Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) Starting A Study Of Thessalonians from Wednesday. The books of 1st and 2nd Thessalonians bring up a VERY important topic. Jesus is coming back soon. When will that be? What are the signs of His coming? Who will He take when He comes?In the Wednesday night BSF, you can study these powerful epistles with Pastor Spencer Patrick, lead pastor at Victory Word Church based in Tokyo, Japan. The meetings are online so you don’t have to come to Victory Place building to participate, you can join from anywhere if you have a computer, smartphone, or even just a telephone. See you on Wednesday!
Summary of 1 Thessalonians (From Dake’s Topical Study)
Date and place: Written from Corinth about 54 A.D., and was the first of the author’s 14 epistles.Author: Paul. See Summary of Romans.Theme: To confirm young disciples in fundamental truths already taught them; to exhort them to continue in holiness; and give comfort concerning those who had already died in the faith. All the doctrines were taught them in a period of a month (Acts 17:1-9). Believer were mainly Gentiles who became outstanding as examples of demonstrating God’s power taught by Paul to all who believe (1 Thes. 1:8; 1 Thes. 2:13-14; 1 Thes. 3:6; 2 Thes. 1:3, 11; 2 Thes. 2:17). The coming of the Lord is a very prominent subject in all chapters (1 Thes. 1:10; 1 Thes. 2:12,19; 1 Thes. 3:13; 1 Thes. 4:13-18; 1 Thes. 5:1-11).Statistics: 52nd book of the Bible; 5 chapters; 89 verses; 1,857 words; 3 questions; 69 verses of history; 20 verses of unfulfilled prophecy.
