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Labor Not In Vain
September 18, 2016
Rev Bill Snyder
1 Thessalonians 1:5-10

Sermon References

Paul's Conduct

1 Thessalonians 1:5
You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

Imitators

1 Thessalonians 1:6
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, (ESV)

They followed Paul's example & he followed Christ's example.

What would Jesus do?

Phillipians 3:17
Brothers, join in imitating me

Phillipians 4:9
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me - practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

2 Corinthians 3:2-3
2) You, yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. 3) And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. (ESV)

Much Affliction & Joy

1 Thessalonians 1:6 for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 13:20-21
20) As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21) yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. (ESV)

2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

The Source of Joy!

1 Thessalonians 1:6
for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

2 Corinthians 8:1-5
1) We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 2) for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 3) For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own free will, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints - 5) and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. (ESV)

Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. (KJV)