Effects of the Gospel

In these verses Paul, Silas, and Timothy continue to encourage the believers in God through Jesus Christ with the thankfulness that they have expressed to God since hearing Timothy's report of the Thessalonians endurance. The outworking of God choosing a people to be gathered together in a local church visibly demonstrates the reality of the good news of peace with God through faith in Jesus. Now others are being affected by God's merciful favor given to the Thessalonians. This sermon calls us to give thanks to God for His mercy to us in Christ Jesus when we see the local church participating in the work of the kingdom.