FAITHFUL MINISTRY (2 OF 10)
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6
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Faithful Ministry (2 of 10)
Series: Authentic Faith
Stephen Whitney
I Thessalonians 2:1-6
We live in a world were promises are made to be broken, where your word cannot be trusted and where lies and deception are common from the average person to the President of the United States. Congress has such low approval ratings because the people do not trust them to do what is in our best interest. Instead that do what benefits them. The media is no longer trusted to tell us the truth because they slant the news to their own liberal bias.
We live an age where people don't trust one another because it seems nobody tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Integrity is being: authentic, honest, trustworthy and sincere.
Proverbs 20:7 The righteous walks in his integrity.
You can trust that he will do what he said he would do.
Ted Engstrom (d. 2006) became the executive director of Youth for Christ in 1951 and the executive vice president of World Vision in 1963. He was a prolific writer averaging a book a year for 50 years plus many magazine and journal articles.
Once he wrote, ''Integrity is not only the way one thinks but even more the way one acts. Simply put, integrity is doing what you said you would do. It is as basic as keeping your word, fulfilling your promise.'' Integrity means that people can trust you which is of utmost importance when you share the gospel with them.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND :1-2
Profitable :1
Paul was convinced that their faith in Christ was real, not just an outward profession, but an inward change of heart and life. It had been demonstrated in their labor of love towards others and their steadfast hope in the return of Jesus Christ (1:3).
Vain - Gk. without any lasting result (3:5).
When a person believes that Jesus Christ died for their sins there is a change in their life as they are now part of the family of God.
Philippi :2
In Philippi, about 90 miles to the east, Paul had been whipped and p ...
Series: Authentic Faith
Stephen Whitney
I Thessalonians 2:1-6
We live in a world were promises are made to be broken, where your word cannot be trusted and where lies and deception are common from the average person to the President of the United States. Congress has such low approval ratings because the people do not trust them to do what is in our best interest. Instead that do what benefits them. The media is no longer trusted to tell us the truth because they slant the news to their own liberal bias.
We live an age where people don't trust one another because it seems nobody tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Integrity is being: authentic, honest, trustworthy and sincere.
Proverbs 20:7 The righteous walks in his integrity.
You can trust that he will do what he said he would do.
Ted Engstrom (d. 2006) became the executive director of Youth for Christ in 1951 and the executive vice president of World Vision in 1963. He was a prolific writer averaging a book a year for 50 years plus many magazine and journal articles.
Once he wrote, ''Integrity is not only the way one thinks but even more the way one acts. Simply put, integrity is doing what you said you would do. It is as basic as keeping your word, fulfilling your promise.'' Integrity means that people can trust you which is of utmost importance when you share the gospel with them.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND :1-2
Profitable :1
Paul was convinced that their faith in Christ was real, not just an outward profession, but an inward change of heart and life. It had been demonstrated in their labor of love towards others and their steadfast hope in the return of Jesus Christ (1:3).
Vain - Gk. without any lasting result (3:5).
When a person believes that Jesus Christ died for their sins there is a change in their life as they are now part of the family of God.
Philippi :2
In Philippi, about 90 miles to the east, Paul had been whipped and p ...
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