1 Thessalonians | A Healthy Church in Uncertain Times (2:13-16 — Receptivity to God’s Word)

1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 

One of the surest ways of evaluating someone’s commitment to God’s Kingdom and glory is their relationship to the Bible– do they ‘accept it as what it really is: the Word of God’?

Hebrews 4:12

Acceptance = At work = Believing its promises, Abiding in its principles, and Obeying its commands.

Philippians 2:13

Endurance of adversity is often the test of our Bible–receptivity: Christians accept temporal suffering out of gratitude that they’ve escaped eternal wrath.

Romans 5:1-5