Homiletics Study – Acts & Letter of Apostles
Lesson 18 Passage: 1
Thessalonians 1-5
Content (List of Topics or Events)
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Paul recounts Gospel impact on Thessalonian brothers and sisters
(1 Thessalonians 1-3)
a. Salutation and thankfulness for their faith (1:1-3)
b. Chosen welcomed message and service to the living and true
God (1:4-10)
c. Paul’s ministry retold with results of lives lived worthy
of God (2:1-13)
d. Faith proved as imitators of God and suffered for
Christ’s sake (2:14-16)
e. Paul’s desire to return to Thessalonian followers
(2:17-20)
f. Timothy sent to encourage faith (3:1-5)
g. Timothy’s report of faith and love (3:6-10)
h. Desire for increased love to overflow (3:11-13)
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Paul instructs about sanctified life (1 Thessalonians
4:1-12; 5:12-28)
a. God’s will for sanctified followers (4:1-8)
b. You’ve got this – Love one another (4:9-10)
c. Lead a quiet life, mind your own business and work with
your hands (4:11-12)
d. Acknowledge those minister to you (5:12-13)
e. Encourage each other, be patient and strive to be good to all (5:14-15)
f. Rejoice and pray continually; it’s God’s will (5:16-18)
g. Test prophesies and do good (5:19-22)
h. May God sanctify you through and through; He is
faithful and will do it. (5:23-28)
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Paul encourages with our forever hope; resurrection of God’s
own and coming of God to claim His own (1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11)
a. We have hope in
death; those asleep in Jesus will rise first (4:13-16)
b. Those alive will be caught up in clouds to meet the Lord
(4:17-18)
c. Day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night (5:1-3)
d. Be awake and sober – ready; not like those who are in
darkness (5:4-5)
e. Don’t be like those who live in darkness (5:6-7)
f. Put on faith, love and hope of salvation through Jesus
(5:8-10)
h. Encourage each other and build each other up (5:11)
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Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
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Paul recounts
Gospel impact on Thessalonian brothers and sisters
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1
Thessalonians 1-3
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Paul instructs
about sanctified life
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1
Thessalonians 4:1-12; 5:12-28
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Paul encourages
with our forever hope; the resurrection of God’s own and coming of God to claim
His own
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1
Thessalonians 4:13-5:11
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Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than
10 words
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Thessalonian followers
encouraged to increase love, sanctification and salvation hope.
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Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
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CTATLT we
are living out our faith actively; living in hope of salvation encouraging each
other in love.
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Specific Application Questions
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1
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How are
you imitators of God? What is convicting you and needs to change to be
more like Him?
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2
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What
should you be doing to better live out your faith? Where is your mind and attitude?
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3
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Where
is your forever home? Are you ready and are you living in the light?
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Principles to Remember
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1
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Be imitators
of Christ
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2
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Encourage
faith
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3
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Jesus
is our Hope and Salvation
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Characteristic
of God
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Our Hope
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Theme
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We encourage
others as we become more like Christ
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God’s
Word - What’s happening?
God’s
Heart – What does God care about?
Today’s
World – How does this connect to what is happening in my world today?
