Paul did not need to say a lot to the Thessalonians. They had been preached to, had been saved in affliction, had the joy of the Holy Spirit, and their faith had gone out all over the plead.
This Thessalonian church must have been something else. From them, Paul said, the word of God ‘sounded out…in every place.’ These folks could not be shut up. The gospel had such an impact on them that their ‘faith toward God had gone out’ to the point that Paul did not need to say anything more.
The church’s faith did what faith is supposed to from the very start. Jesus said to go into the world to preach the gospel. Our faith has always had an outward objective. It started in Jerusalem and went from there to Judea and Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth.
The Thessalonians had it right – there faith hd sounded out to their region and to the surrounding regions and in every place. It was so obvious that Paul said that he did not need to say anything.
How am I doing at ‘getting my faith out’ where others can see it?
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