This Sunday I will be preaching on 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12. Paul is overcome with opposition, yet he shows the church how he "walked with God" during such hard times. He was able to do this because he spent many years walking with God so even when the rumors and attacks came, he just did what he always did...lived to please God, not men.
Watch this 6-minute video and answer the questions below.
God bless.
Ethan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM1TkfVL22Q
Read 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
1. Did you spread rumors when you were a child/youth? What rumors did you spread? What rumors have affected your life? Explain.
2. When people attack or oppose you, how does your fleshly instinct want to respond?
3. When Paul and his companions were opposed, how did they respond? Why is their response better than our “fleshly” response?
4. Discuss the difference of pleasing others (or ourselves) opposed to living our lives to please God. What do you think a successful “God pleasing” life looks like day-to-day?
5. Paul says he loved them like a mother nursing her children. Describe what kind of attitude that entails. How can you love others in the church that same way?
6. Paul also says he acted like a father to exhort, encourage, and charge them to “walk with the Lord” or “walk in a manner worthy of the Lord”. How does this example balance with the picture of a nursing mother?
7. The main point is that we are to “walk with the Lord”. Paul shows us how he walked with the Lord during terrible times of opposition. How can you walk with the Lord today so that you can walk with the Lord when times of opposition and testing come? Give a practical way you can build a habit to walk with God in 2019.
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