Paul's Arrival in Thessalonica

Paul reminded the Thessalonian brethren that the purpose of his coming and the message preached in that coming were not empty. Either they had heard or he had told them about the beating and imprisonment he and Silas had endured at Philippi (Acts 16:1-40). If they had been preaching some meaningless message for trivial reasons, such would have stopped them. However, when they came to Thessalonica they courageously preached the gospel. That courage came from being in God (Romans 8:31). The apostle described that persecution as a conflict, which could have come in the form of external pressure or the internal stress it produced. The point is, in spite of great difficulties, Paul and Silas preached openly a message that had already brought pain and hurt into their lives (1 Thessalonians 2:1-2).

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