We can see, from the book of 1 Thessalonians, that the Thessalonian Christians were some of Paul’s most faithful converts. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy were so thankful to God for them, for how they “received the word in much tribulation,” and how they “sounded forth” the gospel everywhere. But the main point I will make about them is in verses 9 and 10. They were a people that were so dynamically changed from being idol worshippers to being true disciples of Christ; and that they lived their lives every day waiting for Him and wishing that He would come soon.

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that…