Our text this morning is 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20, where the apostle Paul writes, "For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? For you are our glory and joy."
This is one of several verses in 1 Thessalonians where Paul speaks of joy. He practically starts off the epistle with a reference to the joy the Thessalonians had at their conversion. He remembers and rehearses how they had turned to God from their idols, and he writes in 1:5-6: "Our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit."...
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Phil Johnson is Executive Director of Grace to You, the media ministry of John MacArthur. Phil is also an elder at Grace Community Church, where he pastors the GraceLife fellowship group. He is probably best known for his websites, which include The Spurgeon Archive and The Hall...