As we come to the end of another year, it’s natural to take stock of our lives and ask whether we’ve had a successful year. But how do we measure success? The Apostle Paul gives us a rubric for doing so in 1 Thessalonians.
Big Idea: Jesus is coming back, so be confident, comforted, and cautious.
Series:
Big Idea: God has complete control over all the past, present, and future events of human history, so we should trust Him and stay faithful until His glorious coming.
Big Idea: Beloved of God, endure to the end by trusting, abiding, loving, and preaching Christ, not by looking at signs of the times.
Big Idea: For GraceHill Church to advance God’s mission of reaching the lost, prayer must be our urgent and first priority!
Big Idea: Once the Lord has given us favor in Christ to remain on this earth until He comes again, He will faithfully establish His earthly kingdom to be glorified among and through His people forever more in righteousness and grace.
Big Idea: God does not forsake those who turn away from Him but offers them comfort—Jesus. So take comfort in Him and take His comfort to others!
Big Idea: Jesus Christ, God’s promised Messiah, has once come in the flesh and is returning soon to make all things right and bring everlasting peace on this earth.
Big Idea: Our hope for the future is reinforced by trusting in God's promises and His plan.
Big Idea: Behold and bestow God’s compassion, which continually pursues to protect us from the coming judgment.
Big Idea: All who refuse to humble themselves and cling to Christ will be humbled and rejected!
Big Idea: The heart of Pharisaism is hypocrisy, which appears to be confident in God but is confident in self.
Big Idea:Our slavery to sin requires a total Savior - One who is both Man and God!
Big Idea: The center of God's Law is love for God and His people, which is perfectly revealed and fulfilled in Jesus.
Big Idea: Beware! Unbelief uses reason and morality as a cover up to discredit God and avoid dealing with Gospel realities.
Big Idea: Our primary duty is to give back to God, from whom all other duties originate.
Big Idea: The Gospel is a revelation of the gift of life.
Big Idea: Embrace God's gracious invitation to His banquet with humility and faith, for He is truly worthy!
Big Idea: Every Christian is an ambassador of Christ because every Christian has been changed by Christ!
Big Idea: Self-righteousness blinds you to God's exceeding patience and drives you to commit spiritual suicide.
Big Idea: Grace is the greatest authority that leads us to obedience in faith.