Scripture index: 1 Thessalonians 1Th 1:1 Church government › Examples of apostles besides original twelve, Matthias, Paul Church › Local and universal Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive) God the Father › Unspecified (simply “the” Father) Trinity › Father is fully God 1Th 1:2–5 Effectual grace › Apostles thank God for peoples’ faith 1Th 1:2–10 Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT 1Th 1:3 Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive) God the Father › Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father) Trinity › Father is fully God 1Th 1:4 God is love › God loves an otherwise unspecified audience (“you” or “us”) 1Th 1:10 God the Father › Of Jesus Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God 1Th 1:11–12 Jesus is God › “Besides me there is no savior” 1Th 2:5–6 Church government › Examples of apostles besides original twelve, Matthias, Paul Paid ministry › Ministers should not be greedy 1Th 2:6 Church government › Full-time officers can/should be compensated Paid ministry › Paul’s defense of paid ministry 1Th 2:13 Effectual grace › Apostles thank God for peoples’ faith Scripture › Apostles seemed aware they were writing Scripture 1Th 2:13–15 Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon 1Th 3:7–10 Effectual grace › Apostles thank God for peoples’ faith 1Th 3:11 Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive) God the Father › Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father) Trinity › Father is fully God 1Th 3:11–13 Effectual grace › Jesus and apostles pray to God asking that people would be saved 1Th 3:13 Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive) God the Father › Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father) Trinity › Father is fully God 1Th 4:14 Jesus is God › “You will never die” 1Th 4:16 Union with Christ › We are in Christ 1Th 5:2 Second coming › “No man knows the day or the hour” 1Th 5:3 Hell › “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc. 1Th 5:5 God the Father › Of believers, the elect (the true Israel) 1Th 5:19 Arminianism › Grace is resistible 1Th 5:21–22 Scripture › For those in the Spirit, Scripture is self-authenticating 1Th 5:23–24 Doctrines of grace › Preservation of the saints Preservation of the saints › God is faithful, finishes what he starts Unconditional election › Election is a pastoral doctrine, a great comfort to believers