You’ve Got Mail I. Seven LETTERS, one FORMAT. (Revelation 2-3)A. Picture of JESUS. (2:1,8,12,18; 3:1,7,14)B. Picture of the SPECIFIC CHURCH. (2:1-6,9-10,13-16,19-25; 3:1-4,8-11,15-20)C. Call to OVERCOME. (2:7,11,17,26; 3:5,12,21)D. BLESSING...
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2 Thessalonians – Part 1 | 2 Thessalonians 1-3
“Is this all there is?” I. The NEED for a second LETTER. (1:1-2:2)A. Growing FAITH and increasing LOVE. (1:3-4)B. Yet more PERSECUTION and SUFFERING. (1:5-10)C. A question: Is THIS all
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God’s Will: Your Sanctification II. The Call to HOLINESS (4:1-8)A. The REALITY of Sex in Greco-Roman SOCIETYB. Another Counter-CULTURAL CRITIQUE (1:9-10, 4:3-6, 5:21-22)C. EMBODIED Holiness (4:4, Mt. 5:27-30) III. The
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The Three That Remain… I. The CONTEXT for I ThessaloniansActs 17 II. Paul’s Prayer of THANKSGIVINGI Thes. 1:3 A. WORK of FaithI Thes. 1:4-101 1. Ergon- both CAUSE and EFFECT
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The Unseen Reality Behind Everything I. SEEING through the open DOOR. (2 Cor. 4:18; Rev. 4-5)1. A THRONE with “SOMEONE” on it. (4:2-3)2. And EVEN more THRONES. (4:4)3. The SPIRIT
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You’ve Got Mail I. Seven LETTERS, one FORMAT. (Revelation 2-3) A. Picture of JESUS. (2:1,8,12,18;3:1,7,14) B. Picture of the SPECIFIC CHURCH.(2:1-6,9-10,13-16,19-25;3:1-4,8-11,15-20) C. Call to OVERCOME.(2:7,11,17,26;3:5,12,21) D. BLESSING...
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