Themes and take-aways from 1 and 2 Thessalonians:

• Compliments / indications they’re doing well

  • I Thessalonians 1:2-3, 9; 2:19-20; 4:1, 9-10

  • II Thessalonians 1:3-4; 3:4

• End of the world

  • I Thessalonians 4:15-17

  • II Thessalonians 1:8

  • Acts 24:24

  • We need to know about the end of the world and teach our children about it!

• Example / imitate / model

  • I Thessalonians 1:5-7; II Thessalonians 3:7-9

  • Follow good examples and be good examples!

• Non-Christians (others / outsiders, contrast to converts in Thessalonica)

  • You are not like this anymore!

  • I Thessalonians 2:14-16

  • II Thessalonians 1:8

  • I Thessalonians 4:4-5, 13

• Word / instruction / gospel

  • I Thessalonians 1:5; 2:13; 4:2; 5:19-20, 27

  • II Thessalonians 2:15; 3:14

  • God’s word is the instruction in your life.

• Prayer

  • I Thessalonians 1:2; 5:25 – Prayer beings and ends the letter.

  • I Thessalonians 5:17; 3:9-10

  • II Thessalonians 1:3, 11; 3:1

• Persecution

  • II Thessalonians 1:6; 3:3-4; 1:4-6