Day 331 (1 Thessalonians 1-5, 2 Thessalonians 1-3) - Year 6
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If you're doing our new testament plan today, we've finished our seven and eight books. And if you're doing the whole bible, we've finished our forty six and forty seventh books. These two books are polls letters to the church at the selenium.

We met them yesterday in x seventeen. Paul, silence, intimidate. Spent a lot of time with them until the local jews who were jealous of their ministry formed a mob and basically drove them out of town.

Paul really loves the people of this church, so he writes them this letter to speak words of encouragement in love. He starts out by telling them a few of the ways their lives demonstrate that god has chosen them to be a part of his family. First of all, they've received the gospel whole heartedly, and the holy spirit came to them as well.

Second, they started spreading the word to other people. They received and lived out and share the gospel, paul, he, and then the guys meant toward them. And then they, at mentoring others, they took what they learn from paul and made macDonald an mentees.

Third, they've turned from their delicate and worship. They won true god. We also see here that there is a rat coming, but jesus is the one who delivers us from IT because god's kids will never experience his rap.

The in pol accounts, the story of how they met had just been beaten and imprisoned Philippine. But he didn't start preaching. He came to thessalonica to share the gospel with them. Even in the face of opposition.

He didn't come there to be popular or powerful, and he didn't come there to get rich, even though the apostles had a right to demand that the church take care of them, they didn't make use of that right. In fact, they worked over time so that they could share the gospel and their lives with the the sooners two twelve is paul exhorted and encouraged and charged them to live in away. That shows they believe the gospel, and that glorifies god.

They did. And as a result, they encountered persecution. Paul really wants to see them again, but he says satan hindered him.

Some scholars think this is a reference to what happened the last time he was there when jayson posted bail. IT seems like there may be some kind of restriction against paul returning or IT could be something totally different. We don't know, but he reassures them that it's not his choice.

He loves them. He even calls them his crown of boasting before god. So there are two things worth pointing out here.

First, the idea of boasting to god sounds ridiculous, right, of course. But paul isn't boasting in what he has done. He didn't save the thessalonians. The crown of boasting is boasting in what god has done.

In fact, some scholars believe these are the crowds we will lay at his feet to people we've LED to him and built up in him. In chapter three, paul talks about the struggles they have been enduring separately, both. He end that the colonists have suffered persecution.

He tells them that we are promised struggles. They shouldn't come as a surprise, but because paul wanted to checking on them in the most of their trials, he sent demos y to them who comes back with word that they're doing awesome. IT makes paul all the more excited to see them, so he praised that god will give them that opportunity unity.

In the meantime, though he continues doing what he does, exit, encourage and charge. He tells them to keep living lives of honour and purity, even when IT comes to things that are culturally dishonoured like sex, because that is god's will. In fact, this is one of the few places in scripture where gas will estated loud and clear.

Four, three, three, five, says, this is the bill of god, science fiction, that you abstained from sexual immorality, that each one of you know how to control his own body and holiness and honor, not in the passion of list like the center who do not know god. God will is that we be santista. That word basically means made clean.

You may remember that in Christ, we've already been declared clean. The word for that is justified. But to be made clean is to be scientific justification is a one time event.

Scientifically, is a lifelong crisis. And bad twenty three tells us that god himself is the one who santis es us. We can't and don't do that ourselves.

IT is will and IT his work. He provides all that he requires of us. God also says his will is that even our sexual impulses are control by the spirit, not by the flesh or the culture.

So if you want to prayer, prayer that god loves to say yes, to ask him to sanctify you, because we already know that his will, so we can pray according to his will. We hit another loud and clear declaration of gazza will in five sixteen to eighteen, which says, rejoice, always pray without ceasing. Give thanks in all circumstances.

For this is the bill of god in Christ, jesus for you in chapter four IT. Seems they may have been concerned about all those who lived before them, who died before they ever heard about jesus in four fourteen. He reassures them that any of their ancestors who believe in the promise, even though they've never heard of jesus, were still saved by him through faith in god's promise, IT says through jesus, god will bring with him those who have fAllen asleep.

People in the old testament received by faith, not by works, just like those of us who live after Christ died. After paulsen this first letter, the church's circumstances grow worse. They're under more persecution externally and internally there are some false teachers reading lies and sometimes even claiming those false messages are from paul himself.

Probably be Better forging a letter from him because he gives to great links at the end of this letter to make sure they know it's authentic. They're scared and confused. So paul ride his second letter to help set the record straight.

He started out his encouragement by reminding them that god will give them relief in their persecution and that he can be trusted to bring judgment on their persecutors. In one nine, he says, we'll suffer eternal destruction. And this isn't in the text, but it's kind of obvious, given that paul soul is the one riding this letter.

The other alternative besides destruction is that the prosecutors repent, like paul did, in which case the prosecutors don't receive justice, they receive mercy, and their punishment is transferred. Decried paul the votes. A lot of chapter two to one of the lives the false teachers have been spreading in the church.

They say that jesus has already returned and that theyve been forgot an an abandoned by him. Paul is like, no, no, no. He has not come back yet. If he had, you would know IT IT would be obvious, not just some rumor or polis.

There will be a major rebellion against god LED by the man of lawlessness, who will try to take control of the temple of god, the way the phrase temple of god is used in greek gives you a lot of flexibility. IT doesn't necessarily have to refer to the jewish temple in jerusalem, which was destroyed in seventy I. D.

Shortly after this letter was written. IT could refer to a pig on title, or IT could even be more symbolic than literal, referring to him trying to take over a position of leadership in the church. Regardless pauses, they don't need to lose any sleep over IT because jesus will put a stop to IT by the breath of his mouth.

Ww, and as for those who want nothing to do with god, he's finally and eternally giving them what they want. They refuse the truth, and god gave them over to believe the lie. And as for god's kids, paul encourages them in chapter with three that god will protect them from saying in his lies.

He encourages them not to lose heart, to stay awake, to not grow weary. My god shot is all of god's action in these books. Even though polls, letters seem to speak primarily to the relationship he has with the church and what's happening in their lives.

These pages are dense with theology. We can barely make IT four lines without power, giving god to credit for something amazing that's happening. If you have time, go back and slow down and look for all the things got is doing here.

Here are a few of my favorites from, first, the colonists three twelve says, may the lord make you increase and a bound in love for one another and for all, god grows love in three thirteen, paul ask, got to establish your hearts in blameless and holiness from second thessalonians one three says, we are always to give thanks to god for you, because your faith is growing abundantly and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Paul thinks god, not them, that their love and faith is growing. He credits god as the initiator of faith in love.

One eleven says, to this end, we always pray for you that our god may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power. God is the one who makes us worthy of his calling. God is the one who fulfills our resolves for good works.

Two thirteen says, we are always to give thanks to god for you, because god chose you as the first fruits to be saved through science fiction by the spirit and belief in the truth. Look at all the things he's doing. And this is even the half of IT.

This sets my heart at rest. All is driving to be worthy. All the attempts to get my act together. I can lay IT all down and be Carried by the god who provides all he requires. He's where the rest is, and he's where the joy is.

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