31:5; Joshua 5:6; 22:2, 5; 24:24; Judges 2:2, 17; 6:10; 1 Samuel 12:14-15; 15:19, 22; 1 Kings 11:38; 14:8; 20:36; 2 Kings 18:12; 1 Chronicles 28:7; 29.19" class="scriptRef">29:19; 2 Chronicles 11:4; Nehemiah 1:9; 9:17, 29; 10:29; Job 22:22; 23:12; 36:11-12; Psalm 103:18, 20; 111:10; 119:21, 35, 176; Proverbs 2:1-5; 4:20-22; 8:10; Jeremiah 3:13, 25; 7:23; 9:13; 11:4, 7-8; 12:17; 17:23; 18:10; 26:13; 32.23" class="scriptRef">32:23; 34:10; 38:20; 40:3; 42:6, 13, 21; 43:4, 7; 44:23; Daniel 7:27; 9:10-11, 14; Zephaniah 3:2; Haggai 1:12; Zechariah 6;15; Matthew 5:19; 10:40; 13:23; 15:9; 28:20; Mark 6:11; 7:7; 9:37; 10:15; Luke 8:13; 9:5, 48; 18:17; 10:38-39; Acts 2:41; 5:29, 32; 7:39; 8:14; 10:33; 11:1; 17:11-12; Romans 2:8; 6:17; 10:16-17; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 4:16; 11:1; 2 Corinthians 8:5; Galatians 3:1; 5:7; Ephesians 1:13; 2:8-9; 5:1; Philippians 1:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2:10; 3:14; Hebrews 5:9; 6:12; 11:8; James 1:21-22; 1 Peter 1:22; 2:2; 3:1, 13; 4:17; 1 John 2:3; 3:22; Revelation 1:3; 22:14