The Gospel Shaped Church | 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24
How does the gospel shape how we approach church? As we saw last week, Paul was reminding the Thessalonian church to "build one another up" (in v. 11). Paul now shows what "building one another up" in the church looks like. He uses the word "brothers" five times (vv. 12, 14, 25, 26, and 27) because the gospel has made us into one tamily. And so, Paul here shows how the gospel shapes our attitude toward church leaders, other believers and Jesus' return. In our passage, we'll look at: a) Our attitude toward our leaders. b) Our attitude towards one another. c) Our attitude towards Jesus return.