Musings of a Seminary Grad

This is a sermon I preached in chapel at Maranatha Baptist University on 2/14/2022 as part of a series preaching through 1 Thessalonians. Introduction I don’t want you to get the wrong idea as students at Maranatha Baptist University; you hear a lot of sermons about sin, but that's not primarily how we as the faculty and staff think of you. We know you are God-fearing, Christ-honoring, Spirit-indwelt images of God, who are a kingdom of priests, joint-heirs with Christ, and walk in the Spirit. In 1 Thessalonians, Paul (along with his protégés Silas and Timothy) writes to young believers who possibly have been saved for less than a full year, and he is very pleased with their progress; they have grown in faith, love, and hope to the point where they are examples to the region of Macedonia around them. They are not perfect, and 2 Thessalonians will deal with some issues they still have, but they are growing well, and Paul is very happy to the point that he thanks God every time they c...