The focal point is first 3 bc you serve the Risen Savior your works are done with 1Cor. 13:13 Faith, Hope & Love, these three. Paul tells Thessaloniki bc of their diligence and purity and excellency in motivation, he keeps them before God in prayer on a sacrificial altar as a sweet smelling savor doing what they do for the Glory of God and for the Kingdom and not as men pleasers. Is this how people see and speak of you and I? Inventory and self examination time!
