Posts with the tag “gospel”

"…by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved….so as always to fillup the measure of their sins." 1 Thessalonians 2:13 – 16 This is a sobering text. Paul unquestionably loved the Jewish people passionately andsacrificially (just read Romans 9 – 11). But he says here that no matter what the ethnicity ofpeople who commit sin, God will deal with them in discipline. Of speci...  Read More

"…but just we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts." 1 Thessalonians 2:1-4 Well, we are already into the second chapter of First Thessalonians in our weekly devotional study, and let me point out that this entire second chapter deals with the subject of a pastor’s ministry to his people. Paul begins by dis...  Read More