Translations:TC 1: How you can be sure you are a Christian/36/en

The third proof that we have experienced a new birth and have become children of the living God, lies in the evidence of changed lives; ours and those of other Christians around us. In Paul’s letter to the Thessalonian Christians, he adds, “Our very lives were further proof to you of the truth of our message. So you became our followers and the Lord’s; for you received our message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the trials and sorrows it brought you. Then you yourselves became an example to all the other Christians in Greece. And now the Word of the Lord has spread out from you to others everywhere, far beyond your boundaries, for wherever we go we find people telling us about your remarkable faith in God” (1 Thessalonians 1:5b-8 TLB).