Faith, Love & Hope

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Summary:
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy continually give thanks to God for the Thessalonian believers and regularly remember them in prayer. They recall before God the visible evidence of their faith, love, and hope: their work produced by faith, their labor motivated by love, and their steadfast endurance grounded in hope in the Lord Jesus Christ.

They also recognize that the Thessalonians are loved by God and chosen by Him. This confidence comes from the way the gospel first came to them—not merely as spoken words, but with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. The messengers’ own conduct among them also confirmed the sincerity and truth of the message they brought.

Teaching:
Faith, love, and hope are major themes in Paul’s epistles. They are not separate themes, but interconnected ones. Faith is connected to the work of faith, love to the labor of love, and hope to the perseverance of hope.

In order for our faith not to become corrupted, but to be transformed and preserved until Jesus returns, we must have hope. The perseverance of hope in Jesus Christ is the hope we have in Jesus, who will come again.

A worker in the church is someone who helps fill what that church and its people need, and who contributes to shaping the church into what it is meant to become.

Excerpt from the sermon by Pastor Lee, July 1, 2026
Thessalonians 1:2-5