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In Much Assurance
September 11, 2016
Rev Bill Snyder
1 Thessalonians 1:1-6

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In Much Assurance

1 Thessalonians 1:5
Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, (NKJV)

Assurance: fullness, abundance, confidence.

1 Thessalonians 1:5
Because our gospel came to you not only in word.

The gospel is itself a word message. It has a precise content.

1 John 3:18-22 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 19) By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20) for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? -unless indeed, you fail to meet the test!

My Personal Testimony

The principle focus is God's faithfulness not our sinfulness.

Don't highlight what you gave up or lost, but what you gained.

Underscore the positive benefits of abundant life here and now.

Illustrate clearly the difference that Jesus Christ has brought into your life.

2 Corinthians 5:17 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! (NLT)

Ezekiel 36:25-28 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27) I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgements and do them.

What my life was like before I was saved.

When and where I was saved.

How I came to receive Jesus Christ.

Since receiving Christ, my life has changed in the following ways.

What is my purpose in life now, since I received Christ?

One verse upon which I base my salvation.