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The Message of 2 Thessalonians 1 I. Your Faith is Growing Abundantly (vv. 1 -4) II. The Righteous Judgment of God (vv. 5 -8) III. All Who Have Believed (vv. 9 -10) IV. We Always Pray for You (vv. 11 -12)

“God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ”

Jesus is God

“The love of every one of you for one another is increasing. ” -2 Thessalonians 1: 3

Growing 1. Peace with God. (v. 2) 2. Love for one another (v. 3) 3. Solid, unshakable faith (v. 4)

2 Thessalonians 1: 4 “Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. ”

“These men who have turned the world upside down and have come here also”

“Many American Christians hope that God will spare them persecution. Do not look at it like that. Persecution would not be a disaster, but the highest honor. ”

The Message of 2 Thessalonians 1 I. Your Faith is Growing Abundantly (vv. 1 -4) II. The Righteous Judgment of God (vv. 5 -8) III. All Who Have Believed (vv. 9 -10) IV. We Always Pray for You (vv. 11 -12)

“We usually think that God is absent when we suffer, and that our suffering calls God’s righteous judgement into question. Paul took the exact opposite position and insisted that the Thessalonian's suffering was evidence of the righteous judgement of God” -David Guzik

All Sin Will Be Judged and accounted for either at the cross or in Hell

2 Thessalonians 1: 7 -8 “And to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire”

2 Thessalonians 1: 8 “Inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ”

The Message of 2 Thessalonians 1 I. Your Faith is Growing Abundantly (vv. 1 -4) II. The Righteous Judgment of God (vv. 5 -8) III. All Who Have Believed (vv. 9 -10) IV. We Always Pray for You (vv. 11 -12)

“Eternal Destruction” -2 Thessalonians 1: 9

“Away from the presence of the Lord. ” (v. 9)

2 Thessalonians 1: 10 “When He comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. ”

“All who have believed” -v. 2 Thessalonians 1: 10

Three Common Questions 1. Isn’t a good life good enough? 2. Is Jesus really the only way to God? 3. What about those who never heard God’s message?

The Message of 2 Thessalonians 1 I. Your Faith is Growing Abundantly (vv. 1 -4) II. The Righteous Judgment of God (vv. 5 -8) III. All Who Have Believed (vv. 9 -10) IV. We Always Pray for You (vv. 11 -12)

Paul Prays That • “Our God may make you worthy of His calling” (v. 11) • God “My fulfill every resolve for good” (v. 11) • God may fulfill “Every work of fiath by His power” (v. 11)

Paul Prays That • “That the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you. ” (V. 12) • That you will be glorified “In Him” (v. 12) • “According to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ” (v. 12)

Times of Trial Call for Times of Concentrated Prayer Sunday August 30. 1: 30 pm

2 timothy 3: 12 “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, ”

2 Thessalonians 1 • The darkness in increasing. The Bible says this will happen. Do not be surprised as if something strange is happening. • Do not join the mob. They think only in terms of this world, and their end is destruction.

2 Thessalonians 1 • We look instead to the return of Jesus Christ, coming in blazing glory. • There is a glorious world beyond this, for all who believe in the Lord Jesus