saying or doing

Tuesday October 21st, 1 Thessalonians 1: 7 You became an example for all the Lord's followers in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 And because of you, the Lord's message has spread everywhere in those regions. Now the news of your faith in God is known all over the world, and we don't have to say a thing about it. I wonder if they became an example because of what they thought, what their theology was, what they said, or what they did? My money would be on what they did, that is what most people read. Being a child of god is about changed lives, not changed thoughts or changed theologies. It is the deeds that people read. What would cause someone to say about our church, because of you, the Lord’s message has spread and God is known all over the world?