1 Thessalonians 3:1
I. The purpose of Timothy's mission to the Thessalonians was to
establish, to make them steadfast in the midst of persecution, to make
them rooted and grounded in love, to make their very trials serve that
all-important end, that they, as a church, might cast forth roots like
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1 Thessalonians 3:6
I. The Apostle now tells us that, on Timothy's return from his
mission, bearing good tidings of the Thessalonian Church, he had been
comforted. The new-born joy, the tender love of his heart, lies like a
gleam of light upon the very words he employs. He was comforted to
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1 Thessalonians 3:11
I. We have to notice very carefully to whom this ejaculatory prayer is
addressed: Now God Himself, even our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is quite evident that our Lord and Saviour, the Man Christ Jesus,
the ascended and glorified Redeemer, is in the Apostle's thought
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