Abounding More and More, Part 1 (The Christian Life)

1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 Thessalonica, is the second-largest city in Greece , with a population of 1.105 million in 2019. It is the capital of Greek Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. It was founded in 315 BC by Cassander of Macedon , who named it for his wife Thessalonike, half-sister of Alexander the Great . Thessalonica was an important metropolis of the Roman Empire . In the Byzantine Empire , it was a secondary capital alongside Constantinople. It still has a nickname that translates into English as "the co-capital." Thessalonica fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1430 and remained under Turkish control until November 8, 1912, during the First Balkan War, when it became part of the Kingdom of Greece. Today, the city is renowned for its monuments from various cultures, festivals, and events, and is Greece's cultural capital. 1 We are interested in this ancient city because Paul wrot