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captivate The Power of the Jesus Story

1 Thessalonians

T U R N : S E R V E : W A I T



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the perfect storm

The phrase “perfect storm” is commonly used

to refer to a convergence of factors whosecombined effect is greater than the impact of

any of the elements on their own.



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this morning

1. Identify the various factors that converged

to produce this powerful impact of thegospel

2. Consider how these factors need to be

present today if we are to see the same

result.



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When was the last time anyof us saw the Jesus story

have a captivating and

transformative affect on a

person?



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sovereignty story

spirit

spokesmen



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sovereignty

God rules over all creation with absolute power

and authority.


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1 Timothy 2:3-4

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God

our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and

to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace you have been saved through

faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one

may boast.



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Romans 10:9-10

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as

Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised

Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with

the heart a person believes, resulting in

righteousness, and with the mouth he

confesses, resulting in salvation.

John 6:44

No one can come to Me unless the Father who

sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on

the last day.



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It’s hard for us to hear what the 1st century

Thessalonians would have heard when theywere told that they were chosen by God

because we have 1,900 years of developed

theological systems and frameworks (Calvinism,

Arminianism, etc) that affect the ways weinterpret that statement.

Without any theological framework affectingwhat they heard, perhaps they heard something

like this in Paul’s statement . . . .



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“Be encouraged Thessalonians. The fact that

your faith is still thriving in your hostileenvironment shows that something truly

miraculous has happened here . . . your

response to the Jesus story is not merely a

choice you made on your own effort from yourown reasoning . . . something much bigger has

happened here . . . the creator God actually

chose you to be recipients of the message and

the salvation it speaks about.”



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As we move forward as a faith community we

need to acknowledge that God’s sovereigntyis ultimately what enables a response to the

Jesus story. Acknowledging this should help

us avoid . . . .

1. Doing too much: we have to avoid

“forcing” salvation as we recognize God

must be behind it.

2. Doing too little: we have to avoid thinkingthat since salvation is a result of God’s

sovereignty we don’t have to do anything

because people will eventually receive

Christ with or without us.

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