Living in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Gospel…
The Lord's Day Morning May 27, 2012 “Living in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Gospel Attested by Conduct” 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn to Paul's letter to the Thessalonians, the first letter to the Thessalonians, chapter 2, and we're going to be looking at verses 1 to 12 this morning. I want to bring to your attention this aspect of what Paul is doing in chapters 2 and 3. Paul is defending his ministry to the Thessalonians church from charges that are being brought against him, maybe by the very people that caused him and his church planting team to have to leave town. They’re saying a whole variety of things trying to undermine his credibility to the Thessalonian Christians, and you can…