The Gospel

Love of God towards us

Wisdom of Solomon 11:23–26

But you are merciful to all, for you can do all things, and you overlook men’s sins, that they may repent. 

For you love all things that exist, 

and you loathe none of the things which you have made, for you would not have made anything if you had hated it. 

How would anything have endured if you had not willed it? Or how would anything not called forth by you have been preserved? 

You spare all things, for they are yours, O Lord who love the living.

The Call

Wisdom of Solomon 12:1–2 

For your immortal spirit is in all things. 

Therefore you correct little by little those who trespass, and remind and warn them of the things wherein they sin, that they may be freed from wickedness and put their trust in you, O Lord. 

1 Thessalonians 2:8

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Repentance 

1 Thessalonians 1:9–10 

you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. 

The Power

Colossians 1:11–14 

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 

He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 

The Response 

1 Thessalonians 2:12-13

to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. 

you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.