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2 Thessalonians 2

3/26/2012

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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 “This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.  He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.  So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe those lies.  Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth.”

This should be a great eye opener as we see the world around us and the evil in it.  We know the truth but do we live the truth?  This is the million dollar question.  Are we deceived by what we are doing as followers of Christ?  It says, “He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.”

We have to love and accept the truth, we just can’t believe it.  We must let the Spirit change our hearts and help us transform.  It will always be a struggle for us to surrender to the Spirit but the Spirit will always lead us to do right so it is important that we fill our heart with God’s wisdom and grow.

Look at what it says in verse 15, “With all these things in mind, dear brothers and sisters, stand firm and keep a strong grip on the teachings we passed on to you both in person and by letter.”  Keeping a strong grip takes us wanting to be different and longing to know so we aren’t deceived by the man of lawlessness.

I say read verses 16-17 as a prayer to remember and live by.  “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.”  Amen 


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2 Thessalonians 1

11/5/2010

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2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 “And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven.  He will come with His mighty angels, in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and those who refuse to obey the Good News of the Lord Jesus.”

This really struck me today and made me think of what being devoted to Jesus means.  It means (my opinion) that your hope and joy is in the fact that we will have eternal life with Christ and our rest will come when He returns.  And the only way to have true peace and joy in this world is to let go and let God.  How do we handle ourselves when times are tuff?  Do we blame God or shrink back from learning and praying?  That is the time we need to praise Him and be that light for people to see.  All the fully devoted people in the bible were joyful in the Lord and they suffered and stayed true to what they loved.  They would give up anything for Christ and they were not concerned about their stuff or their lives. 

Verse 5 says, “And God will use this persecution to show His justice and to make you worthy of His Kingdom, for which you are suffering.”

When we surrender our will we become unselfish and we start acting in a way that is like Christ.  We give, we serve, we help people in our line of sight and people we don’t know even if it cost us something.  We focus on how Jesus lived and we have the peace to know we are going to be alright no matter what. 

At the end of verse 8 it says, “…and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.”  Verse 9continues and says, “They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and His glorious power.” 

Open God’s word and pray and be full of the Spirit so no matter what happens we have the peace and joy that God promises as we live our short life on earth.  Amen

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