THE PROOFS OF A CHOSEN CHURCH, PART 1
1 THESSALONIANS 1:4-6
INTRO: THE GOD WHO CHOOSES. 1:4
1A. PROOF 1: THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL. 1:5
1B. THE GOSPEL RESULTS IN LIVES SUMMARIZED BY CHANGE. 1:3.
2B. THE GOSPEL IS ABOUT THE POWER OF GOD, NOT THE COMPREHENSION OF MAN. 5a
Three manifestations of the power of God:
1C. WORD “not only in word”
2C. POWER “but also in power and in the Holy Spirit”
3C. FULL CONVICTION “with full conviction”
3B. THE GOSPEL DEMONSTRATES ITSELF IN THE LIVES OF ITS SERVANTS. 5b
2A. PROOF 2: THE RESPONSE OF THE BELIEVER. 1:6
1B. COMMITMENT
2B. CONTINUANCE
3B. CONSECRATION
