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帖撒罗尼迦前书 1

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1 保羅、西拉、提摩太寫信給帖撒羅尼迦在父神和主耶穌基督裡的教會。願恩惠平安歸與你們!

2 我們為你們眾人常常感謝神,禱告的時候提到你們,

3 在神我們的父面前,不住的記念你們因信心所做的工夫,因愛心所受的勞苦,因盼望我們主耶穌基督所存的忍耐

4 被神所愛的弟兄阿,我知道你們是蒙揀選的;

5 因為我們的福音傳到你們那裡,不獨在乎言語,也在乎權能和聖靈,並充足的信心,正如你們知道、我們在你們那裡,為你們的緣故是怎樣為人。

6 並且你們在大難之中,蒙了聖靈所賜的喜樂,領受真道就效法我們,也效法了主;

7 甚至你們作了馬其頓和亞該亞所有信主之人的榜樣。

8 因為主的道從你們那裡已經傳揚出來。你們向神的信心不但在馬其頓和亞該亞,就是在各處也都傳開了;所以不用我們說甚麼話。

9 因為他們自己已經報明我們是怎樣進到你們那裡,你們是怎樣離棄偶像,歸向神,要服事那又真又活的神,

10 等候他兒子從降臨,就是他從死裡復活的─那位救我們脫離將忿怒的耶穌。

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336 - A Strange Love Letter

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: A Strange Love Letter

Topic: The Word

Summary: God is love, and the Bible is a divine communication to us, so in some sense it mst be a love letter. But that's a pretty strange love letter!

References:
2 Samuel 12:1-7
Joshua 1:1-9
Judges 13:1-3
Isaiah 63:7-10
Ezekiel 1:28; 2
Matthew 4:17
Luke 1:1-5
1 Thessalonians 1:1
2 Timothy 1:1-2
James 1:1
1Pet 1:1
Deut 4:2; 12:32
Rev 22:18-19

This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.

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Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 4/11/2018. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com

The Bible

 

Revelation 22:18-19

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18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.