Sermon Notes:
1. For people to trust you, it’s important that they know your background.
2. For people to trust you, they need to observe your life.
3. For someone to trust you, you need to be real with them.
4. Paul reminds them about this because it is hard to learn from someone you don’t trust.
Follow-up Questions from Sunday:
Quick Review:
Looking back at your notes from this week’s teaching, was there anything you heard for the first time or that caught your attention, challenged, or confused you?
Digging Deeper:
1. How important is the character quality of trustworthiness in your relationships?
2. If you misjudge a person in their trustworthiness what is the worst that could happen to you in a friendship, marriage, work associate, or a spiritual leader?
3. As you read 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6, what rumors do you think were being spread about Paul?
4. What do you think Paul was trying to communicate by using the images of a mother and a father in vs 7 and 11?
5. What characteristics of a faithful Christian worker is mentioned by Paul in chapter 2? Which ones do you possess and which ones do you need to still grow in?
6. As you read Chapter 3, what in Timothy’s report particularly encouraged Paul? What does this tell you about his heart for them?
7. How trustworthy would you say you are on a scale of one to ten with ten being best? Why do you think this is? How do these chapters help you to grow in this area?
Taking it Home:
Get the devotional on 1 Thessalonians this week and begin to go through this amazing letter.