Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-chapter by chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

live to please God as we pick up in First Thessalonians chapter four verse one.

And now with today's study,'s pastor chuck let's turn to first

thessalonians chapter four paul the apostle was called of god by the spirit to go to macedonia

as he saw in a vision a man from Macedonia saying, come over and help us.

It was good that Paul did have a dramatic call of God

because I'm certain that once he arrived in Macedonia

and experienced some of the adverse reception,

he could have very well questioned,

Lord, did you really call me here?

His first stop was at Philippi, where evil men were stirred up against him,

and they had him arrested and beaten, and he was thrown in the dungeon, and then ordered

out of town.

He next went to Thessalonica, where after three Sabbath days in the synagogue,

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