Thessalonica. Slowly Paul made his way among the great cities of Greece. He was sowing seeds of which others would reap the harvest. His one theme was the risen Lord, whether amid the less or the more cultivated, vs. 3, 31. This is surely the true method of world evangelization;—not to argue but to proclaim the glorious personality of our risen Lord. Notice the distinction in v. 3 between the human name, Jesus, and the royal name, Christ. As Jesus, our Lord ’ lived, ministered, and died; as Christ, he was raised from the dead, and as such he is the crowned King of men, v. 7. However loyal we may be to the civil government, our first allegiance is to another king, v. 7.

Beroea. True nobility consists in being open to any new truth that God may reveal to us from his Word. The one test of truth is Scripture as interpreted ty the pure heart by the Holy Spirit; but we should examine the Scriptures daily as the Berwans did. It is not to be wondered at that many believed. If only our people would love the Bible, saturating their minds with it and teaching it to their children, what different results would follow the preaching of the gospel!