Chosen by God

Sunday, September 20, 2026
Alex Chen

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1 Thessalonians 1:4-5

Outline

  1. The God Who Has Chosen a People to Save

  2. The God Who Has Chosen the Way He Saves

  3. The Immense Power His Word Contains

The God Who Has Chosen a People to Save

  • 1 Thes 1:2 -- 2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers

  • 1 Thes 1:4 -- 4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,

  • 2 Thes 2:13 -- 13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved…

  • Eph 1:4 -- 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him

  • James 2:5 -- 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom…?

  • 1 Cor 1:27-29 -- 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world… 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

  • 1 Thes1:4 -- 4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,

The God Who Has Chosen the Way He Saves

  • 1 Thes 1:4-5 -- 4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction

  • 1 Cor 1:1-2 -- And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified

  • Acts 17:1-3 -- Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”

  • Mark Dever – The way God works is through the agency of His Word… He doesn’t have another way.

The Immense Power His Word Contains

  • v.4-5 -- 4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction