Observation

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Lesson 2

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1 Thessalonians Chapter 2 Study sheet questions/Observation Questions

June 19, 2018

1. (1 Thess. 2:1-2) What did they call the people at the Thessalonica church? ________________ 2. How were Paul and his companions treated while they were in Philippi?

See Acts 16:16-23 Answer the following questions from this passage. 3. What resulted in Paul and Silas getting thrown in jail? (Verse 19)

4. What kind of treatment did they receive from the magistrates, slave owners and crowds?

5. (1 Thessalonians 2:2b) You can see how they suffered and had been shamefully treated in Philippi yet they still had boldness in God to declare to them the __________of God in the midst of much ____________.1Thess 2:2

6. What is the gospel of God to which Paul is referring? (Acts 17:2-3) write out the main points

a. (1 Thess. 2:3-6)

On whose authority did they deliver the message that they shared with the

Thessalonians? b. Who are they motivated to please? List the word clues below….

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(1 Thess. 2:7-8) What simile is mentioned in this passage? What is being compared?

8. (1 Thess. 2:9-10) How did Paul and his companions behave while there with them?

9. Why do you think Paul wanted to remind them of this?

10. (1 Thess. 2: 11-12) Another simile! How were they like a father to them?

11. (1 Thess. 2:13) What was Paul thankful for regarding the how they received the Word of God?

12. (1 Thess. 2:14-16) How were they imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea?

13. (1 Thess. 2:17-18) Who did Paul say was hindering them from coming to see them again?

14. (1 Thess. 2:19-20) Another reference to the second coming of Christ. What nugget of truth do you observe in these verses?