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1 Thessalonians 2:1-7

Thru the Bible on Oneplace.com

Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What motivated the Apostle Paul to share the gospel? That’s what we’re studying in 1 Thessalonians, chapter 2, verses 1-7. Follow along as our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon McGee, encourages us to examine our own motives and use Paul’s methods as we reach out with the Good News of Jesus Christ.

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How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

0:17.0

Why do people share the gospel?

0:19.0

I'd love to say that everyone who speaks the name of Jesus does so for honorable reasons but you

0:24.2

know sadly we all know that isn't always the case is it? Well today on through the

0:28.7

Bible Dr. J. Verna McGee leads us through the first seven verses of First

0:33.0

Thessalonians too, where we're going to look at what motivated

0:36.1

Paul to share the gospel.

0:37.7

And it's a good prompt for every follower of Jesus Christ.

0:41.2

Paul didn't want money or to be famous. His motives were genuine. In keeping

0:46.0

with what motivates through the Bible to share the Gospel, we welcome Greg Harris to the studio

0:50.2

today to answer the question, why is through the Bible committed to sharing the

0:54.6

gospel with the world. Well so many ways we could answer that but the simplest

0:59.6

for me is it's the truth. Yes it's the truth about mankind and what's wrong with the world and what what we

1:06.6

need to be made right with God and eternity it has everything to do with

1:11.0

reality and we all know we're living in a world that just

1:14.0

feels like it's it's lost its mind right yeah and the gospel is the truth yeah I

1:18.5

also think that there is no other way to get to God but through his son Jesus Christ.

1:23.4

So it is a very narrow door, it is an exclusive door.

1:26.8

We are not universalists.

1:28.2

We are exclusively accessing God

1:31.0

through the finished work of Jesus Christ.

1:32.6

Amen.

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