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“Ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for His Son from heaven” (1 Thessalonians 1:9-10).
The Apostle Paul and those with him did not get a very nice reception when they went to Thessalonica to preach the gospel. They had been there only three or four weeks when the Jews raised up persecution against them, and they had to leave (read Acts 17:1-10). But during that short time some had been saved, and a short time later Paul wrote to them to encourage them.
In particular, he brought before them the Lord’s coming for them, and he mentions this in our verse for today. Previously they had worshiped idols, but now they knew the true God, and His Son Jesus Christ. They were saved, and were waiting for the Lord to come. Just think; they were waiting for the Lord to come nearly two thousand years ago, and still He has not come. But He will come very soon, and this is the proper hope of all those who know Him as Savior.
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