”Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.“
1 Thessalonians 1:1 KJV
From Paul, Silas, and Timothy. We send our greetings to you, the congregation of believers in Thessalonica, which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May God’s delightful grace and peace rest upon you. Ministry requires teamwork and Paul saw himself as part of a church planting team made up of three men - Paul, Silas and Timothy - with wonderful giftings, the called out ones or the ekklesia - the Church. We are the Church, called out to function as those with responsibilities of shaping societal norms and the morality of culture as Paul and his team did in their time. The Church is both in God and in Jesus Christ. The Trinity makes room for the Bride. We thank God for His grace, the joyous delight that rests upon us, the people of God. As part of the Church, we have the grace, the joyous delight, of manifesting Christ in shaping society’s norms and the morality of culture in our time here on earth. Amen!
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