Category: Lessons

Church Life

• Lesson 10 for the week of September 1 to September 8

Verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 Leading Question: How is it possible to exhort, admonish, and rebuke people so that our words will “reform but not exasperate” (6T 123)? Paul concludes his first letter to the Thessalonians with seventeen...

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Final Events

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 25 to September 1

Verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Leading Question: How do believers retain a sense of urgency and immediacy after a time of long delay? Already in the first century, some were losing their sense of urgency about the advent....

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The Dead in Christ

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 18 to August 25

Verses: 1 Thess. 4:13-18 Leading Question: How can the Christian’s hope be seen as a hope, not just a fear? In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Paul has given us one of the most specific and pointed promises of...

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Living Holy Lives

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 11 to August 18

Verses: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 Leading Question: When, in 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul urgently admonishes the Thessalonians toward sexual purity, is that a concern that applies directly to our culture and age? 1. Saying the nice things first. In the...

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Friends Forever

• Lesson 6 for the week of August 4 to August 11

Verses: 1 Thessalonians 2:13 – 3:13 Leading Question: When is it safe to imitate other believers? 1. The Judean Example (1 Thess. 2:13-16). Paul commends the Thessalonians for “imitating” the churches in Judea. And his specific point of...

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The Apostolic Example

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 28 to August 4

Verses: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Leading Question: Why should apostles – and preachers – be so careful not to be a burden on those whom they serve? 1. Boldness in suffering (1 Thess. 2:1-2). Why does Paul choose to...

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Joyous and Thankful

• Lesson 4 for the week of July 21 to July 28

Verses: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Leading Question: How can Paul write a personal letter to believers he scarcely knows? As reported in Acts 17:1-10, Paul had spent only three Sabbaths preaching in the Jewish synagogue when turmoil erupted...

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Thessalonica in Paul’s Day

• Lesson 3 for the week of July 14 to July 21

Verses: Acts 18:1-3; 1 Cor. 9:19-27; 16:19 Leading Question: How does the temperament and personality of a city effect how Christians share their faith? In 168 BC, the city of Thessalonica invited Rome to take over their...

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Preserving Relationships

• Lesson 2 for the week of July 7 to July 14

Verses: Acts 16-17; 1 Corinthians 2-4 Leading Question: When opposition arises, how do we decide between fight and flight? After an astonishingly brief stay in Thessalonica of only three weeks, enough trouble had erupted that Paul found it...

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The Gospel Comes to Thessalonica

• Lesson 1 for the week of June 30 to July 7

Verses: Acts 16:9 – 17:12 Leading Question: How does the church at Thessalonica compare with the typical Christian church today? In the first two lessons for this quarter we focus on the story of the founding of...

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A Perpetual Ministry

• Lesson 13 for the week of June 23 to June 30

The Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide emphasizes that “witnessing and evangelism must continue as long as there are people who need salvation.” Is the statement above correct? Does witnessing end once we are in...

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Evaluating Witnessing and Evangelism

• Lesson 12 for the week of June 16 to June 23

Most would agree that, at some point, every organization should undergo some sort of evaluation. What is working? What isn’t? What should change? What should stay the same? These can be frightening questions, certainly. More...

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Let the Church Know

• Lesson 11 for the week of June 9 to June 16

Most of the time, discussions of evangelism and witnessing center on letting the world know about Jesus. This week, however, the focus is on letting the church know about the results of evangelism. In the...

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A Love Response

• Lesson 10 for the week of June 2 to June 9

This week, the lesson focus is on motivation for witnessing. Most would agree that ideally, one should share the message of Jesus because they want to, not because they feel that they have to. But what if we don’t...

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