SwordPlay - S2E7 (ep. 43) - 1 Thess. 2

- How was Paul mistreated in Philippi and what opposition did he receive at Thessalonica? (v.2)

- Why would Paul feel the need to defend his exhortation to them? (v.3, 5)

- What made Paul approved by God? (v.4)

- What authority does Paul refer to? To do what? (v.6)

- In what way was Paul like a nursing mother? (v.7)

- In what way was Paul like a father? (v.11)

- What does it mean to walk in a manner worthy of God? (v.12)

- How are they called into His kingdom? Doesn’t God already rule everywhere? (v.12)

- Paul says lit. that he prays for the Thessalonians “without ceasing.” So when does he sleep? (13; cf. 1.2)

- Is Paul’s teaching really the word of God? (v.13)

- Is the word of God supernatural? How does it work within us? (v.13)

- Who are “the Jews?" (v.15)

- Why would “the Jews” not want the Gentiles to be saved? (v.16)

- What does it mean for people to “fill up the measure of their sins”? (16)

- Isn’t wrath a future prospect at the end? How has “wrath come upon them at last”? (16)

- How did Satan hinder Paul & can he/his spiritual forces still do this today? (18)

- How do the Thessalonians serve as Paul’s hope, joy, crown, and glory? (v.19-20)

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