11/21/20 THE ONE ANOTHER’S IN THE NT #33 — 2 Thessalonians 1:3 (CSB) We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and THE LOVE EACH ONE OF YOU HAS FOR ONE ANOTHER is increasing.

A year had passed since Paul wrote his first letter to the believers in Thessalonica. Apparently he has heard good reports about that church. Considering some of the serious doctrinal and behavioral problems in various NT churches, he was THANKFUL to hear and know that one of the churches he established was doing well. He noted that 1) their faith was “flourishing,” literally “hyper-growing”; and 2) their agape love for each other was “increasing,” literally “super abounding!”

Whenever we hear such reports about another church, we also should thank God for His blessings and their faithfulness. And we should pray and work hard to make those two superlatives true in our church as well.