Why were the Bereans more noble than the Thessalonians?
The Bereans were more noble because they received the Word with all readiness of mind and then searched the Scriptures daily to test whether the things Paul and Silas taught were true. They did not merely accept or reject the message; they verified it against the Old Testament they had.
Les explains that after Paul and Silas were driven out of Thessalonica, they came down to Berea, a few miles down the coast. The Bereans were more noble than those in Thessalonica because they received the Word with all readiness of mind and then searched the Scriptures daily, checking whether Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. They only had the Old Testament, since they were Jews, and they went home to check the Old Testament account to see if these things were so. Many of them believed because they searched the Scriptures. Les applies this same principle today: don't just swallow what he is teaching, but go home and search the Scriptures and check him out, because searching the Scriptures is always the secret.