Rev. Eric Landry - August 18, 2019
1 Thessalonians 5:23-28
This Sunday, we will use the title for our summer sermon series through 1 Thessalonians as the title for our last sermon, for in these final verses of his letter, Paul tells the church exactly what they are waiting for: Jesus. I told someone recently that this is my favorite verse in this letter filled with wonderful gospel hope and a stirring vision of Christian community. It is my favorite verse because it fixes my hope again on the God who promises to do in me and for me what I cannot do myself: he will finally and forever save me completely from the sin that seems ever present. Paul fixes our eyes on the future. Join us this Sunday, as we together worship the one who is coming to renew us, rescue us, and restore us—our Lord Jesus Christ.
From Series: "Waiting for Jesus"
This week, we begin a new summer sermon series in the book of First Thessalonians: “Waiting for Jesus.” Paul’s first letter to the church in Thessalonica tackles big questions that all of us still wrestle with today, some 2000 years after this letter was first written: How can we exist in a culture that does not understand or share our faith? How can we live with one foot in the kingdom of God and the other foot firmly planted in a world in which our desires are at war with one another? How can we long for the return of Jesus when so many other things of this world occupy our thoughts morning, noon, and night? Join us this week, as we consider Paul’s introduction (1 These 1:1-10) and his gratitude for the work of God in the life of this church he loves.