The Gospel Message

1Thess 2 Sharing the Gospel Message

Paul and his team were persecuted in Philippi, but that did not stop them from sharing the gospel message. He may have been cast out of that city, but God saved some of those seekers who became the little church there. Paul had to leave and went to Thessalonica and it was there that the jealous Jews followed him there to keep the gospel hidden. Today, there are many who want the gospel hidden and men to remain unsaved. As it was then, so it is today. The reason is found in 2 Cor 4:4 “the god of this world has blinded men so that they might not see the glorious image of Jesus Christ.” 

Paul tells the Thessalonians that when he came there to share he presented the gospel message as a child might or as a nursing mother or as a doting father. Paul became all things to win some. How do you seek to share the gospel message when there are evil workers seeking to undermine the truth? 

Jesus said to go and make disciples and we are to be about that business today. Are we going? Are we making disciples? What is keeping us from fulfilling that command?