WHILE WE WAIT (1 THESSALONIANS): IMITATE & MODEL
Message Date: 2/18/24
Speaker: Pastor Renee Hidalgo

Study Challenge:

1. READ the Book of 1 Thessalonians once every week throughout this series.
2. LISTEN to the Book of 1 Thessalonians once every week throughout this series.
3. WRITE the whole Book of 1 Thessalonians in your own handwriting.
4. MEMORIZE the whole Book of 1 Thessalonians.

1 Thessalonians 1:1

, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the

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 in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.

1 Thessalonians 1:2-10

2  We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers.  3  We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

4  For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,  5  because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. 

6  You became

of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in
the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.  7  And so you
became a

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 to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.  8  The Lord’s
message 

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out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God
has become known everywhere.  Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, 

9  for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,  10  and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

“You know how we lived among you for your sake…” —–Paul, Silas, Timothy

In other words, we were the ‘real deal’!

IMITATORS & MODELS

Imitate (Greek Word: MIMETES):
People intentionally patterning their life after another.

Who exactly did the Thessalonians imitate? (vs. 6)
*US: Paul, Silas, Timothy
*LORD: Jesus!

1 Corinthians 11:1

“And you should

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me, just as I imitate

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.” —–Apostle Paul

Who do you have in your life, that is a few steps ahead of you in the faith, that
you can imitate?

Model (Greek Word: TUPOS):
Mark, stamp, copy, pattern

1 Thessalonians 1:8
8  The Lord’s message 

out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your
faith in God has become known everywhere.

Who are you a model to?

While We Wait… be both an imitator and a model.

The more people that are following you, the closer you should pay attention to

you are imitating.

“To become a model before we’ve begun to imitate the ways of faith is

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.” —–Beth Moore, Children of the Day

1 Thessalonians 1:3
We remember…
your work produced by

, 
your labor prompted by

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, 
and your endurance inspired by

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…

Take an INVENTORY of your relationships.
Who to imitate?

Who to be a model to?

Would you read the Bible Plan, Choosing Our Friends and Companions Wisely, with us?

https://bible.com/p/64850797/ed10b6a50330f6f2b07d3b91123313a3