The Church at Thessalonica

I Thessalonians 1:1

I. Its Beginning – See Acts 17:1-10

A. The instruments God used – v. 1

B. The message – v. 3

C. The methodology – vv. 1-3

D. The response – v. 4

E. The opposition – vv. 5-10

F. The follow-up – I Thessalonians 3:1-2

II. Its Composition

A. Its foundation

“In God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

B. Its membership

· Part of the “ecclesia” (the “called out ones”)

· Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who evidenced their new life in Him – vv.3-4, 9-10

C. Its ministry – vv. 6ff

III. Its Sustenance

A. Grace – See II Corinthians 12:9

B. Peace – See Philippians 4:6-7