1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
What manner of love? Who would love us knowing what we have done, who we were? The Father has and also adopts us as His own. An adopted child held full inheritance rights and all debt was erased from the previous household.
1 Thessalonians 1:9 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. Paul came to them in word & pow
1 Thessalonians 1:7 so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe. Paul, you mean this church that only had 3 weeks of formal training, that was heavily entrenched in idolatry
1 Thessalonians 1:6 And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, I choose to follow Jesus. The Lord opens eyes and hearts!
