“For they
themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how
you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God.” (v.9)
Here at
the beginning of Paul’s letter to the Thessalonian church he is recounting to
them that, wherever they went (Paul and his companions), they were finding a
great testimony of their sound conversion from idols to the true and living
God. Paul seems to refer to all whom he had met or
had heard of "in all places," who said anything about the
Thessalonians, “they” were unanimous in bearing testimony to their conversion.
This was no resolution on their part, but a true conversion.
They turned from serving and worshipping the gods of the gentiles (Pluto,
Mercury, Jupiter, etc) to serving the one living and true God by; embracing and
professing His Gospel, submitting to His ordinances, and walking according to
His Word.
We all have a conversion story to tell, a life we once lived in
service to ourselves. Get it out there whenever the opportunity presents itself
and share your “U-Turn” for Christ.
The Truth
“And you He made alive, who were dead in
trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this
world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now
works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted
ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of
the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. But God,
who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even
when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace
you have been saved).” (Ephesians 2:1-5)
