God has given us one book that can change the entire direction of our lives, the Bible.

And in this study, journeying through scriptures, we will take a brief big-picture look at every book of the Bible,

tracing God's unfolding story from Genesis to Revelation.

Our prayer is that this journey will stir your heart to open God's word daily.

Let's join Scott Pauli for today's study.

In our journey through Scripture, we've come now to the last two books known as the Christian Church Epistles. It is of note that though they are the last of the Christian Church

epistles, many Bible teachers believe that these letters may be some of the first letters

the Apostle Paul wrote, at least

the first one, and that is first Thessalonians. It was written, we believe, from Corinth,

and early in the ministry of the Apostle Paul. You'll remember that Paul spent about three

short weeks with these believers in Thessalonica. You can read about that in the book of Acts.

And then he was forced to flee from

that city due to intense persecution. He sent Timothy back to help lead them, but now he writes

a very personal letter to this church. Second Thessalonians even says that he wrote it with his own

hand, and it is a deeply personal letter to believers that he loves deeply.

The majority of believers that are in this place are Gentile,

and so there are no Old Testament references found in First Thessalonians.

Now, if you look at the order of the letters of Paul,

as they're given to us in our New Testament,

there is a fascinating progression. We began with Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians,

and Galatians. But what do those books have in common? Those books primarily are about the

person of Christ, Christ himself, His work, and it's through Christ alone that we're saved.

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