Patience With Hopeby Pastor Fee Soliven

1 Thessalonians 1:1-4Wednesday Night October 23, 2013

  1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the 

Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and 

the Lord Jesus Christ. 

 

2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our 

prayers,  

3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the 

sight of our God and Father, 

4 knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. 

Introductionof

1 Thessalonians 

PurposeTo strengthen the Thessalonian Christians in their faith and give them the assurance

of Christ's return

Author Paul the Apostle

AudienceThe Church at Thessalonica, and all

believers everywhere

Date WrittenApproximately A.D. 51 from Corinth: one

of Paul's earliest letters

SettingThe Church at Thessalonica was very

young, having been established only two or three years before this letter was written. The Thessalonian Christians

needed to mature in their faith.

In addition there was a misunderstanding of Christ's second coming-some thought Christ

would return immediately, and thus they were confused when their loved ones died

because they expected Christ to return beforehand. Also, believers were being

persecuted.

1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the 

Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and 

the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our 

prayers, 

3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the 

sight of our God and Father, 

4 knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. 

 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the 

Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and 

the Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 15:32-3532 Now Judas and Silas, themselves being prophets also, exhorted and strengthened

the brethren with many words. 33 And after they had stayed there for a time,

they were sent back with greetings from

the brethren to the apostles. 34 However, it seemed good to Silas to remain there. 35 Paul and Barnabas also remained in

Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our 

prayers,

Colossians 1:3-63 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always

for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the

saints;

5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel...

Ephesians 6:1818 praying always with all prayer and

supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and

supplication for all the saints

3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the 

sight of our God and Father,

Romans 15:4-54 For whatever things were written before were

written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might

have hope. 5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one

another, according to Christ Jesus...

Hebrews 6:9-129 But, beloved, we are confident of better

things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which

you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do

minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full

assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the

promises.

4 knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God.

 

Ephesians 1:3-143 Blessed be the God and Father of our

Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in

Him before the foundation of the world,

that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to

Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted

in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the

forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of

His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in

the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth--in Him. 11 In Him

also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the

purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12

that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. 13 In Him you

also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with

the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the

redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

Romans 8:29-3029 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the

image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30

Moreover whom He predestined, these

He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified,

these He also glorified.

1 Peter 2:9-109 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises

of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not

obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.