Background Post 6. Persecution of the Thessalonians

Persecution in the life of the Thessalonian Believers.

Following the Lord Jesus Christ lead to Trouble from the very beginning. Sometimes it was very violent persecution.

1Th 1:6  And you followed the pattern set you by us and by the Master, after you had received the Message amid severe persecution, and yet with the joy which the Holy Spirit gives, 

1Th 1:7  so that you became a pattern to all the believers throughout Macedonia and Greece. 

1Th 3:3  that none of you might be unnerved by your present trials: for you yourselves know that they are our appointed lot. 

1Th 3:4  For even when we were with you, we forewarned you, saying, "We are soon to suffer affliction;" and this actually happened, as you well know. 

1Th 3:5  For this reason I also, when I could no longer endure the uncertainty, sent to know the condition of your faith, lest perchance the Tempter might have tempted you and our labour have been lost. 

1Th 2:14  For you, brethren, followed the example of the Churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judaea; seeing that you endured the same ill-treatment at the hands of your countrymen, as they did at the hands of the Jews. 

Persecutions were either economic, familial, social or physical.

Act 17:6  But, failing to find them, they dragged Jason and some of the other brethren before the magistrates of the city, loudly accusing them. "These men," they said, "who have raised a tumult throughout the Empire, have come here also. 

Act 17:7  Jason has received them into his house; and they all set Caesar's authority at defiance, declaring that there is another Emperor-- one called Jesus." 

2Co 7:5  For even after our arrival in Macedonia we could get no relief such as human nature craves. We were greatly harassed; there were conflicts without and fears within. 

Are you suffering or isolation for the sake of the Lord Jesus? Remember Christ is our example in Endurance. He will touch and vindicate you. He has the last say.