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A man, perhaps 45 years old. A believer for about 17 years sits to pen a letter to a precious band of saints. It was the Thessalonians who had listened and embraced the gospel on his second outreach from the church at Antioch.
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Gives the theme for an EPITAPH! Found in excavations at Thessalonica…
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THE MAN? – Paul,
• scarred from a stoning at Lystra/Derbe
• Maimed by beatings in Philippi
• Tired after being run out of Athens, Berea, and Thessalonica
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THE MESSAGE? 3:13 BLAMELESS LIVING
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This is the 3rd time he will say that. Remember the Theme of this letter? It reappears in each chapter. Through Christ’s promised coming we have:
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1:10 Present hope of salvation
2:19 Future joy of his homegoing
3:13 Constant cause for holy living
4:17,18 Constant source of comfort
5:23 Promise of completed salvation
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But now he introduces a word not often used – “BLAMELESS”. AMEMPTOS and adjective that also means “Faultless”: