Receiving the Word of God (1 Thess. 2:13-20)

Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

-Sung Psalm- 116---Preaching the gospel is a great and glorious thing - but Paul says that they were pleased to impart not only the gospel of God - but their own souls---How do you impart your soul to another person------When we are joined to the life of the Son of God - when the Holy Spirit - the Third Person of the Holy Trinity - joins us to the life of God - then we are joined to one another as well.--And so not only do we impart to you the gospel of God - but also, we impart to you our very souls.--Very imperfectly. With much weakness - much frailty - and with much sin and repentance- - we impart to you our own souls.--This is how Paul and Silas and Timothy walked among the Thessalonians. And this is how we, as your elders, seek to walk with you...