The Model Conversion
Talk 1 of 4 in the Series 1 Thessalonians 2012 ‘The Model Christian’
1 Thessalonians 1
1. Religious Reality
2. The Thessalonians’ Conversion
a. the history
b. seeing the evidence of change
i. work of faith
ii. labour of love
iii. steadfastness of hope
c. seeing the evidence of God
i. loved and chosen
ii. not only in word
iii. but also in power, Holy Spirit and full conviction
iv. imitators of Apostles and Jesus
3. The Model Conversion
a. the news spread
i. the word
ii. their faith
iii. their reception
b. turned from
c. to served
d. to wait
4. Religious Reality
