First Thessalonians
Author and Title:
As
declared in 1:1 and 2:18, all evidence (external and internal) supports the
claim of the book that Paul is the author of 1 Thessalonians. Early church
fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140 . Those things
that characterize Paul are evident throughout (cf. 3:1-2, 8-11 with Acts 15:36;
2 Cor. 11:28). In addition, a number of historical allusions in the book fit
Paul’s life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters (cf. 2:14-16; 3:1, 2,
5-6 with Acts 17:1-15). In view of this evidence, few (some radical critics of
the nineteenth century) have ever questioned Paul’s authorship.
As
the first of two canonical epistles to the church at Thessalonica, this book
was called in the Greek text, Pros Thessalonikeis A, “First to the
Thessalonians.”
Date: A.D. 51-52
Both
1 and 2 Thessalonians were written from Corinth during the apostle’s
eighteen-month stay in that city (cf. Acts 18:1-11). The first epistle was
written during the earlier part of that period just after Timothy had returned
from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church. The second letter
was dispatched just a few weeks (or at the most a few months) later. Any date
assigned will have to be approximate, though probably A.D. 51-52.
Theme and Purpose:
The
purpose and burden of the apostle in writing to the Thessalonians can be
summarized as follows: to express his thankfulness for what God was doing in
the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3), to defend himself against a campaign to
slander his ministry (2:1-12), to encourage them to stand fast against
persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3;
4:1-12), to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians
who had died (4:1-13), to answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord”
(5:1-11), and to deal with certain problems that had developed in their
corporate life as a church (5:12-13; 19-20).
Key Word(s):
Two
key words and concepts stand out in this short epistle: “sanctification” (4:3,
4, 7), and “the coming of the Lord,” which is referred to in every chapter of
the epistle (1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23). The coming of the Lord should not
only comfort our hearts, but stir us to godly living.
Key Verses:
1. 1:9-10.
For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from
idols to serve the living and true God 1:10 and to wait for his son from
heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming
wrath.
2. 2:13.
And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that
you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is,
God’s message, that is at work among you who believe.
3. 4:1-3.
Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as
you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God
(just as you actually do walk), that you may excel still more. 2 For you know
what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is
the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual
immorality; (NASB)
4. 4:13-18.
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who
are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope. 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and arose, so also we believe that God will
bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians. 4:15 For we tell you
this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the
coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.
4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command,
with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in
Christ will arise first. 4:17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be
snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And
so we will be with the Lord always. 4:18 Therefore encourage one another with
these words.
Key Chapters:
Chapters
4 and 5 undoubtedly stand out as key chapters because of their teaching on both
the coming of the Lord for the church, the rapture (4:13-18), and the day of
the Lord (5:1-11), the time in the future when He will intervene in human
events to consummate His redemption and judgment.
Christ As Seen In 1 Thessalonians:
With
the coming of the Lord mentioned in every chapter, Christ is presented as the
believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming. When He comes, He will
deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the Tribulation) (1:10;
5:4-11), give rewards (2:19), perfect us (3:13), resurrect us (4:13-18), and
sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him (5:23).
Assignment
Read the above commentary carefully and thoughtfully and engage the following questions:
1. Cite one external evidence in support of Paul's authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonians.
2. It appears Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested. Substantiate your answer.
3. Describe the scenario or situation in which Paul wrote this letter.
4. What are the implications of the burden of this epistle?
5. What euphemism did Paul use for death in the epistle and what effect do you think it would have had on the immediate audience, given the thrust of his message?
6. Chronologically highlight the events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord as presented in this letter.
7. How is Christ presented in this epistle and how would you communicate this to a Christian audience today?
8. Given your study of 1 Thessalonians, how would you react to those who teach the ' Second Coming of Christ' to instill fear and elicit panic in their audience?
9. What is the relationship between the key concepts that stand out in the epistle?
10. From Paul's report of the Thessalonian church, what is your impression of the church and what lessons should the contemporary church learn from them?
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1. Early church fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140
2. Those things that characterize Paul are evident throughout (cf. 3:1-2, 8-11 with Acts 15:36; 2 Cor. 11:28). In addition, a number of historical allusions in the book fit Paul’s life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters
3. The main purpose of Paul's letter is to deal with a special problem that developed after Paul left the city. Paul shared with the Christians at Thessalonica his belief that the end of the age would come in the very near future.
4. “You are witnesses, and God also, how pure, upright, and blameless our conduct was toward you believers.” He says this not to boast, but to forestall any accusations that would cast doubts on the gospel. This is the example he set for them to follow.
5. First Thessalonians is believed to be the earliest of Paul’s existing epistles—in fact, it is probably the oldest book in the New Testament, having been written more than a decade before any of the Gospels. Paul’s teachings in the First Epistle to the Thessalonians are primarily focused on the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, including the hardships that followers of Jesus Christ will face before Christ’s return (see 1 Thessalonians 3:3), the resurrection of Christians at the Second Coming (see 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14), and the timing of Christ’s coming (see 1 Thessalonians 5:1–2). Paul mentioned the Second Coming in every chapter of 1 Thessalonians. These teachings are especially valuable to Latter-day Saints, who live in the dispensation in which the Lord has said, “The time of my coming … is nigh at hand”
6. Coming means "presence" or "arrival" of persons or things (I Cor. 16:17; II Cor. 7:7; Phil. 2:12; II Cor. 10:10). It designated the royal visit of an emperor, king, a governor, ruler or famous person. For such visits special preparations had to be made. Taxes were imposed to present the king with a golden crown. All things must be made ready for the visit of the king. Provinces were dated as a new era of time from the coming of the emperor. It was common to strike new coins to commemorate the visit of a king. The coming of the king brought a new set of values. The word is used to describe the entrance of a new conquering power and the visitation of a god. The day is coming when the King of Kings will come and reign with all of His gory and power. Preparations must be made (I Thess. 3:13; 5:23; I Jn. 2:28). The same Jesus who ascended to heaven will come again to visit the earth in personal presence (Acts 1:11) at the end of the age (Mat. 24:3) in power of glory (Mat. 24:27) to destroy the antichrist and evil (II Thess. 2:8), to raise the righteous dead (I Cor. 15:23), and to gather the redeemed (Mat. 24:3, 27, 37, 39; Jn. 5:28, 29; I Thess. 2:19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23; II Thess. 2:1, 8, 9; Jas. 5:7, 8; II Pet. 1:16; 3:4, 12; I Jn. 2:28). Parousia is the time when the Lord shall come out of heaven (I Thess. 4:15; 1:10). At that moment the dead who are believers will rise first, and those who are believers and are alive will be changed and be caught up in the air by Jesus Christ.
7. The coming king that take away the saints.
8. 1thess 5vs1 Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.
From the above scriptures the coming of our lord Jesus Christ will not be panic.
9.
10. All man should work and not busy body.
1. Early church fathers support Paul's authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140.
ReplyDelete2.First, those things that characterize Paul are evident throughout. Second, a Number of historical allusions in the book fit Paul's life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters. However, some few radical critics of the nineteenth century have ever questioned Paul's authorship.
3. He wrote it during the earlier part of that period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonians with news of the progress of the church.
4. The implications are: to express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3), to defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12), to encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12), to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13), to answer question regarding the 'Day of the Lord" (5:1-11), and to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13, 19-20).
5. Paul used those who had fallen asleep as euphemism for death. They were comforted and encouraged. Because before Paul addressed the issue, they were already sad and confused.
6. a. They should be awake and sober. b. They should put on faith and love as breastplate. c.They should not be idle and disruptive. d. They should help the weak. d They should be patient with everyone. e. They should not pay wrong for wrong. f. They should always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
7. Christ is presented as the believers' hope of salvation both now and at His coming. However, I will present Him to Christian audience today as the Savior of mankind, that is, the One that died for their sins to give them eternal life and by believing in Him, they receive His righteousness. And it is only through Jesus they will make to heaven.
8. First, the teaching about the second coming of Christ is to give hope, comfort and encouragement. People look forward to it because they will be free from the vicissitudes of life and go to a place of joy unspeakable, peace and incomparable comfort. Second, those who teach the second coming of Christ to instill fear in their audience and elicit panic from them had got it all wrong. They should study the scripture correctly and understand that the teaching about second coming of Christ is for hope, comfort and encouragement.
9. First, the key concepts that stand out in the epistles are: the coming of the Lord for the church, the rapture (4:13-18) and the day of the Lord (5:1-11). Second, the relationship between the key concept is that, the first one which is the rapture is the snatching always of the believers from this world to meet Jesus in the sky. This will take place before the day of the Lord, which is the future time when He will intervene in human events to consummate His redemption and judgment.
10. Aside the few issues Paul addressed in his letter to Thessalonian church, in my own opinion, they were spiritual and progressive. That is learning point for us today. The contemporary church should pay attention to her spiritual life by shunning worldliness and materialism.
OLAIFA OLUSEGUN ADEFEMI
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The early church fathers supported Paul authorship of 1 Thessalonians beginning from as early as AD 140. Early fathers like Iranaeus, Tertullian and Clement of Alexandria acknowledged Paul as the genuine author of First Thessalonians.
Question 2
It was not contested because all internal and external evidence supports the claim that the book was written Paul. Internal evidence says the things that characterize Paul are evident throughout cf 3:1-2, 8-11, Acts15:36, 2 Cor 11:28. A number of Historical allusions in the book fits Pauls life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters cf 2:14-16, 3:1,2, 5-6 with Act17:1-15. The external evidence says that the early church fathers supported the claim that Paul is the author.
Question 3
The Thessalonian Church was generous givers even in their poverty 2 Cor 8:1-15, 11:9, Rom 25:26. They serve as model of faith to the greater region of Macedonia and beyond 1 Thess 1:7-8. There were some false teachers in their midst trying to discredit the ministry of Paul and he had to set the record straight about how genuine his ministry was. The Thessalonian church was a church under persecution and there were alot of pressure from the community for them to revert back to idol worship.
Question 4
Apostle Paul needed to encourage the Thessalonian church on their good work of giving and showing love. He need to also encourage in their spiritual growth and walk with God. He mentioned and explained the second coming of our Jesus Christ is going to be. He also did a good job of explaining what the day of the Lord is.
Question 5
The Euphemism used in Chapter 4 is asleep instead of using the word death. Death in this case may mean that those that have died have died and they will never see them again but for believers, those that are dead in christ are asleep and that they would wake up again at rapture having put on immortal bodies will rise first and then we that are alive will be caught up together with the Lord. To use the word sleep means that they will wake up and we will see again heaven.
Question 6
According to 1 Thess 4:16, there will be a shout of the Archangel, who will also sound the trumpet of God will accompanied the appearance of Jesus in the cloud. Then the dead in Christ will rise first. 1 Thess 4:17 says that then we who are alive and remain in Christ shall be caught up together with them in the sky and we shall be with the Lord forever.
Question 7
Christ is presented as the believers' hope of salvation both now and at his coming. When Jesus comes,He will deliver us from wrath of tribulation 1:10, 5:4-11, give rewards 2:19, perfect us 3:13, ressurect us 4:13-18 and sanctify those who have trusted in Him.
Question 8
This part of the scriptures should be used to encourage christians because Paul himself said in 1 Thess 4:18 that we should comfort one another with these words. The second coming of Jesus should be used to encourage believers that this evil world will soon end and that believers should be alive and remain with Christ so that we can reign with Christ when he come back again.
Question 9
The two key concept are sanctification and the coming of the Lord. Their relationship is that the coming of the Lord should not only encourage and comfort our hearts but stir us to godly living.
Question 10
My impression of the Thessalonian church is that it is a growing church that is generous and dynamic who are receptive to God's word. They also show alot of love.
Lessons to learn for a contemporary church
1. Like the Thessalonian church, we should grow in their love for God and other human beings.
2. They are good examples to other churches in Macedonia and beyond.
3. They had the mind to work for God.1 Thes 1:2-3
4. They had joy in the midst of afliction 1 Thes 1:6
5. The thessalonian church looked with anticipation of the Lord's return 1 Thes 1:10
KOLAWOLE OLUWATOPE LIFE2018025
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1. Cite one external evidence in support of Paul's authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonians.
Answer.
Some early church fathers listed it as Paul’s work and mentioned Paul as the Author in their writings.
2. It appears Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested. Substantiate your answer.
Answer.
Those things that characterized Paul are evident throughout those books 1st Thesis 3:1-2,8-11 with Acts 15:36;2 Cor 11:28.
A number of historical allusions in the book fit Paul's life as recounts in Acts and in his own letters 1 Thess 2:14-16,3:1,2,5-6 with Acts 17:1-15.
3. Describe the scenario or situation in which Paul wrote this letter.
Answer.
It was written during the early part of that period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church.
Paul wrote the letter with the aim to perfect that which is lacking in (the) faith” of Christians in Thessalonica.
4. What are the implications of the burden of this epistle?
Answer.
a. To express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians.
b. To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry
c. To encourage them to stand firm against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyle
d. To answer a doctrinal questions pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died.
e.He warns them against sensuality and various forms of self-seeking, which are contrary to the spirit of the Christian way of life.
5. What euphemism did Paul use for death in the epistle and what effect do you think it would have had on the immediate audience, given the thrust of his message?
Answer.
The euphemism Paul used for death was “Fallen asleep”. Paul isn’t suggesting that Christians shouldn’t grieve, but rather that they shouldn’t “grieve like the rest, who have no hope.” Hence, the immediate audience would be encouraged to know that there is hope of resurrection for everyone who id dead but believed in Christ.
6. Chronologically highlight the events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord as presented in this letter.
Answer.
a. The sound of trumpet and the voice of the archangel
b. The dead in Christ will arise
c. Rapture of the living to catch up with Christ in the cloud.
d. Meeting of the dead and living with Christ
7. How is Christ presented in this epistle and how would you communicate this to a Christian audience today?
Answer.
Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming. I will present Christ to a Christian audience as one who will perfect the hope of salvation we have in Him by saving us from wrath, rewarding us accordingly, resurrect us and setting us apart.
8. Given your study of 1 Thessalonians, how would you react to those who teach the ' Second Coming of Christ' to instill fear and elicit panic in their audience?
Answer.
I would encourage many that Jesus’ returning to earth is a wonderful thing for believers and is something that we should be looking forward to with great anticipation and not with fear.
Is a day of joy,is a day of reward,is a day of perfection of the saint.
9. What is the relationship between the key concepts that stand out in the epistle?
Answer.
The key concepts that stand out in the concepts have a relationship that reveals the expected lifestyle of the believer and the aftermath of life on heart.
10. From Paul's report of the Thessalonian church, what is your impression of the church and what lessons should the contemporary church learn from them?
Answer.
Paul’s report reveals that the Thessalonian church needed clarity on his credibility and that the church also needed to stand fast in their confession of Christ. The contemporary church should learn to know and understand the credibility of minsters especially in the face of defamation. Also, the church has a responsibility to teach the expectations of the Christian life and the second coming of Christ without instilling fear in their audience.
NAME:JIMOH KUBURAT OMOLARA
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1. One of the external evidence of Paul’s authorship of the epistle to the thessalonian is that the early church fathers like Polycarp support the authorship beginning as early as A.D 140.
2. Paul’s authorship of this letter was not contested because a number of historical references in the book fit Paul’s life. Those things that characterize Paul are also evident throughout Acts 15:36; 2 Corinthians 11:28. Besides, both internal and external evidence support it.
3. Paul wrote the letter to deal with a problem that developed after Paul left the city. The letter was written to a group of new believers who were brought into the faith and was facing persecution and they needed assurance and comforting words that would make them remain in faith.
4. The implications of the burden of this epistle is for Paul to encourage the new converts in their trials, to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died, also to express his Thanksfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the thessalonian.
5. The euphemism Paul used for death in the epistle is " FALLEN ASLEEP" he used this word to tell them that the saints did not die, and they will eventually rise on the last day. And we shall meet to depart no more. It is a hopeful and soul comforting word.
6. In a chronological order: 4:16
I. For the Lord himself will come
down from heaven, with a shout of
command,
II. With the voice of an archangel
III. With the trumpet of God
IV. The dead in christ will arise
first
4:17
V. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
7. Christ is presented as the believers hopeoof salvation both now and at his coming. In communicating this to Christian audience today, I will tell them the assurance of God's words, their present help in time of trouble and a saviour of mankind John 3:16.
8. 2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power and of love and of a sound mind. God commands every believer to go out, preach the gospel, and bring sinners to him. It will be wrong for believers to now drive fear into them through our sermon in the name of reconciling them to God.
9. The relationship between the key concepts that stands out in the epistle is that they both talked about the coming of the Lord for the church, the rapture (4:13-18),and the day of the Lord (5:1-11), the time in the future when he will intervene in human events to consummate His redemption and judgment.
10. My own impression of the church is that, they show love to one another and they are open minded. The contemporary should learn to love one another and always encourage one another.
FADEBI ODUNAYO OLADELE
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READING ASSIGNMENT
PAULINE EPISTLES
1. The early church fathers supported the authorship of Paul and this was never criticised by many radical critics of the nineteenth century.
2. Because a number of historical allusions the book fit Paul's life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters ( cf. 2:14-16). Also, it was supported by the early church fathers.
3. Sanctification and the coming of the Lord. Paul assures believers of the resurrection of those who had already died in Christ. He as well encourage them to prepare for the great day.
4. The Thessalonians well known as role model.
* It strengthens their faith as regards the second coming of the Lord and assured them resurrection of the dead.
* It will make them to stand firm in hope even though there is great persecution.
* The fear of the fate of those who died with be established
* It may strengthen the ties between the absent writer( Paul) and his readers.
5. Euphemism is the application of a pleasant words to describe an unpleasant situation. Here, apostle Paul used the phrase "Fall Asleep" to denotes the dead in Christ to build the faith of the Thessalonians against the second coming of Christ and as well assure them possibility of resurrection of those who had already died in Christ would reunite with them at the resurrection. The effect on the immediate reader is that, as Christ died and rose again, this follows that the God who raised Jesus will bring with Him people for whom He died and who died believing Him. in nutshell, Christians who lived a holy life sleep rather than being dead in which the possibility of for waking up to glory on the trumpet is evident.
6. The coming of the Lord will not proceed those who has fallen asleep
* Believers will not be caught on aware
* The sounding of Trumpet the Arch angels in the sky together with Christ Himself.
* Those who are asleep will rise first.
* We who are alive will be caught up together with them in the cloud to meet with the Lord in the air.
* We will be with the Lord always.
7. Christ was presented as the believer's hope of salvation both now and and at His coming.also, live and resurrection. This will serves as an assurance of hope of life after death as long as we continue steadfast in the Lord.
8. Here, it is evident that the coming of Christ is not to instil fear in people but, to strengthen their faith by assuring them the visible promise of life after death(resurrection of the dead in Christ). To assured them that Christ at his coming, will deliver us from wrath, gives rewards, perfect us, resurrect us, and sanctify all those who have trusted in Him. (1:10, 5:4-11, 2:19, 3:13, 4:13-18,and 5:23).
9. The second coming which is an evident of "Rapture" and the day of the Lord which connotes "Judgement".
10. The commendations of their faith, trust and hope, true service despite the problems they were face with. Even the midst of tribulations, they were able to stand firm in faith and this spread throughout the neighbouring countries like Macedonia and Achaia.
My lesson here is that Christians are to learn endurance in hardship as the Thessalonica church did. We must prove our to the people the sacrament of our believe in our actions and service to the Lord and as well be a role model to the people both within and outside the body of Christ.
A write-up prepared and submitted to Pst. Oladotun Akinsulire on Saturday 18th April, 2020.
Name : Benjamin Oluwatosin Emmanuel
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1. The early church fathers support pauls authorship of 1thessalonians beginning from early AD140, pauls known characteristics are apparent in the letter .
2. Those things that characterize Paul are evident throughout and a number of historical allusion in the book fit pauls life as recounted in Acts and in his own letter.
3. Paul wrote the letter to solve the problems that developed after he life the city. He wrote to a group of new believers who were brought into faith and was facing persecution and needed assurance and comforting words that would make them remain in faith.
4. To express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians, to encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles. To deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church.
5. Pauls teaching in first epistle to the Thessalonians primarily focused on the second coming of Jesus Christ. The resurrection of Christians at the the second coming. Paul used those who had falled asleep as euphemism for death. Death in this cause means that those that have died have died but for believers those that dead in Christ are asleep and they would wake up again at rapture.
6. There will be a shout from the archangel, who will also sound the trumpet of God and this will accompanied the appearance of Jesus Christ in the cloud and than the dead in Christ will rise first and those who are believers and still alive will be changed and be caught up in the cloud with jesus Christ and they will be with the lord forever.
7. Christ is presented as the hope of salvation for all believers both now and at Christ coming. Christ will deliver His people from wrath of tribulation and for this reason I will present Christ to my audience as the savior of mankind and the hope of our future
8. The teaching of Jesus Christ should give hope and not panic to the people. The second coming of Christ should be teach to encourage people that this evil world will come to an end one day, those who teach the second Coming of Christ to instill panic in the audience should restudy the scripture again to see that the teaching about Christ second coming is for hope and encouragement.
9. The relationship of the key concept is talking about the coming of Christ, rapture and the time in future when Christ will intervene in human event to consummate His redemption and judgment.
10. The Thessalonian church was a growing church that is spiritual and progressive. They show alot of love.
The church today should be more spiritual and grow in love.
Name: Ayuba Joseph Olusola
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1. Early church fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140. Because the 1:1 specially mentioned Paul.
2. There has been consensus among scholars that the primary author is the apostle Paul, although two of his partners are named as well: Silvanus, and Timothy. The dominant use of the first pronoun plural attests to the collegial nature of this epistle. Occasionally the pronoun “I” appears, ostensibly to give Paul the opportunity to speak with his own voice.
3. The first epistle was written during the earlier part of that period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church.
4. To express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3), to defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12), to encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12), to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13), to answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord” (5:1-11), and to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13; 19-20).
5. Paul used the fallen asleep. This word will strengthen the faith and hope of the audience and will also help them to continue in their steadfastness in Chrsit.
6. (a.) For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God,
(b.) the dead in Christ will arise first
(c.) Then we who are alive, who are left, will be snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air
(d.) And so we will be with the Lord always.
7. Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming. When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the Tribulation) (1:10; 5:4-11), give rewards (2:19), perfect us (3:13), resurrect us (4:13-18), and sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him (5:23). I will present Him (Christ) in the like manner Paul has presented Him to the Thessalonian Church
8. I will let them understand that we do not need to bring fear to the message of Christ, rather we should tell them about the hope, comfort and the benefit therein. Though the events after the second coming is not going to be easy or palatable, but we still need to share the Word with love and compassion.
9. The coming of the Lord for the church, the rapture (4:13-18), and the day of the Lord (5:1-11), the time in the future when He will intervene in human events to consummate His redemption and judgment. The coming for the church (I.e. the rapture); is the period that the believers in Christ will be taken away from the earth including those that had fallen asleep (died in Christ) to the firmament and after this the day of the Lord which is the judgment day when those that are not in Christ will be judged.
10. The church of Thessalonian is a progressive church haven considered their faith, love and hope which they have displayed even when Paul was not with them. It shows that their salvation was genuine or authentic.
What the contemporary church should learn from them is that they should walk in the word. Preaching it or confessing it is not enough, the faith, love and hope that we preached must be evident in our daily living.
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1. Early church fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140.
2. Those things that characterize Paul are evident throughout (cf. 3:1-2, 8-11 with Acts 15:36; 2 Cor. 11:28). In addition, a number of historical allusions in the book fit Paul’s life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters (cf. 2:14-16; 3:1, 2, 5-6 with Acts 17:1-15).
3.The first epistle was written during the earlier part of that period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church.
4. To express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3), to defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12), to encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12), to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13), to answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord” (5:1-11), and to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13; 19-20).
5. They had been taught to expect Christ to come as an unexpected thief from heaven. His resurrection from the dead was a prelude to the resurrection of His people.
It would appear that some of the believers had died recently and some members in the church were wondering if those who had "died in Christ" would miss out on some participation in the glory at His appearing.
6. Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope. 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and arose, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians. 4:15 For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep. 4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will arise first. 4:17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord always. 4:18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
7. Christ As Seen In 1 Thessalonians:
With the coming of the Lord mentioned in every chapter, Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming. When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the Tribulation) (1:10; 5:4-11), give rewards (2:19), perfect us (3:13), resurrect us (4:13-18), and sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him (5:23).
8. The second coming of Christ is to give hope, comfort and encouragement. We should continue to remind the church of the truth about the second of Christ and not to instill fear in the heart of people. The seconds it describe as the glorious day were the dead in Christ will resurrect and those that are alive will also ascend into the heaven. The church should engage their teachers on a proper study of the book of Thessalonians. so as to avoid wrong teachings.
9. Two key words and concepts stand out in this short epistle: “sanctification” (4:3, 4, 7), and “the coming of the Lord,” which is referred to in every chapter of the epistle (1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23). The coming of the Lord should not only comfort our hearts, but stir us to godly living.
10. The coming of the Lord should not only comfort our hearts, but stir us to godly living.
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1. Early Church Fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as AD. 140.
2. Both external and internal evidence supports the claim that Paul is the author of 1 Thessalonians;
i. Early church fathers as early as AD. 140
ii. Paul’s distinct way of writing is evident throughout (1Thess. 3:1-2, 8-11 with Acts 15:36; 2 Corin. 11:28)
iii. A number of historical allusions in the book that fit Paul’s life as found in Acts and in his own letters (1Thess. 2:14-16; 3:1, 2, 5-6 with Acts 17:1-15).
In view of the above evidence, few have ever questioned Paul’s authorship.
3. The Scenario or Situation in which Paul wrote this Letter.
Paul, Silas and Timothy on their way from Philippi, visited Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-10). Paul stayed at least three weeks in Thessalonica (1 Thess. 2:7-11; Acts 17:1-3). As a result of their continued preaching, many religious Greeks and influential women of the city were converted. But the unbelieving Jews of the city accused them of Treason and disloyalty to Roman law, and stirred up the government officials against the evangelists. They arrested Jason, and made him signed bond which included that Paul, Silas and Timothy must leave town. Because of his concern over the newly converted disciples in Thessalonica, Paul sent Timothy back to Thessalonica in order to establish and encourage the disciples. Timothy went back in spite of the persecution, to exhort and encourage the church. Paul was encouraged at the news of their stability, and thereby wrote the 1Thessalonian letter from Corinth.
4. Implication of the burden of this epistle;
a. The newly converted Thessalonians were encouraged.
b. They were instructed on how to live a holy, sanctified life.
c. It enabled their continued establishment even in the midst of great afflictions.
d. The church will stand firm in their call to discipleship in Christ.
e. Serves as encouragement for their evangelistic zeal
f. Assurance of Pastor Paul’s prayer for them.
5. The euphemism used for death is “those who are asleep” “fallen asleep” that is, SLEEP.
The effect of this on the immediate audience given the thrust of the message will minister Comfort and Hope to the audience.
6. Chronologically highlight the events that will punctuate the Second Coming of the Lord as presented in Thessalonians;
ReplyDelete1. The return of the Lord;
a. Christ will return with all believers that are currently in heaven (4:14, 16a-c)
b. He will return with a loud command; accompany with voice of archangel; and with the Trumpet of God (4:16a-c).
2. The bodies of dead believers will rise first (4:16d).
3. The believers on earth will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air (4:15,17)
7. How is Christ presented in the epistle to 1 Thessalonians? Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at his coming. When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath, gives rewards; perfect us, resurrect us, and sanctify all those who have trusted in Him. This is inclusive of all today’s Christians. Christ should be the focus of today’s Christians especially in this world of hopelessness and uncertainty. He has the comfort needed.
8. The second coming of Christ should not carry any element of fear or panic but rather that of longing and great expectation for a relief from the toil and uncertainty of everyday living especially this period of global pandemic. Looking forward to the glorious promise of Christ to come again and take us to Himself.
9. The relationship of the key concepts in the epistle;
The key concepts are Sanctification and The Coming of the Lord. These are quite related. The Coming of the Lord for the Saints should not just serve as Comfort for the Christians, but should also be to give them the strong feelings for a righteous, holy and sanctified lifestyle. Christ is coming for a church that is Holy without spot or stains.
10. My impression about Thessalonica church and the lessons for contemporary church;
Paul described the church as;
a. An Energetic church, that is, they are strong in faith and their labour of love.
b. An Elect church, meaning that they are chosen by God.
c. An Exemplary Church; to the church of God and also model to world around them.
d. An Evangelistic church; their faith is known everywhere.
e. An Expectant church; looking forward to the return of Jesus from heaven.
All the above should also be the pattern of Christians of today, if indeed we are going to the same heaven that these people were expecting then.
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ReplyDelete1. Historical allusions in the book fit Paul’s life as recounted in Acts and in other Paul’s letters.
2. Paul’s authorship of the letter was contested by some radical critics of the nineteenth even in the midst of overwhelming internal and external evidences pointing to Paul as author.
3. Paul wrote this letter after hearing how the Thessalonian church was progress in faith through the report brought to him by Timothy, who had just returned from Thessalonica. He wrote to defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry and to encourage them to stand in the midst of percussion and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyle. The letter also answers a doctrinal question regarding the “Day of the Lord” and to deal with problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church.
4.
- Paul express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians – the implication of this is that; All glory and thanks must be ascribed to God who works in us
- Paul defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry – the implication of this is that no one is immune to slandering
- Paul encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyle – the implication is that people need encourage to stand firm in faith
- Paul answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died – this implication is that the worry of what happen after death is genuine especially to Christians
5. Paul used ‘sleep’ as euphemism for death. It would affect the immediate hearer of Paul in that they know that someone who sleep will wake up and if their brethren are sleeping then they will wake up at the appointed time.
6.
- The Lord will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel and with trumpet of God
- The dead in Christ will rise first
- Then those who are alive will be snatched up together with in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air
7. Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at his coming. I will present Christ to Christians of today, as the hope of salvation even in the midst of all that is happening.
8. Christ’s second coming should not be presented to create fear and panic in the heart of people. It should rather be presented as a loving saviour coming for His own, this will in a way encourage believers to remain steadfast and also appeal to unbelievers to accept the loving saviour that will soon return.
9. The key concept is ‘Sanctification’ and ‘The Second Coming of the Lord’. The relationship between them is that one prepares someone to partake of the other. Sanctification prepares the believer to partake of the second coming of Christ.
10.
Thessalonian Church is a giving and growing church where brotherly love exists to the extent of having concern for the dead brethren. It is a church that is dynamic and full of good report.
Lessons to contemporary church
- Giving
- Brother Love
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COURSE: PAULINE EPISTLES
SOLUTIONS TO QUESTIONS
1. One external evidence of Paul's authorship of 1Thessalonians is the early Church father's support.
2. Paul's authorship of 1 Thessalonians was not contested because of its self - evidence in 1Thessalonians 1:1 and 2:18.
3. Paul wrote the book during Timothy's return from Thessalonica with the news of the progress of the Church.
4. The implications of Paul's burden are:
i. To express appreciation for what God is doing in their lives (1Thess. 1:2-3)
ii. To defend himself from those who slanders his ministry (1 Thess.2:1-12).
iii. To encourage them to stand firm against persecution, and pressure against return to pagan lifestyle (1Thess. 3:2-3;4:1-12)
iv. To answer a doctrinal
Question on Christians who had died (1Thess. 4:-13)
v. To respond to questions on the "Day of the Lord" (1 Thess. 5:-11)
vi. To deal with major problems that developed in the Church (1 Thess. 5:12-13; 19-20).
5. Paul used the phrase "Falling Asleep" as an euphemism for 'death'. This would have served as words of encouragement to his immediate audience, as they had before then been grieved at the death of their loved ones.
6. Chronological events that will punctuate the second coming are:
i. The Lord will descend from heaven with a shout and the blast of the trumpet (1Thess. 4:16a).
ii. The death in Christ will rise first (1Thess. 4:16b).
iii. Those who are alive will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air (1Thess. 17a).
iv. Believers will be with the Lord forever.
7. Christ is presented as believers' hope of salvation now and at His coming. Christ will be presented to Christians today with the assurance that when He comes, He will deliver believers from wrath, give rewards, perfect, resurrect and sanctify them.
8. Those who create fear in people about the teaching of Christ second coming - (a). Lack understanding of the word of God. (b). They have selfish motives. (c). They are agents of the Antichrist.
9. Sanctification and the coming of the Lord are the key concepts in the epistle, and they are intended to stir up believers for godly living.
10. My impression of the Thessalonian Church is that in spite of the encouraging news Paul received from Timothy about them, they still needed additional teaching and exhortation. Therefore, in establishing a Church in contemporary time, leaders must ensure that they monitor the Church that it does not depart from the true Gospel.
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6. Chronologically highlight the events that will punctuate the Second Coming of the Lord as presented in Thessalonians;
1. The return of the Lord;
a. Christ will return with all believers that are currently in heaven (4:14, 16a-c)
b. He will return with a loud command; accompany with voice of archangel; and with the Trumpet of God (4:16a-c).
2. The bodies of dead believers will rise first (4:16d).
3. The believers on earth will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air (4:15,17)
7. How is Christ presented in the epistle to 1 Thessalonians? Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at his coming. When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath, gives rewards; perfect us, resurrect us, and sanctify all those who have trusted in Him. This is inclusive of all today’s Christians. Christ should be the focus of today’s Christians especially in this world of hopelessness and uncertainty. He has the comfort needed.
8. The second coming of Christ should not carry any element of fear or panic but rather that of longing and great expectation for a relief from the toil and uncertainty of everyday living especially this period of global pandemic. Looking forward to the glorious promise of Christ to come again and take us to Himself.
9. The relationship of the key concepts in the epistle;
The key concepts are Sanctification and The Coming of the Lord. These are quite related. The Coming of the Lord for the Saints should not just serve as Comfort for the Christians, but should also be to give them the strong feelings for a righteous, holy and sanctified lifestyle. Christ is coming for a church that is Holy without spot or stains.
10. My impression about Thessalonica church and the lessons for contemporary church;
Paul described the church as;
a. An Energetic church, that is, they are strong in faith and their labour of love.
b. An Elect church, meaning that they are chosen by God.
c. An Exemplary Church; to the church of God and also model to world around them.
d. An Evangelistic church; their faith is known everywhere.
e. An Expectant church; looking forward to the return of Jesus from heaven.
All the above should also be the pattern of Christians of today, if indeed we are going to the same heaven that these people were expecting then.
THANKS
Adebisi Olufunmilayo Titlayo
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THE BOOK OF 1 THESSALONIANS
1. Early Church Fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as AD. 140.
2. Both external and internal evidence supports the claim that Paul is the author of 1 Thessalonians;
i. Early church fathers as early as AD. 140
ii. Paul’s distinct way of writing is evident throughout (1Thess. 3:1-2, 8-11 with Acts 15:36; 2 Corin. 11:28)
iii. A number of historical allusions in the book that fit Paul’s life as found in Acts and in his own letters (1Thess. 2:14-16; 3:1, 2, 5-6 with Acts 17:1-15).
In view of the above evidence, few have ever questioned Paul’s authorship.
3. The Scenario or Situation in which Paul wrote this Letter.
Paul, Silas and Timothy on their way from Philippi, visited Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-10). Paul stayed at least three weeks in Thessalonica (1 Thess. 2:7-11; Acts 17:1-3). As a result of their continued preaching, many religious Greeks and influential women of the city were converted. But the unbelieving Jews of the city accused them of Treason and disloyalty to Roman law, and stirred up the government officials against the evangelists. They arrested Jason, and made him signed bond which included that Paul, Silas and Timothy must leave town. Because of his concern over the newly converted disciples in Thessalonica, Paul sent Timothy back to Thessalonica in order to establish and encourage the disciples. Timothy went back in spite of the persecution, to exhort and encourage the church. Paul was encouraged at the news of their stability, and thereby wrote the 1Thessalonian letter from Corinth.
4. Implication of the burden of this epistle;
a. The newly converted Thessalonians were encouraged.
b. They were instructed on how to live a holy, sanctified life.
c. It enabled their continued establishment even in the midst of great afflictions.
d. The church will stand firm in their call to discipleship in Christ.
e. Serves as encouragement for their evangelistic zeal
f. Assurance of Pastor Paul’s prayer for them.
5. The euphemism used for death is “those who are asleep” “fallen asleep” that is, SLEEP.
The effect of this on the immediate audience given the thrust of the message will minister Comfort and Hope to the audience.
OLUSEGUN-KEHINDE ADEBOLA
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1. One external evidence in support of Paul's authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonians is seen by the early church fathers beginning as early as A.D 140.
Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested because there are evidences to Paul being the author throughout (CF. 3:1-2,8-11, with Acts 15: 36, 2nd Corinthians 11 V 28). Also, a number of historical allusions in the book fit Paul's life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters (CF. 2:14-16, 3:1)
3.The scerio or situation in which Paul wrote this letter happened at Corinth during the apostle's eighteen months stay in that City (Acts 18 V 1-11) . The first Epistle was written just after Timothy returned from Thessalonia and gave news of the progress of the Church while the second letter was dispatched just a few weeks later.
4. The implications of the burden of this Epistle are;
a. To express his Thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1V 2-3).
b. To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2: 1-12).
c. To encourage the Thessalonians to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3: 2-3).
d. To answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-12).
e. To answer questions regarding the 'Day of The Lord'
5. The euphemism that Paul used for death in the Epistle was 'Fallen asleep' (Ist Thessalonians 4 13). The effect I think this would had on the immediate audience was to make them not to be sorrowful or grief as people who had no hope knowing that the Lord Himself would come down again with command to take the ones that has fallen asleep and then those that remains would go and meet Him in the air.
6. The Chronological highlight of the events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord (Ist Thessalonians 4 V 16-17) are;
I. The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout.
II. The presence of the voice of the
archangel with the triumph of God.
III. The dear in Christ shall rise first.
IV. Then, those who are alive shall be caught up together with them in the clouds
V. There would be a meeting with the Lord in the air and we will be with Him for ever.
7. Christ is presented in this Epistle as believer's hope of salvation both now and at His coming. I will communicate this to a Christian audience today that Christ is still the coming Lord who is coming for those who had genuinely accepted Him. When He comes, He would deliver them from the wrath of tribulations and persecutions, gives rewards, resurrect them and sanctify all who have trust in Him.
8.My reaction to those who teach the second coming of Christ to instill fear and elicit in their audience is that, they probably have not genuinely given the totality of their hearts and lives to Christ, they are not yet exposed to the truth or the revelational knowledge of the word of God, or they are still under the bondage and captivity of the enemy(the devil) which brings fear to their hearts and hence, they will definitely preach the message with fear to others.
9. The relationship between the key concepts (sanctification and the coming of the Lord) that stood out in the Epistle is that the coming of the Lord is for those that are sanctified and this should not only comfort their hearts but, stir them to godly living.
10. My impression of the church is that they were working towards the Salvation of their hearts and they were concerned about life after death and that was why Paul had to teach and admonished them not to be sorrowful about those asleep that the Lord Himself would come for them later with those that are still around in the clouds to reign with Him forever. The lesson for the contemporary church is that this world is not the final Bus stop. Heaven is their home and they should by God's Grace work out their salvation with fear and trembling in order to reign in eternity with the Lord.
OLUSEGUN-KEHINDE ADEBOLA
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1. As declared in 1 Thess 1:1 and 1 Thess 2:18, all evidence supports the claim of the book that Paul is the author of 1Thessalonians.But early Church fathers support paul's authorship beginning as early as A.D 140.
2.Paul's Authorship of this letter was not contested. Because Paul has many pleasant memories of the days he spent with the infant Thessalonian Church. Their faith, hope, love, and perseverance in the face of persecution are exemplary.
3.A number of Paul's life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters. Saying for you, Brethren, became imitators of the Churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans. Who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us: and they do not please God and are contrary to all men 1 Thess 2:14-16.
4. The implications for the burden of this epistle are:
A. To express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonian.
B. To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry.
C. To encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyle.
D. To answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died.
E. To answer questions regarding the " Day of the Lord" and to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a Church.
5. Paul encourages them to excel in their new found faith, to increase in their love for one another, and to rejoice, pray, and give thanks always. He closes his letter with instructions regarding the return of the Lord, whose advent signifies hope and comfort for believers both living and dead.
6. The event that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord as presented in this letter. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel, and will the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will arise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord always.
7. How Christ is presented in this epistle and how it was communicated to the Christians audience, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God just as you actually do walk, that you may excel still more. For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality.
8.How I will react, to those who teach the second coming of Christ to instill fear and panic in the lives of Christians audiences. I will exhort them with the Bible taken from the book of 1 Thess 4:13-18 which says, Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve them like the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and arose, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.
9.The two key words and concepts stand out in this short epistle are: "sanctification", and "the coming of the Lord", which is referred to in every chapter of the epistle. The coming of the Lord should not only comfort our hearts, but stir us to godly living.
10.The lessons theconmporary church needs to learn from the Thessalonian church, is that Christ is presented as the believers hope of salvation both now and His coming. When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the tribulation), give rewards, perfect us, resurrect us and sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him.
DARE IMAGURE ELISHA
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PAULINE EPISTLES
1 The external evidence is that the early church fathers in the period 140AD supported Paul’s authorship of the book of 1Thesselonians
2 The authorship of Paul’s letter was not contested because those things that distinguish Paul are evident in the book, and also Some historic illusions his book and also in Acts fit Paul’s life,
3 Paul wrote this letter during his 18 months stay in Corinth (Acts 18:1-11) during the earlier part of that period just after Timothy returned from Thessalonica and gave him news of the progress of the church
4 Paul was happy with the news of the progress in the faith of the believers thereby appreciating God works in the life of the Thessalonians. Paul also was able guide against the campaign to defame his ministry. The believers was encourage to stand and continue in faith amidst persecution. Paul also gave answers to questions as regards the dead in Christ and the last day. The Christians were encourage on handling issues as regards their cooperate life.
5 1Thess 4:13a But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep.
The euphemism word ASLEEP means dead. The effect is that the believers were enlighten and made to understand that death is not the end of Christian life. The audience now have understanding that there is life after death.
6 a. The Lord will descend from heaven with a shout,
b. With the voice of the archangel,
c. With the trump of God:
d. The dead in Christ shall rise first
e. Those who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with the dead in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
7 Christ is presented as the hope of salvation to the believers, and the one who can deliver us from the coming wrath and tribulation
I will present Him to the world as the way, truth and life, the only hope of our salvation, the on who can give us rest to our life here and in life to come
8 The teaching of the second coming of the Lord is not to create fear or panic in the life of the people because it can defeat the purpose of the message
The teaching of the second coming of Christ is to refocus, strengthen and encourage the people’s faith in God
Such teachers should study the word of God very well and asks God for the illumination of His word
9 The two key words and concepts are Sanctification and the second coming of our Lord.
The relationship is that we must be separated unto the lord and this talks of our salvation which is a prerequisite to us being rapture in the second coming of the Lord.
10 My impressions of the Thessalonian church are:
a The receive the gospel with joy and they were progressing in the faith.
b The believers stood out in their faith and they serve as example to other believers
c The church in Thessalonian were open to more teachings, instructions and corrections
d Paul’s message concerning those that are asleep and the coming of the Lord shows that the are looking forward to reign with Christ in His second coming
The contemporary church should:
a Show love
b Be generous
c Grow in faith
d Be an example to the world
e Encourage others to grow in faith by teaching them the word of God
f Expect and prepare for the second coming of the Lord
ACHIME JOY CHINWE
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Pauline Reading Assignment 2
1 Thessalonians
1. Early church fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as AD 140
2 a. As declared in 1:1 and 2:18 all evidence (external and internal) support the claim of the book that Paul is the author of 1Thessalonians
b. Early church father support Paul’s authorship. Beginning as early as A.D 140.
c. Those things which characterize Paul are evident throughout 3: 1-2, 8-11 with Acts 15:36; 1:28.
d. Also a number of historical allusions in the book fit Paul’s life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters
e. The book is canonized
3 a. Both 1 and 2 Thessalonians were written from Corinth during the apostle’s eighteen-month stay in that city, (Acts 18:1-11)
b. The first epistle was written during the earlier part of that period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonians with news of the progress of the church. The second letter was dispatched just a few weeks/months later. Probably AD 51-52.
4a. Paul wrote to express thankfulness for what God is doing in the lives of the Thessalonians 1:2-3
b. to defend himself against a campaign of slander of his ministry 2: 1-12
c. to encourage them to stand against persecution and pressure to revert to their former lifestyle (3:2-3; 4:1-12)
d. to answer doctrinal questions regarding the “day of the lord” (5:1-11)
e. to deal with certain problems that developed in the corporate life of the church.
5a. Euphemism used for death in the epistle id “sleep”; “fallen asleep”
b. The effect it would have on the audience is that of encouragement, hope, joy, happiness, instead of sorrow, pain and hopelessness, grief.
6. Chronologically highlight the events that will be a precursor to the second coming of the lord as presented in this letter.
a. The living will not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep (4:16)
b. The lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God
c. The dead in Christ will arise first (4:17)
d. We who are alive, who are left will be snatched up together in the clouds to meet the lord in the air.
e. so we all will be with the lord in the air.
7a. Christ is presented in this epistle as the son of God;
b. that Jesus died and rose from the dead
c. the messiah
d. the soon coming king who will come to take the believers both living and dead in the air to be with him.
e. to communicate this message to Christian audience, I would let them know that:
i. should stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former lifestyles(3: 2-3; 4:1-12)
ii. they should live a holy and sanctified life
iii. to live in expectation of the coming of the lord (1:10;2:19;3:13; 4:15)
iv. to be comforted and stirred up for godly living
8a. I will direct them to the book of 1 thessalonians to read about the second coming of Christ according to 1st thessalonians chapter 4.
b. I will tell them about the day of the lord(5:3)
9. Relationship between the key concepts that stand out in the epistle are:
• The day of the lord
• The coming of the lord
(chapters 4 and 5)
The relationship between the key concepts are teachings on both the coming of the lord for he church, the rapture(4:13-18) and the day of the Lord (5:1-11) which is the time in the future when He will intervene in human events to consummate His redemption and judgement.
10. Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming.
a. When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath (1:10; 5:4-11)
b. He will give us rewards (2:10)
c. He will perfect us (3:13)
d. He will resurrect us (4:13-18)
e. He will sanctify us (5:23)
NAME: OLANREWAJU C. OLUWAKEMI
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ASSIGNMENT 1ST THESSONIANS
1. One of the external evidence in support of Paul’s authorship of the epistle of the Thessalonians was the early church fathers.
2. Yes, his authorship was not contested because both internal and external evidences support the claims of the book that Paul was the author and those things that characterized Paul was evident throughout the epistle.
3. Thessalonians in the face of persecution, Paul wrote to encourage the Christians in that community with the goal that they would continue to grow in godliness. Paul knew that the people had been exposed to errant teaching from those in opposition to the way of Jesus Christ and the grace of God. And Paul also understood that unless the young church continued to mature in its faith, the danger would only increase over time.
4. The burdens are: to express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3), to defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12), to encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12), to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13), to answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord” (5:1-11), and to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13; 19-20).
5. The euphemism Paul used for death in this epistle was “those who fall asleep”. The audience would have misunderstood Paul’s usage of metaphor of “asleep” because they believe or thought that believers would live until Christ returns.
6. A. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of archangel, and with trump of God.
B. The dead in Christ shall rise first.
C. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the cloud to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
7. Christ was presented in this epistle as the believer’s hope for salvation both now and at His coming.
I will tell my fellow Christian audience that Christ will deliver us from wrath and tribulation that may come our ways.
8. Even though the day of the Lord is fearful, that does not mean to instill fear into the life of the people. We must let them know in a way of teaching them what the day of the Lord meant and entails. Then we must continually being encouraging them and urge them till a change occur.
9. Chapters 4 & 5 stands out because of their teaching on the coming of the Lord to the church, the rapture, and the day of the Lord
10. Is the faithfulness of the Thessalonians in a face of persecution.
Lesson
Whenever we feel like our Christian faith has grown stale, that we are withering on the vine when you would rather be flourishing in His service? Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians is the perfect remedy for such a feeling. Its focus on Christ’s return provides water for the thirsty soul today, encouraging growth in maturity by providing hope in the midst of suffering.
By clinging to our hope in Christ, we may see several clear results in our lives: avoiding sexual immorality, refusing to defraud others, appreciating those Christians who serve on your behalf, refusing to repay evil for evil, rejoicing always, praying without ceasing, and giving thanks in all things. (1 Thessalonians 4:3–7; 5:12–23).
AJAYI OLUSOLA ISAAC LIFE2018144
ReplyDelete1. Early church fathers support Paul's authorship beginning as early as A. D 140
2. Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested because of strong evidences of those things that characterize Paul are evident throughout the Epistle. Also, quite number of historical allusions in the book fit Paul's life as recounted in Acts and his own letters (Acts 17:1-15, 2:14-16). And lastly internal evidence supports claim of authorship (1:1, 2:18)
3. The Epistle was written around A. D 51/52 from Corinth during Paul's eighteen-month stay in that city. When Timothy returned from Thessaloca with positive reports of the progress of the church. So, Paul wrote to encourage them to stand fast against pressure to revert to pagan life style, to give assurance on the future of believers who had died before Christ returns.
4. The implications of the burden of this epistle is to:
i. express thankfulness for what God is doing in the lives of the Thessalonians
ii. defend himself (i. e Paul) against a campaign against his ministry
iii. encourage the Thessalonians to stand against pressure and persecution to revert to pagan lifestyle
iv. answer doctrinal question pertaining the fate of believers who had died
v. answer questions regarding the day of the Lord
vi. deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church
5. Paul used "to fall asleep" as an Euphemism of death. This is used to show that those who had died in Christ will rise again at the Lord's second coming. It means their souls are not lost forever. The immediate effect of this was to give comfort, consolation and hope to the Thessalonians who grieve over the death of their beloved brethren
6. The events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord in chronological order are:
i. Lord Himself will come down from heaven
ii. There will be loud sound of trumpet by the archangel
iii. The dead in Christ will rise first
iv. Those believers who are alive will be caught up with them in the clouds
7. Christ is presented as the believers' hope of salvation both now and at His coming. And when He comes finally, He will deliver us from wrath, give rewards, perfects, resurrects, and sanctifies us who have trusted in Him.
With this background knowledge, I will communicate this to a Christian audience by admonishing them to trust in the sufficiency of Christ for the present and also in the future.
8. As much as I can I will dissipate fear from the minds of their audience with an assurance from the scriptures that the dead in Christ shall arise. Standing to correct the erroneous and panic teaching
9. The two key concepts that stand out in this epistle are "sanctification" and "coming of the Lord". Their relationship is that the coming of the Lord will stir us as believers to live godly and then by and by we will be sanctified in Christ.
10. My impression of the Thessalonians church based on Paul's reports is that this church had believers who are open/receptive to God's word, with a mind to serve God, has a heart for their dead brethren, and converts who are growing spiritually.
The contemporary church can learn by engraving the hearts of her members with the truth of God's words. The church of Christ must be progressive in spirit and in truth. Also love for brethren should be practiced in the same way like the Thessalonian church
PAULINE READING ASSIGNMENT MOMOH, MARTINS OSADOLOR LIFE2018081 18/04/2020
ReplyDelete1. Early church fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140
2. Those things that characterize Paul’s writings are evident throughout (cf. 3:1-2, 8-11 with Acts 15:36; 2 Cor. 11:28). Also a number of historical allusions in the book fit Paul’s life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters with Acts 17:1-15). In view of this evidences Paul’s Authorship of his letter to the Thessalonians was not contested.
3. The first epistle was written during the earlier part of his stay in Corith, just after
Timothy had returned from Thessalonians with news of the progress of the church. While the
second epistle was written weeks or months later
4. The Epistle is to express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3),
To defend himself against slanderous campaign in his ministry (2:1-12),
To encourage them to stand firm against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles 3:2-3; 4:1-12),
To answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13).
To answer question regarding the 'Day of the Lord" (5:1-11), and to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13, 19-20).
5. Paul used those who had fallen asleep as an indirect and subtle reference to death. They were comforted and encouraged. Because before Paul addressed the issue, they were hitherto sad and confused.
6.
I. They should be awake and sober.
II. They should put on faith and love as breastplate.
III. They should not be idle and disruptive.
IV. They should help the weak. d They should be patient with everyone.
V. They should not pay wrong for wrong.
VI They should always make efforts to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
7. Christ is presented as the believers' hope of salvation both now and at his coming. When Jesus comes, He will deliver us from wrath of tribulation 1:10, 5:4-11, give rewards 2:19, perfect us 3:13, resurrect us 4:13-18 and sanctify those who have trusted in Him.
8. This aspect of the Bible should be used to comfort, encourage and give people hope. Apostle Paul said in 1 Thess 4:18 that we should comfort one another with these words. The second coming of Jesus should be used to encourage believers about coming end of the evil world and believers should be alive and remain with Christ so that we can reign with Him on His second coming.
9. The two major key concepts are righteous living and the second coming of the Lord. Their relationship is that the coming of the Lord is for those believers who remain in Him, so we are encouraged and comforted in our hearts to live daily to please Him
From Paul's report of the Thessalonian church, what is your impression of the church and
what lessons should the contemporary church learn from them?
10. The church in Thessalonica is a godly Church and encouraged to avoid immorality.
The church today is encouraged to have hope in the second coming by living a life worthy of Him.
NAME: ADEKOYA ADEDOYIN REMI
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COURSE: PAULINE EPISTLE
ANSWERS
1. One external evidence in support of Paul's authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonians is, it received the title Pros Thessalonkeis A, the "First to the Thessalonians". Also, the early church fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140. In this letter, Paul succinctly commented on the corporate qualities of faith, hope and love (vs 3) that he mentioned in several other letters.
2. Of a truth, Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested in so many ways, firstly, corporate qualities of faith, hope and love as in (vs 3) as mentioned in several other letters cannot be contested with other authors. Secondly, Paul's life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters, in I Thessalonians we also get glimpse of Paul's style of ministry and his relationship with his new church members.
3. The situation in which Paul wrote this letter of First Thessalonians was the period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church. The epistle was designed to equip those young believers for the challenges awaiting and surrounding them. It was written during the apostle’s eighteen-month stay in Corinth.
4. The implications of the burden of this epistle was:
I. To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12).
II. To encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 1-12).
III. To answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13)
IV. To answer questions regarding the "Day of the Lord" etc
5. I. The euphemism used by Paul in 4:13-18. Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
II. The effect on the audience is that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from Heaven with a shout of command with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will arises first.
6. The events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord as presented in this letter. 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-8, "Let no man deceive you by any means; for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition and who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, ......"
7. The presentation of Christ in this epistle: He presented Christ as Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath. Communicating this to Christians audience today is to turn from evil and to wait for His son from Heaven, whom he raised from the dead. Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
8. Today we have God's complete message in the Old and New Testaments. To help believers develop in their faith, hope and love, those entrusted with teaching responsibilities must continually communicate this truth not to instill fear and elicit panic on the audience.
9. Work of faith, labour of love and endurance of hope as the key concepts is that faith, hope and love are biblical measurements for evaluating maturity and God uses these qualities as a model of spiritual growth.
10. Since Paul's first letter, the seeds of false doctrine have been sown among the Thessalonians causing them to weave in their faith. Today, many Christians leaders seem to be more enamored with decisions for Christ than with what happens in the lives of those who profess faith. This attitude neglects the second half of the great commission. We are not only to make disciples, but to teach them to observe everything Jesus taught (Matthew 28:19-20). We also see this follow-up principle illustrated on Paul's first missionary journey.
NAME: ADEKOYA ADEDOYIN REMI
ReplyDeleteMATRIC NO: LIFE2018145
COURSE: PAULINE EPISTLE
ANSWERS
1. One external evidence in support of Paul's authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonians is, it received the title Pros Thessalonkeis A, the "First to the Thessalonians". Also, the early church fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140. In this letter, Paul succinctly commented on the corporate qualities of faith, hope and love (vs 3) that he mentioned in several other letters.
2. Of a truth, Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested in so many ways, firstly, corporate qualities of faith, hope and love as in (vs 3) as mentioned in several other letters cannot be contested with other authors. Secondly, Paul's life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters, in I Thessalonians we also get glimpse of Paul's style of ministry and his relationship with his new church members.
3. The situation in which Paul wrote this letter of First Thessalonians was the period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church. The epistle was designed to equip those young believers for the challenges awaiting and surrounding them. It was written during the apostle’s eighteen-month stay in Corinth.
4. The implications of the burden of this epistle was:
I. To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12).
II. To encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 1-12).
III. To answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13)
IV. To answer questions regarding the "Day of the Lord" etc
5. I. The euphemism used by Paul in 4:13-18. Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
II. The effect on the audience is that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from Heaven with a shout of command with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will arises first.
6. The events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord as presented in this letter. 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-8, "Let no man deceive you by any means; for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition and who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, ......"
7. The presentation of Christ in this epistle: He presented Christ as Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath. Communicating this to Christians audience today is to turn from evil and to wait for His son from Heaven, whom he raised from the dead. Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
8. Today we have God's complete message in the Old and New Testaments. To help believers develop in their faith, hope and love, those entrusted with teaching responsibilities must continually communicate this truth not to instill fear and elicit panic on the audience.
9. Work of faith, labour of love and endurance of hope as the key concepts is that faith, hope and love are biblical measurements for evaluating maturity and God uses these qualities as a model of spiritual growth.
10. Since Paul's first letter, the seeds of false doctrine have been sown among the Thessalonians causing them to weave in their faith. Today, many Christians leaders seem to be more enamored with decisions for Christ than with what happens in the lives of those who profess faith. This attitude neglects the second half of the great commission. We are not only to make disciples, but to teach them to observe everything Jesus taught (Matthew 28:19-20). We also see this follow-up principle illustrated on Paul's first missionary journey.
Name : Akowe Maria Tina
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1. The early church fathers support Paula authorship of 1 Thessalonians beginning from early AD 140
2. Those things that characterize Paul are number of historical allusion in the book fit Pauls life as recounted in Acts and his own letter.
3. He wrote to a group of new believers who where brought into the faith and was facing persecution and needed assurance and comforting words that would make them remain in faith.
4. The implications for the burden of this espistle are
To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry
To answer to doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of christian who has died
5. Pauls assures believers of the resurrection of those who had already died in Christ. Paul encourage them to prepare for the great day.
6. The sounding of trumpet by the archangel in the sky together with Christ, those who dead in Christ will rise first, those who are alive will be caught up together with Christ in the cloud and we will be with Him for ever.
7. Christ is presented as the hope of salvation for all people. I will present Christ to the people today as the hope of salvation even in the midst of all that is happening of the problems of the world
8. The second coming of Christ should tether be teach as a loving saviour coming for His own people and this will in a way to encourage believers to remain focus and give hope to sins
9. The relationship of key concept is that they are intended to stir up believers for godly living.
10. The Thessalonians church were working towards the salvation of their hearts and were concerned about life after death. The church today should work out their salvation with fear and focus more on the kingdom of God
Name: Aro Oluwakemi
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1. One external evidence in support of Paul's authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonians is the claim of the early church fathers support as early as A.D. 140.
2. Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested because Paul’s character are evident throughout the Epistle; his intense love for his converts, his anxiety about their spiritual welfare, his joy when he receives a favorable account of their faith and charity, his zeal for the cause of the Lord for which he is ready to sacrifice everything, his noble independence of spirit. Those things that characterize Paul are evident throughout (cf. 3:1-2, 8-11 with Acts 15:36; 2 Cor. 11:28).
3. Paul wrote this letter from Corinth during the apostle’s eighteen-month stay in that city (cf. Acts 18:1-11). The first epistle was written during the earlier part of that period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church. The second letter was dispatched just a few weeks (or at the most a few months) later.
4. The implications of the burden of this epistle are:
i. to express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3)
ii. to defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12),
iii. to encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12)
iv. to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13)
v. to answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord” (5:1-11)
vi. to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13; 19-20).
5. The euphemism used in Chapter 4 (1 Thes. 4:13, 15a) is asleep instead of the word death. Paul applied the word sleep to those believers who died. Jesus used the same expression (John 11:11-13). Paul was careful to state that Jesus died; the word sleep is not applied to His experience. It is because He died that we need not fear death. However, Paul did not say that the soul went to sleep at death. He made it clear that the soul of the believer went to be with the Lord: "them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him" (1 Thess 4:14).
6. i. The Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God
ii. The dead in Christ will arise first. 4:17
iii. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
iv. And so we will be with the Lord always. 4:18
7. Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming. When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the Tribulation) (1:10; 5:4-11), give rewards (2:19), perfect us (3:13), resurrect us (4:13-18), and sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him (5:23).
8. I will teach them to instill the fear of the Lord in people, encourage them to strive to walk with God so that we may be ever with the Lord.
9. The key concepts that stand out in this epistle are “sanctification” and (4:3, 4, 7), and “the coming of the Lord,” which is referred to in every chapter of the epistle (1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23). “Sanctification means the separation from all that is evil. The entire consecration of the whole man to the service of God and the gradual conforming of the human will to the blessed will of God” The relationship between the two is that the end result of the two is PURITY. The coming of the Lord should not only comfort our hearts, but stir us to godly living.
10. My impression is that the Thessalonian Church are strong in faith, Brotherly love exist among them and They are church that gives.
Fatoyinbo Oladotun
ReplyDelete1. Early church fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140
2. The authorship of the letter was not contested. 1 Those things that characterize Paul are evident throughout (cf. 3:1-2, 8-11 with Acts 15:36; 2 Cor. 11:28). 2. a number of historical allusions in the book fit Paul’s life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters (cf. 2:14-16; 3:1, 2, 5-6 with Acts 17:1-15). 3. Some radical critics of the nineteenth century have ever questioned Paul’s authorship.
3. The letter was written from Corinth during the apostle’s eighteen-month stay in that city (cf. Acts 18:1-11) and was written during the earlier part of that period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church.
4. The following are the implications of the burden of this epistle: i. To express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3),
ii. To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12),
iii. To encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12)
iv. To answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13)
v. To answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord” (5:1-11)
vi. To deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13; 19-20).
5. Paul used asleep as euphemism for death and this restore hope in their discouragement.
6. The Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will arise first. 4:17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord always.
7. Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming. When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the Tribulation) (1:10; 5:4-11), give rewards (2:19), perfect us (3:13), resurrect us (4:13-18), and sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him (5:23). Christians must not lose hope in Christ; we must intensify effort to trust Him more regardless of what is happening now because Christ is coming soon.
8. Having studied the epistle my reaction to the people that instill fear in the life of their audience is to refer them back to the scripture and establish the truth of this epistle. The teaching of our Lord Jesus brings hope, comfort and stir up to a life that pleases God. We strive to please in all circumstances
9. The relationship of the key words that stand out in this epistle Sanctification” (4:3, 4, 7), and “the coming of the Lord,” The coming of the Lord should not only comfort our hearts, but stir us to godly living. Meaning that as we hope in the coming of the Lord and receive joy and comfort it should move up to live a life that pleases God.
10. My impression about Thessalonians church according to Paul’s report is the church is progressive church that loves God. The contemporary church should continue to love God and this can be displayed on how we relate with others and put their trust in God who is able to see us through regardless of what we are facing.
Completed and submitted by Fatoyinbo Oladotun
PAULINE EPISTLE ASSIGNMENT
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1. The early church fathers support Paul as the author of the book
2. Paul authorship of the book of Thessalonians was contested by some radical critics of the nineteenth century.
3. The first book of Thessalonians was writing by Paul after Timothy returned from Thessalonical with good report about the church of God. Paul, full of joy and Thanksgiving for the church for allowing the word of God to grow and produce good fruits in them.
4i. To defend his (Paul) ministry against those slander his ministry
ii. To encourage the Thessalonical church against persecution from former pagan
III. To comfort those that are mourning the death of their love ones
5. The word is ASLEEP.
This word brings comfort to the Thessalonical believers who are mourning the death of their love ones. This bring comfort and hope of seeing their love ones again to the believers.
6. The Lord will desend from heaven with a loud shout and trumpet, the dead in Christ will rise first to meet with Christ, then living will be caught up into the cloud and meet with Christ in the air.
7. Christ is presented as a believers hope of salvation.
Christ is our hope in time of trouble because He will deliver us from all trouble and He will reward us accordingly either in this present world and the word to come.
8. By making them to see the coming of the Lord as a way of stirring up the believers to live godly life.
9. Sanctifiction and coming of the Lord are the main concepts of this epistle and they are very related. Sanctifiction serve as a tool to drive the coming of the Lord. When Christ comes, He will only come for the sanctify ones.
10. The Thessalonical church is a sanctify church and the one preparing for the coming of the Lord.
The contemporary should know that the coming of the by Lord should not only comfort the church but it's should stir the church to godly living.
AWOSANYA PHILIP OLUROTIMI
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1. The early church fathers support of Paul authorship as early as A.D 140.
2. Paul authorship of this letter was not çontested because of those things that characterized Paul are evident throughout the letter, also,a number of historical allusions in the letter fits Paul life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters.
3. The letter was written from Corinth during the earlier part of the Apostles eighteen months stay in that city (Corinth)after Timothy return with news of the church progress.
4. The implications of the burden of the church are as follows:
a. Paul appreciation for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians.
b. Paul defence against a campaign to slander his ministry.
c. To encourage the Thessalonians to stand against persecutions and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyle.
d. To answer doctrinal questions pertaining to the faith of Christians who had died.
e. To answer questions regarding" Day of the Lord".
f. To also deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church.
5. The expression that Paul use for death in the epistle is falling asleep, and the effect it would have had on the immediate audience wss that it will encourage them and strengthen their hope in Christ that they will surely rise up again because they were not totally dead but asleep in the Lord,so therefore there is all tendency of rising up again,it will increase their faith and propel them to hold unto their faith in Christ Jesus.
6. The event that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord as presented in the letter is,there will be a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
7. Christ is presented in the epistle as the believer's hope of salvation both now and His coming. And this will be communicated to today Christians audience as a hope for their affliction and suffering for Christ sake, that,when Jesus Christ comes;
a. He will deliver us from the wrath which is the to the tribulations ( after rapture).
b. He will give us reward for our affliction of faith.
c. He will change our imperfections into perfection so as to become like Him.
d. He will ressurect us even we are asleep by the time of His coming.
e. He will sanctify us and set us apart to reign with Him.
8. Based on my study of the I Thessalonians,my reaction to those who teach the second coming of Christ to instill fear and panic Will be against their teaching because the coming of the Lord should not be a threats to a Christian but rather according to Paul should be a comfort to our heart and also should stir us up to Godly living as Christ is hope of Salvation for the Christians.
9. The key concepts that stands out in the epistle are " Sanctification" and " The Coming of The Lord”, the relationship between the two concepts is that Sanctification which is being holy is the important requirements of the Christians for the preparation of the coming of the Lord. In one word Sanctification is the preparation of the saints for the coming of the Lord.
10. My impression of the church according to Paul report is that, the church were accomodating, they received the word of God from the apostles as from God Himself, the word of God had impact on their lives,and they turned from Idol unto God, walking according to the word of God and looking up to the coming of the Lord.
The lesson for the contemporary church is that, the church must be accomodating, hospitable,believe and have faith in the word of God from their ministers and should allow the word to change their lives from their evil ways unto God and always live a life that's expecting the coming of the Lord so soon.
OGBONNAYA CHIGOZIE
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PAULINE READING ASSIGNMENT 2
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1
The early church fathers supported Paul authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonians.
2
Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested because all internal and external evidences support the claim that the book was written by Paul. Those things that characterize Paul are evident throughout and a number of historical allusions in the book fit Paul’s life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters.
3
It was written from Corinth during the earlier part of that period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church in other to encourage them.
4
to express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3),
to defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12),
to encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12)
and to answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord.
5
The euphemism used by Paul for death was “Fallen asleep”.
The effect it would have on the immediate audience is to encourage them to know that there is hope of resurrection for everyone who died as genuine believer in Christ.
6
According to 1 Thess. 4:16 - 17
i. The Lord himself will come down from heaven.
ii. With a loud command
iii. With the shout of the Archangel
iv. With the sound of a trumpet of God
v. The dead in Christ will rise first.
vi. We who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the cloud to meet the Lord in the air.
7
Christ was presented as the believer's hope of salvation both now and at His coming.
I would communicate to the Christian audience that our hope should not just be on this world, that there is life after death.
8
The teaching of the second coming of Christ is not to instils fear but to be message of hope, encouragement and faith in the Lord that whatsoever we pass through here on earth should not remove our focus from the Lord’s coming and that this evil world will soon end.
9
The two key words and concepts that stand out in the epistle are “sanctification” and “the coming of the Lord,” . Their relationship is that the coming of the Lord should not only give us hope and comfort but also to encourage us to live a godly life.
10
My impression of the Thessalonian church is that it is a church that grows in love, faith and hope in the return of our Lord Jesu Christ.
Lessons to learn for the church of today :
1. We should have practical love amongst ourselves.
2. We should walk our talk.
3. We should not give up in trials.
4. We should have hope and prepare for the coming of the Lord.
BADEJO OLUBUNMI, A.
ReplyDelete1. One external evidence in support of Paul’s authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonians is the support of the early church fathers of Paul’s authorship as early as A.D. 140.
2. The external and internal evidences such as the early fathers’ support of Paul’s authorship as early as A.D. 140; the evident characteristics of Paul throughout the epistle which could also be substantiated in other epistles written by Paul; as well as a number of historical allusions in the book that fit Paul’s life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters made it impossible to dispute Paul’s authorship of 1 Thessalonians except for some radical critics of the nineteenth century.
3. Paul wrote this letter during the earlier part of his eighteen month stay in the city of Corinth, just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the Church.
4. The implications of the burden of this epistle includes the drawing out of God’s dealings in the lives of the Thessalonians, defense of against the slandering of Paul’s ministry, encouragement of the Thessalonians to stand firm in the face of persecution and pressure to backslide, answers to the doctrinal issue of life after death for the believer, answers to questions about the second coming of the Lord “the day of the Lord”, and giving of clear cut instructions on the corporate life of the church.
5. Paul used the euphemism “sleep” in the place of death in the epistle (1Thessalonians 4:13 -18). The effect this would have had on the immediate audience given the thrust of Paul’s message was that of hope and assurance of resurrection. It would have encouraged them to see death as a temporary transition and not the permanent end to life, therefore giving comfort to the people/ body of Christ.
6. Chronological highlights of the events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord as presented in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 “the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with: i. a shout, ii. the voice of an archangel, iii. With the trumpet of God.
7. Christ is represented in this epistle as the believers’ hope of salvation both now and at His coming, at His coming, He will deliver the believers from wrath, give rewards, perfect, resurrect, and sanctify those who trust in Him. I will communicate this to a Christian audience today presenting Jesus Christ to them as the present and eternal hope of the believer who is able to save those who believe in Him now and preserve them till eternity.
8. Those who teach the second coming of Christ to instill fear and elicit panic in their audience probably do not have a clear understanding of Paul’s writing in 1 Thessalonians, because the teaching of the second coming of Christ in the epistle is meant to comfort, raise hope, build up courage, and elicit anticipation of Christ coming in the audience.
9. The two concepts that stand out in the epistle are “sanctification” and “the coming of the Lord”. The relationship between the two concepts is that the believers’ hope for the second coming of the Lord must stir up the desire for a holy/godly living that will result in a gloriously sanctified life/church that Christ will be proud of at second His coming.
10. From Paul’s report of the Thessalonian church in 1 Thessalonians chapter one, I can deduce that the church is an exemplary church full of work of faith, labour of love, and patient hope in The Lord Jesus Christ, among other virtues such as acceptance and positive response to the truth of the word of God, enduring the persecutions from their countrymen. The lessons that the contemporary church can learn from them include: 1. Taking the word of God seriously with the enthusiasm to learn and know the truth of God’s word; 2. Combining the profession of faith with good works; 3.showing good examples to the unbelieving world around them through upright/sanctified Christian living; 4. Expression of hope in the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ by not living carelessly in the world.
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1. One external evidence in support of Paul's authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonians is the claim of the early church fathers support as early as A.D. 140 .
2. Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested because Paul’s character are evident throughout the Epistle; his intense love for his converts, his anxiety about their spiritual welfare, his joy when he receives a favorable account of their faith and charity, his zeal for the cause of the Lord for which he is ready to sacrifice everything, his noble independence of spirit. Those things that characterize Paul are evident throughout (cf. 3:1-2, 8-11 with Acts 15:36; 2 Cor. 11:28).
3. Paul wrote this letter from Corinth during the apostle’s eighteen-month stay in that city (cf. Acts 18:1-11). The first epistle was written during the earlier part of that period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church. The second letter was dispatched just a few weeks (or at the most a few months) later.
4. The implications of the burden of this epistle are:
i. to express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3)
ii. to defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12),
iii. to encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12)
iv. to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13)
v. to answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord” (5:1-11)
vi. to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13; 19-20).
5. The euphemism used in Chapter 4 (1 Thes. 4:13, 15a) is asleep instead of the word death. Paul applied the word sleep to those believers who died. Jesus used the same expression (John 11:11-13). Paul was careful to state that Jesus died; the word sleep is not applied to His experience. It is because He died that we need not fear death. However, Paul did not say that the soul went to sleep at death. He made it clear that the soul of the believer went to be with the Lord: "them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him" (1 Thess 4:14).
6. i. The Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God
ii. The dead in Christ will arise first. 4:17
iii. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
iv. And so we will be with the Lord always. 4:18
7. Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming. When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the Tribulation) (1:10; 5:4-11), give rewards (2:19), perfect us (3:13), resurrect us (4:13-18), and sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him (5:23).
8. I will teach them to instill the fear of the Lord in people, encourage them to strive to walk with God so that we may be ever with the Lord.
9. The key concepts that stand out in this epistle are “sanctification” and (4:3, 4, 7), and “the coming of the Lord,” which is referred to in every chapter of the epistle (1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23). “Sanctification means the separation from all that is evil. The entire consecration of the whole man to the service of God and the gradual conforming of the human will to the blessed will of God” The relationship between the two is that the end result of the two is PURITY. The coming of the Lord should not only comfort our hearts, but stir us to godly living.
10 My impression is that
i. The Thessalonian Church are strong in faith
ii. Brotherly love exist among them
iii. They are church that gives
EYIARO OLUFEMI EMILOJU
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1. Early church fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140.
2. There are things that characterize Paul which are evident throughout (cf. 3:1-2, 8-11 with Acts 15:36; 2 Cor. 11:28) also, several historical allusions in the book fit Paul’s life as recounted in Acts and in his own letters (cf. 2:14-16; 3:1, 2, 5-6 with Acts 17:1-15).
3. He wrote the letter to thank God for the Thessalonians (1:2-3), defend slander on his ministry (2:1-12), give them encouragement against pressures and persecutions to backslide (3:2-3; 4:1-12), set scriptural doctrines on the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13), clarify the meaning of the “Day of the Lord” (5:1-11), and finally to address the corporate life of the church and problems that arose (5:12-13; 19-20).
4. a.The pastor must appreciate the growth of the members when and where necessary.
a. There are times that the pastor might be faced with slander and must need to speak out.
b. Members of the church should I say need encouragement from their spiritual leaders during the face of troubles.
c. Some issues of doctrine (biblical standard must be addressed by the leadership of our churches lest the people fall into errors and heresies.
d. The pastor must be responsive positively once issues that can divide or break the church arises.
5. Fallen asleep. It would have made them feel that the coming of the Lord will be so soon then.
6. a. The Lord shall descend Himself.
b. The voice of the archangel and the trump of God will be sounded.
c. The dead in Christ shall rise first.
d. Then those who are alive and are saints shall be caught up in heavens
7. Jesus is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming.
Communicating it to the Christian nowadays is to tell them that we have been saved from the powers of darkness and translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son. Our redemption package is total and sufficient to give us joy and hope now and ultimately when Christ comes, we are saved from eternal judgment and damnation. That is the reason why God wants us to live right and holy. Heaven is the place of reward so every one of us must labour to bring in people into it.
8. They are walking and speaking in ignorance. The coming of Jesus shouldn’t bring fear but hope, encouragement and joyful reaction that every child God must prepare for. It is the hope of the Christian as Apostle Paul said. 1 Cor. 15:19
9. Our expression of our love for God is a sanctified life and sanctification prepares the believers in Christ for the coming of the Lord. For the Lord is coming for a church without spot nor wrinkles.
10. a. We can apply the process of sanctification to our daily lives as Christians.
b. it encourages us that all hope is not lost concerning brethren that have died and encouraged us that we shall see each other in heaven.
c. The book gave us detail information on the sequence of the second coming of Christ for good biblical doctrine.
d. it is an encouragement to endure persecution and trials
OLUFEKO MOJISOLA
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Assignment 2
1. One external evidence in support of Paul’s authorship of the epistle to Thessalonians was an early church father called Irenaeus.
2. All evidence support the claim of Paul’s authorship of this book was to able to silence few (Some radical critics of the nineteenth century) have ever contested Paul’s authorship
3. Paul write this letter from Corinth during his eighteen month stay in that city. The first epistle was written during the earlier part of that period when Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church.
4. The implications of the burden of this epistle are: to express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the church of Thessalonians (1: 2: 3), to defend himself against campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12) to encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyle (3;2-3; 4:1-12), to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the entire fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13), to answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord (5:1-11), and to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13, 19-20).
5. The euphemism Paul used for death in the epistle is ‘them which are asleep’. The effect it would have had on the immediate audience is assuring them that those asleep in Christ will wake up (rise again) and meet again with their brethren at the rapture. The word ‘sleep’ gives meaning of temporary separation by physical death and to be reunited again with their loved ones who died in Christ.
6. The events that will punctuate in the second coming of the Lord as presented in the epistle :
- Preparation of the living saint to wait for Christ return from heaven (1:10)
- Resurrection of sleeping saint (4:13-16)
- Rapture of the living saints (4:17-18)
- Reward of the Saint (2:19)
7. Christ is presented in the epistle as the believers hope of salivation both now and His coming. Christ second coming will deliver believers from wrath (Tribulation) (5:4-11), gives reward (2:19), perfect us (3:13), resurrect us (4:13-18), and sanctify all those who have trusted in Him (5:23).
8. In my own view, those who teach the second coming of Christ to instill fear and elicit panic in their audience are further terrorizing people of this age who are subjected to many troubles and trials. When emphasis is on the benefit of second coming of Christ, preaching on restoration of peace in the new earth and the new heaven, reward of crowns to the believers, everlasting joy in the presence of God, the message gives comfort in place of crises, hope to the hopeless, preaching on judgment, punishment of sinners and hell all the time without balancing with the message of love tends to harden sinners heart from repenting.
9. The key concepts that stand out in the epistle “sanctification” 94:3,4,7) and “the coming of the Lord” (1:10; 2:19, 3:13). The relationship between the key concepts is that the coming of the Lord should not only comfort believer’s hearts but stir us to godly living.
10. My impression of the Thessalonian church is that the church was an example to all other believers in reaching the lost, labour of love and work of faith. It is a church willing to follow the gospel truth being preached by their teachers. For this reason Timothy could give good report of their faith in Christ
The lessons the contemporary church should learn from them is to develop genuine heart of obedience to God, His word and faithful spiritual leadership (1 Thess 2:7-10) of their pastors and teachers.
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1.Early church Fathers supported Paul’s authorship.
2.Paul’s authorship of the letter had overwhelming support but was contested by the radical critics of the 19th century.
3.Paul was writing with mixed feelings, grateful and happy because the church was flourishing and at the same time dispelling contradicting messages (death and day of the Lord) encouraging the church to stay focused on Christ.
4.The implications of the burden are as follow: Paul wrote to
i. thank God for His wonderous work in the church.
ii. defend himself against slander
iii. encourage them to stand fast against persecution and not backslide.
iv. clarify their perception of death of christians.
v. answer questions regarding Day of the Lord.
vi. deal with corporate problems in the church
5. Paul used ‘asleep’ for death. It will symbolise hope to the audience, that they will rise from their rest again to reign with Christ.
6. The events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord a presented in the letter are:
i. Lord will come down from heaven.
ii. Lord’ coming will be heralded by shout-voice of an archangel
iii. Lord’ coming will be heralded by trumpet of God
iv. The dead will rise first.
v.Those alive will be caught up together with the dead in the cloud.
v. The dead and those alive will meet with the Lord in the air.
vi. The dead and those alive shall be with the Lord forever.
7. a. Christ was presented in the epistle as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming.
b. Communication to Christian audience: Not only are we saved as we are on earth but Christ will also save us on the last day (from judgement) our hope is not only onearth but also in heaven.
8. My reaction will be: HERESY! And proceed to teach the correct interpretation that all what they need to ensure is that they maintain godly living and be rest assured that their genuine salvation will redeem them at the last day. The day of the Lord is also to comfort their heart that there is hope in Christ Jesus even to the last day.
9. We need sanctification for the day of the Lord./ we must be sanctified to partake in the day of the Lord.
10. The church is zealous in their faith and as a result their faith is infectous.
My take:Contemporary churches should learn that church must stand on the tripod of grace possessed by Thessalonians (Faith, Love and Hope in Jesus Christ) to survive and not by size of the church, beauty of the church or numerical size of the church.
NAME: ABIOYE TAWA ADEBOLA
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1.Early church Fathers supported Paul’s authorship.
2.Paul’s authorship of the letter had overwhelming support but was contested by the radical critics of the 19th century.
3.Paul was writing with mixed feelings, grateful and happy because the church was flourishing and at the same time dispelling contradicting messages (death and day of the Lord) encouraging the church to stay focused on Christ.
4.The implications of the burden are as follow: Paul wrote to
i. thank God for His wonderous work in the church.
ii. defend himself against slander
iii. encourage them to stand fast against persecution and not backslide.
iv. clarify their perception of death of christians.
v. answer questions regarding Day of the Lord.
vi. deal with corporate problems in the church
5. Paul used ‘asleep’ for death. It will symbolise hope to the audience, that they will rise from their rest again to reign with Christ.
6. The events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord a presented in the letter are:
i. Lord will come down from heaven.
ii. Lord’ coming will be heralded by shout-voice of an archangel
iii. Lord’ coming will be heralded by trumpet of God
iv. The dead will rise first.
v.Those alive will be caught up together with the dead in the cloud.
v. The dead and those alive will meet with the Lord in the air.
vi. The dead and those alive shall be with the Lord forever.
7. a. Christ was presented in the epistle as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming.
b. Communication to Christian audience: Not only are we saved as we are on earth but Christ will also save us on the last day (from judgement) our hope is not only onearth but also in heaven.
8. My reaction will be: HERESY! And proceed to teach the correct interpretation that all what they need to ensure is that they maintain godly living and be rest assured that their genuine salvation will redeem them at the last day. The day of the Lord is also to comfort their heart that there is hope in Christ Jesus even to the last day.
9. We need sanctification for the day of the Lord./ we must be sanctified to partake in the day of the Lord.
10. The church is zealous in their faith and as a result their faith is infectous.
My take:Contemporary churches should learn that church must stand on the tripod of grace possessed by Thessalonians (Faith, Love and Hope in Jesus Christ) to survive and not by size of the church, beauty of the church or numerical size of the church.
Olawore Emmanue B
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Pauline Epistle
1. An external evidence that attributed the authorship of the Epistle to Paul Apostle is the endorsement of the Epistle by the early Church Fathers in AD140.
2. Paul's authorship of the Epistle was contested by the radical critics of 19th century.
3. Paul realized that it was very exigent to write the letter at the time when he was in Corinth, following the report Timothy brought to him from Thessalonical church concerning the prevalent issues that needed urgent attention.
4. Reasons For writing the letter A.Paul first of all commended the believers for their spiritual growth and development.
B.He encouraged them to stand firm and fast against persecution and and pressure that could revert them to paganism.
C. He addressed the issue of the fate of Christians who had died in the Lord.
E. He explained the concept of the 'Day of the Lord' to them.
F. He finally addressed the intrinsic issues affecting the corporate existence of the church such as disunity, hatred, animosity among brethren, which may affect the effective performance of Holy Spirit in their midst.
5. The euphemism is"fall asleep"
The effect of the message on the audience are:
A. It restored hope in them that Christians who died in the Lord, don't actually die,but fall asleep. Those Who don't have Christ die, but the redeemed fall asleep and there is every proclivity that they will reign with Christ after.
6. 1Thessalonians5:16
A. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven , with a shout of command with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God.
B. The dead in Christ will arise first
C. Then, the living will be transformed and catch up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord and be with Him.
7. Christ is presented as the believer's hope of salvation, the soon coming king.
B. Contemporary Christians must be aware of the fact that Jesus Christ is our saviour, sactifier, ,deliverer from all evil and he is rewarder of those who live righteously on earth , and the coming king to take his people away from this woeful world. Hence, Christians are expected to live a righteous life.
8. As a Christian, it is my responsibility to allay fear and tremors of the the people through effective Public enlightenment via social media , Bible study, seminar and other forms of training about the second coming of Christ, and to correct heresy about the concept.
9. The two key words 'sanctification and the Coming of Jesus Christ. Sanctification makes Christians to live a godly Life in readiness for the coming of Christ.
10. The church is an embryonic church that needs proper and adequate supervision and follow up. Although, they had mind to serve God, but can easily be derailed , if urgent spiritual attention is no done.
Moral lessons
A. It is not enough to plant a church , but a watertight supervision and follow -up will help. For instance, a report from Timothy gave Paul an insight to address certain issues in the Thessalonical church.
B. Training of workers in the church, leadership training for leaders and enlightenment are very important for Church growth and development in order to prevent certain doctrinal anomalies
c.christians need to live a sanctimonious life to be able to to reign with Christ.
D. There is hope of glory for Christians who die in Christ . Hence, we are not supposed to wail and wane when a love one in Christ die, that is how unbelievers behave.
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1. The Early church fathers supported Paul’s authorship
2. No, some radical critics of the nineteenth century have questioned Paul’s authorship
3. 1 Thessalonians was written during Paul’s eighteen-month stay at Corinth (cf. Acts 18:1-11) and the earlier part of that period just after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church.
4. The burden of implications is six-fold outlined below:
1. to express Paul’s thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3),
2. to defend Paul’s against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12),
3. Paul encourages the brethren to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12)
4. to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13)
5. to answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord” (5:1-11)
6. to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13; 19-20)
5. The euphemism adopted by Paul for death is fallen asleep. The impact of this to his immediate audience is that they will see current physical death for the believer as a temporal state. This support the biblical view that there is life after death with God in heaven that is eternal life
6. The Prospective: The Endurance of Hope
A. Concerning the Day of Christ: The Comfort of His coming (1 Thess 4: 13-18)
1. The resurrection of sleeping saints (1 Thess 4: 13-16)
2. The Rapture of Living saints (1 Thess 4: 17-18)
B. Concerning the Day of the Lord (5:1-11)
1. The coming of the Day of the Lord (5:1-5)
2. The conduct of Christians (5:6-10)
3. The conclusions (5:11)
7. A. Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming.
B. I would present Christ in the following manner:
1. Christ is our deliverer from Sin, Satan and Self. Furthermore, when He comes, He will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the Tribulation) (1:10; 5:4-11),
2. Christ is our rewarder. He gives rewards (2:19) here on earth and in heaven
3. Christ perfect us (3:13) and reconcile us to God through his death, love, mercy
4. Christ will resurrect us (4:13-18) believers when comes back especially those who died in Jesus
5. Christ is our sanctifier. He sanctifies (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him (5:23)
8.
1. False Prophets
2. False teachers
3. Heretics
9. The key words and concepts are “sanctification” and “the coming of the Lord,” In a nutshell sanctification means a life separate to God through holy living on day to day basis. The second coming of the Lord indicates the return of Jesus Christ to take home believers who have lived a separated life in line with the words of Christ to meet God in heaven. The coming of the Lord should not only comfort our hearts, but stir us to godly living.
10. The church must be thankfulness to God for what He is doing in the church
1. Stand up against a campaign to slander our ministry especially from false teachers and false prophets
2. The Church must encourage the brethren to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles and worldliness
3. The church of Jesus must answer doctrinal questions pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died from biblical views and not human philosophy
4. TO answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord”
5. To apply biblical principles to deal with certain problems that had developed in our corporate life as a church
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The early church fathers support Paul's authorship beginning as early as A.D.140. Also number of historical allusions in the book fit Paul's life as recounted in Act.
Question 2.
The letters were written from Corinth during the apostle's eighteen-month stay in that city(Act 18:1-11) between the A.D. 51 - 52.
Question 3.
The scenario was when Timothy came back from Thessalonica with news of the progress of the church.
Question 4.
The implication was to write the Thessalonians in order to expres his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3), to defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12), to encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12), to answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died (4:1-13), to answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord” (5:1-11), and to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13; 19-20).
Question 5.
Euphemism is an indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh. So the euphemism use for death is 'those who have fallen asleep as Christians'. If it was not properly used it would have caused a lot of damage and distrust from the people thereby loosing their faith in his word again and they will grieve like those who have no hope.
Question 6.
The chronological event that will happen that will punctuate the 2nd coming are:
a. That those who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.
b. That the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.
c.That the dead in Christ will arise first.
d. That those who are alive, who are left, will be snatched up together
e. That they will go and meet with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
f. That they will be with the Lord always.
Question 7.
Christ is presented as the believer's hope of salvation both now and at His coming. As a christian audience today ,we would communicate it as our only hope is coming and He will deliver us from wrath, give rewards (2:19), perfect us (3:13), resurrect us (4:13-18), and sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him (5:23).
Question 8.
With the study in 1Thessalonians, the second coming of Jesus is teaching us hope that our saviour is coming and He will deliver us from wrath, give rewards, perfect us, resurrect us, and sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him. Also believers should not be panic because we are going to live in a kingdom where there is no pain, panic or death any more. We shall leave forever till eternity and we shall live in peace and harmony with one and another. Everything shall be possible and things will be fine.
Question 8.
Question 9.
Two key words and concepts that stand out in this short epistle are “sanctification” and “the coming of the Lord,” which is referred to in every chapter of the epistle.
Question 10.
The church is a devoted church whose believe has been strong in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They seem to have left their pagan lifestyles and they expentant of the 2nd coming of Christ.
Obayomi Idowu Olabamiji
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Pauline Assignment
1. Early church fathers support Paul's authorship begin as early as A.D 140.
2. Those things that characteristics Paul are evidence in this epistle.
Luke narrative is found in the book of Act 17 ,here we are told that paul after leaving philliping began
his next siege against entereched paganism in the great market center of the thesselonica.
3. To express his gratitude concerning what God is doing in their life. I Thess 1:2-3.
To defend himself against campaign to slander his ministry. I Thess 2:1-12.
To encourage them to standfast against persecution and pressure to revert them to their formal way
of life. I Thess. 3:2-3
To give answer doctrinal questions. I Thess 4:1-3.
To deal with problem that affect their corporate life as a church. I Thess 5:12-13.
4. Is for them to be conscious of the way they live their lifes.
6. The Lord will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of archangels and
with trumpet and the dead in Christ will rise first, then the will living lifted.
7. Christ is presented as the believer's hope both now and at His coming. So believers are encourage to
live a holy Life
8 I think what they should do is encourage their audience to live a holy Life rather than creating fear in
them
1:9-10. For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God 1:10 and to wait for his son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
ReplyDelete2:13. And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, that is at work among you who believe.
4:1-3. Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you may excel still more. 2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
1:9-10. For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God 1:10 and to wait for his son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
ReplyDelete2:13. And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, that is at work among you who believe.
4:1-3. Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you may excel still more. 2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
Name:- Babatunde Idowu Titus
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Assignment 2
1. The support of early church father's is one of the external evidence.
2.(i) The address of Paul in (1:)
(ii) Those things that characterize him throughout his write are evidence.
3. To deal with a special problem that developed after he has left the city.
4. The burden of the epistle will help the Christian in Thessalonian to hold their stand in God, encourage them during persecution.
5.(i) The Euphemise that Paul used for death is Asleep.
"concerning them which are asleep.
(ii) The effect, it will give them hope and strength their faith in Christ Jesus .
6. The event that punctuate the second coming of the Lord.
(i) I Thessa. 1:10 And to wait for his son from heaven whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus which delivered us from the wrath to come.
(ii) (2:19) For what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming.
(iii) (3:13) To the end he may stablish your heart unblameable in holiness before God, even our father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ .
(iv)(4:15) That we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
(v)(5:23) .... The very God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ .
(vi)(4:16) For the himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with triumph of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
7. Christ was presented in holiness, faith and sanctification . Also our message should be on holiness , faith and sanctification and we can communicate with our humility.
8. To be elicited panic in audience is not good enough we are to preach in exhortation and encouragement .
9. The relationship between the key concept are,
(i) The coming of the Lord (4:13-
18)
(ii) The day of the Lord (5:1-11)
(iii) His redemption and judgement
10. The church of Thessalonian was progressing and also growing in faith even when Paul was not there, This indicate authentic God.
Church of today should emulate the above character of church in thessalonian and stand in Christ Jesus, Even now that we are passing through a lot of hardship in the country church should stand on their faith.
Oluwatimilehin Samuel Olanrewaju.
ReplyDelete1. Cite one external evidence in support of Paul's authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonian
The Early church fathers supported the claim of the book of Thessalonians that Paul is the author. beginning as early as A.D. 140 .
2. It appears Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested. Substantiate your answer.
The church early fathers support Paul authorship because things that characterise Paul are evident in some of His letter. the book of Acts of Apostle 17:1-15, confirmed that Paul passed through Amphipolis and Apollonian to Thessalonica where there was a synagogue of the Jews and Paul also went unto them and reasonsed with them out of the scriptures for three Sabbath days. for example, the second Epistle to the Thessalonians is named by Oranaeus in the mid second century while the text was also known to Justin Martyr and Ignatius in the second century as well when people that knew Paul in person could have been alive. Thou In 19th century some radical critics questioned Paul authorship on this book but it was baseless.
3. Describe the scenario or situation in which Paul wrote this letter.
The first Thessalonians epistles was written in Corinth during the eighteen months Paul stay in that city. Paul write the letter after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with developing news of the church
4. What are the implications of the burden of this epistle? i. Paul wrote the letter because they were worshipping idols before they turned back to the true living God. (1:9)
ii.To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1- 8)
iii.They were facing the persecution as a Christian while some were killed. (2:15)
iv. They were restricted from preaching the gospel to the Gentiles ( 2:16)
vi.Experience spiritual battle. hinderances from Satan (2:18).
vii.To encourage them to stand firm against pressure to revert their old pagan lifestyle. (3:2).
Viii. Attending to doctrinal questions regarding the fate of Christians who had died.
ix.Answering questions pertaining to the "Day of the Lord" ( 5:1).
X. Dealing with vital issues that had developed in their corporate life as a church. ( 5:1-12)
5. What euphemism did Paul use for death in the epistle and what effect do you think it would have had on the immediate audience, given the thrust of his message?
The euphemism Paul used for death in this letter was " fall asleep" it is believed that any believer's that died in Christ have another hope with Christ. So believer in the lord was assumed
eep in Christ because Christ will resurrect him at the end.
ReplyDelete6. Chronologically highlight the events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord as presented in this letter.
The second coming of the lord explained I chapter five of the letter, rapture follows immediately
i. Gospel has not gotten to some people thou it has gotten to the Thessaloninians in power (1:5)
ii. Most people have not become the followers of Christ like the apostles or receive the word in every situation (1:6).
iii. Some people have not yet turn from idol or sin to follow the true living God (1:9b).
iv. Wrath is coming upon the world but the righteous will be saved. (1:10).
v. God is still giving grace to some people to walk worthy before him (2:12).
vi. People do not really love themselves, their is hatred among the people of God, God is expecting brotherly love. (3:12).
vii. The church's heart needs to be established blameless in holiness before our God and father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all the saints (3:13).
viii. God is expecting sanctification and holiness among his people abstaining from fornication, list like heathens who do not know God, no man transgress or defrauding his brother (4:2-7)
ix. The dead in Christ must first rise then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up with them together with them in the clouds (4:16-17).
7. How is Christ presented in this epistle and how would you communicate this to a Christian audience today?Oluwatimilehin Samuel Olanrewaju.
1. Cite one external evidence in support of Paul's authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonian
The Early church fathers supported the claim of the book of Thessalonians that Paul is the author. beginning as early as A.D. 140 .
2. It appears Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested. Substantiate your answer.
The church early fathers support Paul authorship because things that characterise Paul are evident in some of His letter. the book of Acts of Apostle 17:1-15, confirmed that Paul passed through Amphipolis and Apollonian to Thessalonica where there was a synagogue of the Jews and Paul also went unto them and reasonsed with them out of the scriptures for three Sabbath days. for example, the second Epistle to the Thessalonians is named by Oranaeus in the mid second century while the text was also known to Justin Martyr and Ignatius in the second century as well when people that knew Paul in person could have been alive. Thou In 19th
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Delete1. The writings of the early church fathers. ascribes the authorship of 1 Thessalonians to Apostle Paul.
2. Paul's authorship of the epistle wasn't contested because of internal and external evidences that support the claim of his authorship. For example, it opens with Paul’s usual pattern of introduction in which he introduces himself as the writer while saluting the brethren at Thessalonica and prays, “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ” (1:1). Also, it closes with Paul’s well-known signature of benediction: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.” (5:28)
In 3:1-2, we see that Timothy was sent to check up on the brethren. This is part of how Paul responded to the pressures that came upon him because he was concerned for the churches. Also, Timothy being a son to Paul (1 Timothy 1:2) was never mentioned to have worked with any other apostle asides Apostle Paul. These evidences prove that Paul authored the letter beyond reasonable doubts.
3. Paul wrote this letter while he was in Corinth. He wrote it with much joy having received a report about the brethren in Thessalonica from Timothy who he earlier sent to encourage them and establish their faith. Timothy had brought back reports of their right standing and continual faith in the doctrines that Paul established while he was with them (3:2, 6-7). He also got reports of their remembrance of him and he gave thanks for the reports about the church.
4. The implication of the burden for this epistle to building people who express total trust and dependence on God amid trials and tribulations (3: 3-4) with an understanding of the hope in Christ even in the face of death.
5. Paul described death as SLEEP.
The description of death as sleep would stir up faith in the hope that Jesus brings even after death. Sleep is a temporary condition of inactivity. Just as sleeping men are awoken after a while, those who sleep will Christ Jesus will rise from the dead.
Therefore, Paul’s euphemism would inspire the readers to look forward to the rising of the dead at the coming of Christ.
6. Events of the second coming (4: 16-17):
i. The Lord descending with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and the trump of God
ii. The dead in Christ shall rise
iii. We that are alive and in Christ shall rise to meet them in the clouds
iv. Then we shall be with the Lord forevermore.
7. Christ is presented as the believer's hope both now and at His coming (I Thessalonians 2:19, 1 Timothy 1:1). Presenting this to a believer now would mean that we tell of God's desire for us to remain holy and lead righteous lives, preach a message of comfort amidst the tribulations in the world today and assure the believer of life after now with God and every other believer in Christ.
8. A true understanding of the second coming should inspire hope, faith, joy and righteous living. We are not just living right out of fear to avoid hell as though Christ is coming to send us there; instead, we are joyful that have a sure hope that Christ will come for us and His coming is for our good. Hence, we live by hope.
9. The relationship between sanctification and the coming of the Lord is that the sanctified are the ones who will get to be with Him. In 4:3, Paul states that it is God's will that the Thessalonians be sanctified and in 4:17, he states that we who are alive (referring to believers in Christ) will ascend to meet him. In 5:23-24, he also prayed a prayer that God sanctify them, that they may be blameless at the coming of the Lord. In other words, that they may be fit for the ascension to meet with Christ in the clouds.
10. The Thessalonian church is a young church progressively growing in faith and holding on to the hope in Christ amidst the trials and persecutions that they face.
The modern church should learn to stand on the word of God and the faith that was once delivered to our fathers for victory in every situation, always allowing for the leading of God in both good and bad times.
PAULINE EPISTLES READING ASSIGNMENT
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*1.* To cite the external evidence about the author, 1thess 2:18 says wherefore, we would have come unto you I paul once again but satan hindered us, And a number of historical allusions in the book shows paul life even in the book of Acts.
*2.* It wasn't contested, very clear in 2thess 2:18 that the evidence show and support him as the author of 1thessalonians
*3.* Apostle paul stay 18months in the city and 1thess was written from the city of corinth when he stay there. And Timothy brings the joy letter about the progress of the church.
*4.* The implication of the burden of the episodes are here as follows:-
*i.* To express his thanksfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the thessalonians
*ii.* To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry.
*iii.* To encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles.
*iv.* To answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of christians who had died.
*v.* To answer questions regarding the day of the Lord
*vi.* To deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church
*5.* The emphemism paul used for death in the epistles was "ASLEEP" and the apostle encourage the audience that when they died in the Lord, there is still a hope for them, people who died in the Lord fell ASLEEP.
*6.* The second coming of the Lord well explained especially in chapter 4 and 5 of the epistles, this nail how the coming of the Lord would be, And the rapture follows and He will intervene in human events to consummate His redemption and judgement in the future.
*7.* Christ was presented as hope of the church and salvation both now till his coming And he will communicate to the christian audience as the rewarder and sustainer of hope for those who seek him.
*8.* My reaction to those who instill fear and elicit panic in their audience on the second coming of christ, Is to open their understanding that the second coming would bring happiness to beleiver in christ. He promised to go and prepare a place for us.
*9.* The concepts that stands out in the epistles are sanctification and coming of christ And relationship between them is that sanctification will lead to preparing the beleiver for the second coming of christ.
*10.* According to paul's report, Is that they should deal with any problems that want to spring up to destroy the fire of faith in the Lord.
Lesson for contemporary church is that, they remain and have power in the Lord to face satan and his devices that may want to wagging war against the church today.
7. How is Christ presented in this epistle and how would you communicate this to a Christian audience today?
ReplyDeleteChrist was seen as a leader and also a good example that we must emulate. He was seen as the lord that resurrect from the dead. With the coming of the Lord mentioned in every chapter. Christ is presented as the believer's hope of salvation both now and at his coming. When he comes, he will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the tribulation 1:10) he is the rewarder of all the belivers. Christ is seen as light 5:5 , he is seen as saviour 5:9
To communicate to them that they should have hope in Christ, avoiding sexual immorality, refusing to defraud others, appreciating those Christians who serve on your behalf, refusing to repay evil for evil, rejoicing always, praying without ceasing, and giving thanks in all things and that they should expect to grow in holiness over the course of his or her life.
8. Given your study of 1 Thessalonians, how would you react to those who teach the ' Second Coming of Christ' to instill fear and elicit panic in their audience?
Every one has is mode of teaching and they knows their member. My reactionth these people that put fears in their audience about the second coming of Christ is that they don't understand the scriptures or really followthe context of the passage of bible. Then need to be encouraged that the second coming of Christ will bring joyi and hope to all the belivers, it will deliver the believers from wrath and persecution because Christ has promised his disciples to prepare alace for them in kingdom of God. It should not be for fear but for great hope and joy.
NAME: ADUBI MOSES
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PAULINE READING ASSIGNMENT II
1. The external evidence to support Paul authorship of 1Thessalonian is the number of historical allusions in the book of Acts.
2. Paul authorship was not in contention because of internal and external evidence of the church and the historical allusion.
3. Paul wrote the book of 1Thessallonian during his eighteen month say in Corinth. The epistle was prompted by the return of Timothy giving report about the church.
4. The burden of the epistles are:
i. To express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the life of the Thessalonians
ii. To defend himself against campaign of slander in his ministry.
iii. To encourage them to stand firm against prosecution and pressure to revert to paganism.
iv. To answer all doctrinal question pertaining to the faith of Christian who had died.
v. To answer question regarding the day of the Lord.
vi. To deal with certain problems in the life of the Christian church.
5. Paul tutored them not to be ignorant about those who had fall as sleep. Paul equated those who had died to be people who are sleeping, who when Christ come will awake to meet Him. This assertion seems to have suited the church of courage because the Christians were apprehensive about their brethren who had died.
6. The coming of the Lord:
a. The Lord will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an angel and the trumpet.
b. The dead in Christ will rise first and those alive will be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air.
7. Christ was presented to the believers in the church as their hope of salvation and that Jesus was coming to take them home.
8. My reaction to those people who instill fear and panic on Christian audience about the second coming of Jesus Christ, is false doctrine as Christ is coming to bring joy and take the faithful home. Jesus has gone to prepare for those who believe in Him so that when He comes, He will take them home.
9. The key concept of Thessalonians is that Christians should be satisfied, prepared and wait on the Lord believing that when Jesus comes He will take them home.
10. Paul’s epistles on Thessalonians church centered on clarity teaching so that Christians can steadfast in Christ. This effect on contemporary church today, shows that our minster should be steadfast and teach love so that the church can grow in faith and love.
Course: Pauline Epistles
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Matric No.: LIFE2017058
Class: 300Level Weekend(Degree)
Lecturer: Pastor Dotun Akinsulire
1. All the early church fathers supported Paul’s authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140.
2. Well, I may not say categorically that Paul authorship of this letter was not contested in the sense that; firstly, the lecturer quoted some radical critics of the nineteenth century to have questioned his authorship. Secondly, I also remember in one of the assignments given to us on this course: “Highlight the epistles written by Paul in His different missionary journey” which made me came across an article where some scholars credited seven out of the thirteen epistles to Paul in which 1st Thessalonians is one of them but that four of the epistles are pseudepigraphic (Ephesians, First and second Timothy and Titus). They are however, divided on the authenticity of two which are: Second Thessalonians and Colossians. So, it was contested by radical scholars however, the internal and the external evidences show that Paul is the author.
3. It was written after he received the news of the progress of the church in Thessalonica
4. The implication is to actually encourage the church of God at the Thessalonica
5. Paul used Sleep for death. The impact this will have is that they will have the hope of living again.
6. i. the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an arcangel
ii. the dead in Christ will rise first
iii. we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
iv. we shall always be with the Lord.
7. Christ is presented as the hope of salvation both now and at His coming to believers. Christ is the hope of every Christian to enter the kingdom of God; it is not by the work of our righteousness. Hence, the need for them to hold on to Christ the savior.
8. They do that simply because they do not have full understanding of the book.
9. The relationship between the key concepts is that one cannot partake in the latter without first partaking in the former (Heb. 12:14).
10. Through this epistle, it is obvious that the church of God in Thessalonica was doing well and progressive even in his absence, they held on to their belief in God. The lesson to the contemporary church is that we must be Christian at all time not only when we are in the church or in the presence of our Pastors alone.
9. What is the relationship between the key concepts that stand out in the epistle?
ReplyDeleteThe relationship between the key concept that stand out in the epistle are sanctification and the coming of the Lord . The relationship between the two is that sanctification leads to preparing us , making us purified and holy for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ while the coming of the Lord is meant for only those sanctified . you must be sanctified to be resurrected.
10. From Paul's report of the Thessalonian church, what is your impression of the church and what lessons should the contemporary church learn from them?
My impression to the church in Thessalonians due to the report given by paul is that they should work on themselves as a believers on any problem that may want to destroy their faith in the Lord and to stand firm in the teaching of the lord. The lesson for contemporary church is that they should trust and believe in the power of Christ to be able to stand against every authority and devices of devil. They should rejoiced always in midst of every challenges, to pray without seizing and be faithful.
on both now and at his coming. When he comes, he will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the tribulation 1:10) he is the rewarder of all the belivers. Christ is seen as light 5:5 , he is seen as saviour 5:9
To communicate to them that they should have hope in Christ, avoiding sexual immorality, refusing to defraud others, appreciating those Christians who serve on your behalf, refusing to repay evil for evil, rejoicing always, praying without ceasing, and giving thanks in all things and that they should expect to grow in holiness over the course of his or her life.
Name:Adebanji Victor Oluwatosin
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TOPIC:Early church fathers support Paul's authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140.
2.Things that characterize Paul was evident throughout Most of the Historical allusions fits Paul's life
3. He wrote when Timothy had returned from Thessalonians with news of the progress of the church.
4. The implications are to thank God for what he was doing in thessalonians, defend himself, encourage them, answer doctrinal questions, and ressolve problems.
5. Paul used those who had fallen asleep as euphemism for death, which comforted and encouraged them.
6. They should be awake and sober.
They should put on faith and love as breastplate.
They should help the weak.
They should be patient with
They should not pay wrong with wrong.
They should always strive to do what is good for each other.
7.With the coming of the Lord mentioned in every chapter, Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming. When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the Tribulation) (1:10; 5:4-11), give rewards (2:19), perfect us (3:13), resurrect us (4:13-18), and sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him (5:23). Christ is presented in the epistle as a saviour and this gives hope and I will present him as a Savior who has come to give hope and save and give eternal life
8. This epistle was written to encourage people that use it to instill fear are not encouraging people to see Jesus as savior
9. First, the key concepts that stand out in the epistles are: holiness and the second coming. The believe that Jesus is our Savior and is coming again for the church should make us upright in holiness
10. They were like every other church, they had their strengths, had questions and issues needed to be resolved, but we're always ready to be corrected and be taught, the contemporary church should learn from that.
Name:Adebanji Victor Oluwatosin
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Course: PAULINE EPISTLE
1.Early church fathers support Paul's authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140.
2.Things that characterize Paul was evident throughout Most of the Historical allusions fits Paul's life
3. He wrote when Timothy had returned from Thessalonians with news of the progress of the church.
4. The implications are to thank God for what he was doing in thessalonians, defend himself, encourage them, answer doctrinal questions, and ressolve problems.
5. Paul used those who had fallen asleep as euphemism for death, which comforted and encouraged them.
6. They should be awake and sober.
They should put on faith and love as breastplate.
They should help the weak.
They should be patient with
They should not pay wrong with wrong.
They should always strive to do what is good for each other.
7.With the coming of the Lord mentioned in every chapter, Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming. When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the Tribulation) (1:10; 5:4-11), give rewards (2:19), perfect us (3:13), resurrect us (4:13-18), and sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him (5:23). Christ is presented in the epistle as a saviour and this gives hope and I will present him as a Savior who has come to give hope and save and give eternal life
8. This epistle was written to encourage people that use it to instill fear are not encouraging people to see Jesus as savior
9. First, the key concepts that stand out in the epistles are: holiness and the second coming. The believe that Jesus is our Savior and is coming again for the church should make us upright in holiness
10. They were like every other church, they had their strengths, had questions and issues needed to be resolved, but we're always ready to be corrected and be taught, the contemporary church should learn from that.
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1. Paul is the author of 1 Thessalonians. Early church fathers support Paul’s authorship beginning as early as A.D. 140 (Marcion).
2. Paul identifies himself as the author 1 Thessalonians 1:1 along with Silas and Timothy writing this letter from Corinth during his second missionary trip. His author and the date of Paul's encounter with Gallio in Corinth combine to validate a date for 1 Thessalonians of authors in writings this letter was to encourage the new converts in their trials (3:3-5), to give instruction concerning godly living (4:1-12) and to give assurance concerning the future of the believer's who did before Christ returns (4:13-18).
4. To express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians (1:2-3).
- To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry (2:1-12).
- To encourage them to stand fast against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyles (3:2-3; 4:1-12).
- To answer a doctrinal question pertaining to the fate of Christians who had died,To answer questions regarding the “Day of the Lord.
- And to deal with certain problems that had developed in their corporate life as a church (5:12-13; 19-20).
5. Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
- 4:14. For if we believe that Jesus died and arose, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.
- 4:15. For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.
6.For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command.
-With the voice of an archangel.
-And with the trumpet of God.
-And the dead in Christ will arise first.
-Then we who are alive, who are left,
will be snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
- And so we will be with the Lord always.
7.With the coming of the Lord mentioned in every chapter, Christ is presented as the believer’s hope of salvation both now and at His coming.
When He comes, He will deliver us from wrath (undoubtedly a reference to the Tribulation) (1:10; 5:4-11), give rewards (2:19), perfect us (3:13), resurrect us (4:13-18), and sanctify (set apart) all those who have trusted in Him (5:23).
8. WE can wait without fear.
-I Hope that these key things about Jesus Second coming really gets embedded in your heart and mind as you walk your personal walk of faith.
-. I am encouraged to keep running my race, regardless of the obstacles I face in this life.
- There is the promise that our King and Saviour will be returning and that we will live in Glory.
9.Two key words and concepts stand out in this short epistle: “sanctification” (4:3, 4, 7), and “the coming of the Lord,” which is referred to in every chapter of the epistle (1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23). The coming of the Lord should not only comfort our hearts, but stir us to godly living.
10. 1:10 And to wait for his son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
2:13. And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, that is at work among you who believe.
4:1-3. Brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you may excel still more. 2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality
Mustapha Abisola J.I
ReplyDelete#1- The Church Father's support of Paul's authorship of the Thessalonians epistles.
#2- It appears so because the minority that negates his authorship had no strong evidence or evidences to support their point.
#3- Paul wrote this epistle in Corinth during the Apostle's stay in that city.
#4- The epistle enlightened believers on the coming rapture of believers. Again, it encouraged the Thessalonian church on their good works,spiritual growth and walk with God.
#5- The euphemism used by Paul is, ' Fallen asleep' which serves as a point of strength to the Thessalonian church.
#6- The entrance of the rebellion, the revelation of the son of destruction; the man of lawlessness, the trumpet sound, the rising of the dead in Christ,the lifting of the living in Christ.
#7- He was presented as the Hope of our Salvation, I will present Him as our hope and help in time past present and future.
#8- Well, I will say they are ignorant and teaching outside the illumination of the word. It revealed the state of their mind concerning the second coming of Christ.
#9- The Rapture.
#10- The exemplary and working church.
b- that we should show example to others beyond words I.e in action.
LIFE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, IKORODU
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PAULINE EPISTLE READING ASSIGNMENT 2 300L SECOND SEMESTER
SUGGESTED ANSWERS FROM THE COMMENTARY SECTION OF THE FIRST EPISTLES TO THE THESSALONIANS
1. Cite one external evidence in support of Paul's authorship of the epistles to the Thessalonians.
Early church Father such as Irenaeus, Tertullian, and Clement of Alexandria testified that Apostle Paul is the author of first Thessalonians.
2. It appears Paul's authorship of this letter was not contested. Substantiate your answer.
Some of the reasons why Pauline authorship was not contested are as follows
(a) Paul’s style of writing as documented in 1Thessalonians is consistent with his earlier style of writing which include his opening style greetings(Thanksgiving) in his letters.
(b) Paul openly declared in (1Thess 2:1, 1Thess 2:18)that “He (Paul) would have…. showing that He is the author of 1Thessalonians.
(c) Paul also mentioned his name along two other co-workers while He wrote the 1Thessalonians. These co-workers are Sivernus(Silas) and Timothy (1Thess 1:1)
(d) Paul’s situation for writing his letters is consistent with the following
(i) Paul’s accusation (Act17:7)
(ii) Paul’s persecution (1Thess 4:13-18)
(d) The unity in Paul’s letter is characteristics of his writings and where there was change in the form (Chaps 4&5) such as his response to doctrinal issues are still part of styles of writings in his letters.
(e) Paul saying that writing to them of what they already knows is also one of Paul’s style of writings
(f) Paul’s use of the word “wrath) is consistent in his letters.
3. Describe the scenario or situation in which Paul wrote this letter.
Paul’s writing of 1Thessalonians was under persecution (1Thess 1:6, 1Thess 3:1-5)
4. What are the implications of the burden of this epistle?
(i) To express his thankfulness of what God is doing in the life of the Thessalonians
(ii) Defend himself against those who campaign against his ministry 1Thess 2:1-12
(iii) To encourage them to stand firm in the Lord even in the face of persecution 1Thess 3:2-3
(iv) In order to answer doctrinal questions relating to the fate of the dead and the the day of the Lord.1Thess 4:1-13
(v) To deal with certain issues that boders on their corporate living 1Thess 5:12-13
5. What euphemism did Paul use for death in the epistle and what effect do you think it would have had on the immediate audience, given the thrust of his message?
The euphemism is “Asleep”
The implication of this among many other is as follows
(a) Comfort in Christ: The Thessalonians Christians now have genuine reasons to be comforted that the death of their love one is temporary.
(b) Another chance to meet with their dead love once: They still have a chance to meet with their love one when they get to heaven after resurrection
(c) Increased faith: Through Paul’s explanation, the faith of many Thessalonians Christians have been elevated and made stronger
(d)Higher understanding: It has help to increase their understanding of the mysteries of the word of God
(e) Wider scope of understanding :Their understanding as Christians has been made even clearer to them that they are different from the unbelievers who have no hope.
(f) Eternal hope: They as Christians have hope that a day is coming when they will be united with their loved once whom they have missed because of death.
(g) Channel to strengthen one another’s faith: Apostle Paul said that they should use this matter to encourage one another
1.The Early church fathers supported the claim of the book of Thessalonians that Paul is the author. beginning as early as A.D. 140 .
ReplyDelete2. The church early fathers support Paul authorship because things that characterise Paul are evident in some of His letter. the book of Acts of Apostle 17:1-15.
3.The first Thessalonians epistles was written in Corinth during the eighteen months Paul stay in that city. Paul write the letter after Timothy had returned from Thessalonica with developing news of the church
4.a. To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry
b..to encourage the believers in time of persecution
c. To encourage them to stand firm against pressure and false prophets.
5.The euphemism Paul used for death in this letter was " fall asleep" it is believed that any believer's that died in Christ have another hope with Christ. So believer in the lord was assumed fall asleep.
6. The second coming of the lord explained I chapter five of the letter, rapture follows immediately , The dead in Christ must first rise then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up with them together with them in the clouds
7. Christ is presented as the believer's hope of salvation as a deliverer and rewarder . To my audience should have hope in Christ, avoiding sexual immorality, refusing to defraud others,, refusing to repay evil for evil.
8. My reaction to people that put fears in their audience about the second coming of Christ is that they don't understand the scripture. Then need to be encouraged that the second coming of Christ will bring joyi and hope to all the belivers, it will deliver the believers from wrath and persecution. It should not be for fear but for great hope and joy.
9.The relationship between the key concept that stand out in the epistle are sanctification and the coming of the Lord . The relationship between the two is that sanctification leads to preparing us , making us purified and holy for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ while the coming of the Lord is meant for only those sanctified .
10.My impression to the church in Thessalonians according to the report given by paul is that they should work on themselves as a believers on any problem that may want to destroy their faith in the Lord and to stand firm in the teaching of the lord. The lesson for contemporary church is that they should trust and believe in the power of Christ to be able to stand against every authority and devices of devil.
Barnabas T. Asor
ReplyDelete(1)External evidence to support Paul's authorship of 1 Thessolonian: Church father's supported the authorship as early as 140 AD.
(2) Substantiation of Paul's authorship:
1Thess3:1,2and1Thess1:1
(3) Scenario Paul was before he wrote this epistle:
(I) was under house arrest in Corinth.
(Il)To express his appreciation to the Thessalonian church of their faith
(III)To defend himself against campaign to slander his ministry
(IV) To encourage them to stand firm against persecution and pressure to revert to their former pagan lifestyle.
(4) The implications of the burden of this epistle was for the church to be sanctified and to be steadfast for the coming of the lord.
(5)The chronological high light of the coming of the lord as presented by Paul in the epistle of 1Thessolanian church:1Thess4:16-17
(I) The lord Jesus will come by Himself (not on proxy)
(II) From heaven with a short and voice of an archangel
(III)The dead in Christ shall rise first
(IV) Then we who are alive shall caught up with him in the air.
(6) Christ is presented as a believers hope of salvation both now and after his coming.
(II) As a deliverer from tribulations
(III) As a rewarder ,resurrector and sanctified.
(10)my impression on Paul's report of epistle to Thessalo nian church shows that the church was a given church ,who also take care of their spiritual father's.
LESSON: Our leaders, pastors should always check on their churches to encourage them and help to come to their aid when there is conflicts in the church.
IDURU FRANCIS LIFE 2018115
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(PART 1 WAS QUESTION 1-5)
6. Chronologically highlight the events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord as presented in this letter
One of the key phrases used in 1Thessalonians is “the coming of the Lord” which appeared in the all the five chapters of 1Thessalonians. These verses where the above phrase appear will guide us into explaining the chronological events that will punctuate the coming of the Lord
1) RESUEANCE OF THE SAITNTS:
All the saints in the Lord will be rescued by the Lord according to 1Thess 1:10)
“And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.”
Christ saved our souls when he died and rose from the grave. We can expect that our bodies will also be rescued when he comes to enact the coming judgment on Earth
(2) CELEBRATION BY CHRISTIANS
We will have the boldness to celebrate with those whom we have witness to and also they will be able to celebrate as well with other that they have won to Christ just as Apostle Paul, Silas and Timothy were able to celebrate with the Thessalonians Christian during their era.
“ For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?” (1Thess 2:19).
This is a big warning for everyone shows forth godly virtues before anyone and not to treat anyone with disrespect or disregard people that God has brought our ways because a day is coming when we will stand before all people to celebrate.
(3) STAND BEFORE THE LORD PURE AND BLAMLESS
Before the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, He will establish our hearts blameless in holiness before presenting to God our Father
“so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.” (1Thess 3:13)
This is an heartwarming and encouraging to know and learn that our hearts will be purified by the blood of Jesus which will allow God to exchange our stony hearts with pure hearts before presenting to our Heavenly Father
(4) ABILITY TO MEET WITH OUR LOVE ONES AGAIN (1Thess 4:13-180
A day is coming when the trumpet will sound and the death will be raised and we that are alive will be able to join our love ones before Jesus who loves us and by His power of his love , everyone will be able to meet with his love ones whom dead may have taken away at one time or the other.
“For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep”
We all have a hope that unbeliever do not have. Praise God that one day we shall see each other again with joy and gladness.
(4) NO ONE KNOWS THE DAY OF THE LORD (1Thess 5:2, 5-6)
Apostle Paul spoke in clear terms that no one knows day of the Lord and that Jesus will return like a thief in the midnight. No one, not even Jesus, knows when he will be returning! Paul goes on to say in that we, who do believe, will not be caught off guard because we will be ready He therefore gives a stern warning that we should stay alert, spiritually and protect ourselves, love one another remain confident in our salvation.
(5) SANCTIFICATION
We all shall be sanctified and be preserved blameless until the day of our Lord Jesus Christ
“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Chris”
Every true Christian will experience the sanctification power of our Lord Jesus with which he will be able to maintain a holy life till the day of rapture.
The deadline is drawn.
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7. How is Christ presented in this epistle and how would you communicate this to a Christian audience today?
(a) He is the believer’s hope of salvation at all times.
The bible says that there is no name given unto man that can make us to be save except the name of Jesus. God offered us eternity through Christ who came to die for our sin. For without shedding of the blood of the Lamb of God, there can be no true salvation. The bible says all have sinned and come short of God’s glory. You and I we need a glory that can overcome sin and the power of sin. Christ came to give us a glory that in this world we can live without any fear sin or oppression in any form. With Christ in our lives, He will deliver us from tribulation that is ahead, pefect everything concerning our life( marriage, business, relationship etc), He will us reward us for working for Him and at the last day, we will be with Him in His Father’s kingdom. I encourage you to accept Jesus as your Lord and savior. It is well.
8. Given your study of 1 Thessalonians, how would you react to those who teach the ' Second Coming of Christ' to instill fear and elicit panic in their audience?
This is the exhibition of ignorance in the highest order. Knowledge is power. They need to be born again. They also need to repent. They do so for selfish interest or probably ignorance. You can’t have God’s knowledge and be involved in threatening another person probably because they do not know as much as you know.
9. What is the relationship between the key concepts that stand out in the epistle?
The key concepts are sanctification ant the coming of the Lord. Sanctification is highly essential for the second coming of the Lord for any Christian. Sanctification is the experience of holiness and genuine Christ like living. You can enjoy Christ and Christianity when one is sanctified. Therefore sanctification is one of the essential elements that we prepare Christians all over the World for the coming of the Lord.
PART 4 OF THE ASSIGNMENT
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10. From Paul's report of the Thessalonians church, what is your impression of the church and what lessons should the contemporary church learn from them?
(a) The church is an impact center:
The Church is a church that made great impact because there were people who are transformed by the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Thessalonians Church is one of such because of Apostle Paul commendation of their labor of love, work of faith, patience and hope in our Lord Jesus Christ (1Thess 1:3)
(b) The Thessalonians’ church is a church that is afflicted
Apostle Paul acknowledges that the Thessalonians receive the word in the mist of affliction. Their faith stood firm despite the mountain of afflictions facing them. For us today we need to examine ourselves and ask ourselves some questions. How far can our faith take us? And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit
(c) Presence of men that are idle an lazy:1
Thess4:9-12 Many of the Thessalonians believers have stopped work because they had the wrong orientation that the end is probably at hand. Paul had to address this issue and nail it to the bud. The issue of work in our own contemporary day is so important that even the Pastor will not allow you to marry (lady/brother) if you are not gainfully employed.
(d) Christians are to work in excellence (1Thess 2:9)
The Thessalonians’s Christians had a wrong perception of what it means for the kingdom of god to have come. That the kingdom of God has manifested does not mean that they should stop working. This is one of the reasons why the society today is not seeing the impact of the church so much because there are many lazy folks in the church today who are comfortable waiting for welfare offerings. Paul does not want Christians to fall below the standard of the community in terms of brotherly love. He earnestly desires that the Church should do more in this regard. But some Christians, for reasons best known to them just don’t want to work and leave a normal life. These sets of Christians are capable of sending wrong signals to the public whereby the public will be having a wrong misconception of what the church stands for because we are the bible that the unbelievers read. By rightfully placing the idle members under the right discipline, the church can effectively correct these bad attitudes of not wanting to work. This is the reason why mature Christians must work to show to the ones who have such tendencies not to work. This was the attitude of Paul when He picked up a job while at the same time fulfilling his ministerial calling because he does not want to be financially burdensome to the members of the church.(1Thess 2:9)
IDURU FRANCIS
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(e) Assistance for the Christians who are truly in need of it (1Thess 4:9-10)
Paul is an apostle who is very sensitive to the need of the believers in different churches under different circumstances. In handling the issue of idleness in the Thessalonians church, he also took time to see to the need of those who are genuinely in need and he ensured that such categories of believers ere well taken care of. Paul duly regards the early manifestations of a generous provision for the unemployed Thessalonians as an act of good Christian love. This same principle that Paul showed to the Thessalonians should be a Yard stick for our modern day behavior. What we experience today in this era of covid-19 is that government provisions do not get to the hands of the ones that truly need them. Even when they get, they are been cheated as you will see pictures of these people receiving something but later, these benefits are been withdrawn or reduce behind the camera. This is wrong. This sometimes happens in the church. Let us show love to the needy among us as the Thessalonians church showed love through giving to the unemployed among them.
REFERENCES
MacArthur, New Testament commentary,(1&2 Thessalonians), Moody publishers, Chicago(2002) pg8
Craig S Keener, The bible background commentary, Intervarsity press, Illinois, 1993,pg340.
S. Michael Houdmann, Bible reference.com, accessed April 18, 2020,( https://www.bibleref.com/1-Thessalonians/4/1-Thessalonians-4-15.html
Five things 1Thessalonians teaches us, Accessed April 18, 2020, https://www.ibelieve.com/faith/5-things-1-thessalonians-teaches-us-about-the-second-coming-of-christ.html
Olayemi Temidayo .S
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1) II Thessalonians.
The strongest external evidence in favour of the authenticity of I Thessalonians is II Thessalonians which, whatsoever be its date of composition, is the very earliest document that clearly presupposes I Thessalonians to have been written by Paul.
2) Those things that characterized Paul are evident throughout those books 1st Thesis 3:1-2,8-11 with Acts 15:36;2 Cor 11:28.
3) The purpose of this letters is to meet the needs that occasioned the epistle, to comfort and correct.
He wrote to give an incentive for the Thessalonians to persevere by describing the reward and retribution that will occur in the future judgment of God (1:3-10)
4) Implication
1) To express his thankfulness for what God was doing in the lives of the Thessalonians.
2) To defend himself against a campaign to slander his ministry
5) The word euphemism that Paul use for death in the epistle
means that those who are asleep will wake up and we will see Christ when he come back again from heaven.
6) Chronologically highlight the events that will punctuate the second coming of the Lord
1) The Lord will come with a shout of command (4:16)
2) The voice of an archangel (4:16)
3) There will be a sound trumpet(4:16)
4) The dead in Christ shall arise first(4:15)
5) Those who are alive,will be snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord. (4:18)
7) How is Christ presented in this epistle and how would you communicate this to a Christian
1) 1 Thessalonians presented Him as our deliver
2) As giver of rewards (2:19)
3) In chapters 1-2, 1 presented Christ to as the one that will put down all rebellion and bring retribution
4) 2nd Thessalonians presented Christ as the coming Judge
8) Given your study of 1 Thessalonians, how would you react to those who teach the ' Second Coming of Christ' to instill fear and elicit panic in their audience?
Instill fear and elicit panic in their audience.. Is not the best way to talk about the second coming of Christ because 1 Thessalonians 5:10-11, tells us that He died for us so that we can live to gather with him and therefore encourage one another and build each other up.
9) What is the relationship between the key concepts that stand out in the epistle?
We should always have it mind that the coming of the Lord should not only should encourage and comfort our hearts but change us to godly living.
10) The church should be encouraging there members, help them to stand fast against persecution and they should pressure try as much as possible not to go back to there former pagan lifestyles
SODEINDE O ADEDAYO.
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READING ASSIGNMENT 2.
FIRST THESSALONIANS
1. The Early church fathers (Apostolic Fathers) are the external evidence of Paul's authorship of first Thessalonians.
2. Both internal and external evidence area in support of Paul's authorship, this makes it uncontestable. Also a lot of historical allusion in the Bible fit Paul's life stly. Acts 17:1-15.
3. Paul was in Corinth with Silar and Timothy in their eighteen month stay in the city, in the house of Justus when he wrote the letter. A D 51-52.
4. The implication of the burden include:
a. God demand our praise for all His work in our Life. His praise is comely.
b. In order to exonorate himself, Paul need to defend his ministry and silent slanderers. Otherwise God's name would be tarnished.
c. At the front of persecution and triers, new converts can easily backslided hence Paul encouragement .
d. Various doctrinal and fundamental questions can only be answered by experienced and spirit filled leaders to sustain the date of believers in the church.
5. Paul use Sleep for death in his epistle. This will enable the immediate audience to have hope of raising when they died in Christ. Because Jesus rose,he will come back to raise those that have fallen asleep first before coming for those of us alive.
6. i. Jesus will come with a shout of command by an archangel.
ii. The dead in Christ will rise first.
iii. We who are alive will be snatched up together with them in the cloud to meet the Lord in the air.
iv. We will be with him always 4:17-18.
7. Christ is presented as the believer's hope of Salvation. 1:10
I will communicate it to the Christian audience of today enabling them to know that Christ is the only person that can deliver us from tribulation, he'll give reward for our faithful service unto him. 2:19. He will perfect us since perfection is not in any man. 3:13. He will resurrect us as he was resurrected 4:13-18. And sanctify us 5:23 for his second coming.
8. Of course, the second coming of the Lord is a dreadful day for those who do not accept Christ. Therefore,need not to be affraid, just accept Christ. It is a gross misunderstanding and heretical to present it to elicit panic and instill fear in the heart of people. The message suppose to stir us to godly living and not terrify us.
9. The relationship between the key concept in first Thessalonians is Sanctification 4:3,4,7 and the coming of the lord.1:10, 2:19, 3:13, 4:15, 5:23.
10. Truly, the Thessalonian church accepted gospel preached by Paul and ready to leave a holy life 1:9-10. Hoping for the second coming of the Lord and working with the day of rapture in view. A church ready to learn a sound doctrine and leave accordingly. Therefore, the church of today should be ready to abstain from all immorality and Walk to please God. 4:1-3.
Okay sir
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