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0:09first Thessalonians we're gonna be
0:12Chapter two Lord willing we're gonna
0:14look at chapters two and three this
0:15evening so take your Bibles and turn
0:17there with me and if you don't have a
0:19Bible our Usher's are coming down the
0:21aisles to hand out Bibles to anyone who
0:23needs one so that you can follow along
0:25in our study so just raise the hand if
0:27you need a Bible and they'll hand you
0:29one it's page 835 in those church Bibles
0:33first thessalonians we're gonna be in
0:36chapter 2 we started the 1st
0:38thessalonians last wednesday night we
0:40had a introduction and we looked at
0:42chapter 1 so just for those of you who
0:45weren't here the church at thessalonica
0:48is the name of the city it's located in
0:51modern greece today that city is called
0:54Salonika it's a beautiful city right on
0:58on the Aegean Sea and this is the place
1:01where Paul planted a church around 51 52
1:05AD Acts chapter 17 records that and it
1:10tells us that he only spent three weeks
1:12there after he started this church
1:14people got saved and was mostly Gentiles
1:17made up also of some Jews who believed
1:19in Jesus as a result of Paul's preaching
1:22and after only three weeks there this
1:24little church starts but Paul is hustled
1:28out of town because some Jews who don't
1:30like the message of Jesus have stirred
1:33up a riot in in Thessalonica and so Paul
1:37basically is hustled away in the middle
1:39of the night fifty miles to another city
1:41called Berea the same juice or upset
1:44with him in Thessalonica go the 50 miles
1:47to pursue him in Berea so then after
1:49Berea Paul has moved on to Athens where
1:51he continues his ministry and so this is
1:54a second missionary journey he's he
1:56founded this church around 51 52 AD as I
1:58said and then from Corinth about a year
2:01later now it's 52 53 AD he writes this
2:05letter here to the Thessalonians this is
2:08the first of a couple letters thus we
2:10have first Thessalonians and then
2:12following this is 2nd Thessalonians and
2:15as I mentioned last week this book is
2:17divided really into three themes he's
2:20going to talk how about how trials will
2:22come that's chapters 1 2 & 3 he's going
2:26to mention how temptations will come
2:28that's chapter 4 and then he ends this
2:31whole thing by saying and by the way
2:32Jesus will come to and that's the second
2:35coming of Christ and that's primarily
2:37what he talks about in chapter 4 and 5
2:40but actually the reference to the second
2:42coming of Christ is at the end of every
2:44single chapter so 5 chapters and we've
2:46mentioned last week you can take a
2:48glance yourself now at the last verse of
2:50every single chapter in this letter
2:52there's some reference to the second
2:55coming of Christ that's where we left
2:57off at the end of chapter 1 you can just
2:59see verse 10 and to wait for his son
3:02from heaven whom he raised from the dead
3:04Jesus who rescues us from the coming
3:07wrath so that's where we left off let's
3:10have a word of Prayer and then we'll
3:11take a look here at chapters 2 and 3
3:13tonight so let's pray first Lord we
3:16thank you that you would give us your
3:18word that we can read and understand and
3:21and look forward to particularly your
3:23second coming and as we go through first
3:26Thessalonians may our hearts be
3:28strengthened and may we look with
3:31expectancy and with joy toward your
3:34second coming and we just thank you that
3:36you love us and that you've given us
3:38your word so I pray now as we dive into
3:40these chapters that you will bear
3:42witness with our spirit you will help us
3:43to understand the truth of your word and
3:45then you would help us to grow in our
3:47faith Lord and we just thank you and
3:49give you praise honor and glory in Jesus
3:51name and everyone said amen so here in
3:55chapter 2 if you'll look with me in
3:57verse 1 Paul writes here you know
3:59brothers that our visit to you was not a
4:01failure
4:03literally the Greek means without effect
4:05King James says it was not in vain he
4:09says it wasn't a failure it was not
4:11without effect we had previously
4:13suffered and been insulted in Philippi
4:17as you know but with the help of our God
4:19we dared to tell you his gospel notice
4:22it's his Gospels God's Gospels the good
4:25news of the Lord in spite of strong
4:27opposition for the appeal we make does
4:29not spring from error or impure motives
4:32nor be trying to trick you on the
4:35contrary we speak as
4:36then approved by God to be entrusted
4:39with the gospel we are not trying to
4:41please men but God who tests our hearts
4:45underlying that we'll come back to that
4:46who tests our hearts you know we never
4:49used flattery nor did we put on a mask
4:51to cover up greed God is our witness we
4:55were not looking for praise from men not
4:57from you or anyone else so let's pause
5:00there and understand what he's doing
5:02here again you know Paul from time to
5:04time is going to kind of give his
5:08credentials he's gonna try to let them
5:10know about the legitimacy of his
5:12ministry because wherever Paul went he
5:16had opposition and because of the
5:18opposition that he often sustained no
5:21matter what church he was at no matter
5:22what church he planted there were some
5:24who would lean towards the opposition
5:27and and then lose lose confidence in the
5:30message that Paul was preaching so from
5:33time to time this is one of them Paul
5:34has to say look let me just explain to
5:36you the legitimacy of my ministry and to
5:38be honest with you in these first six
5:41verses of chapter two this is these are
5:43great bullet points for anybody who
5:45wants to go in the ministry because he's
5:47talking here about these are some of the
5:49important things that defined my
5:51ministry and he starts out here it
5:54reminding them in verse two that we
5:58previously suffered and had been
5:59insulted in Philippi and in Acts chapter
6:0217 you don't need to turn there but in
6:04acts 17 when the church at Thessalonica
6:06was planted he had just come from
6:08Philippi and his time and Philip I had
6:11been met with severe opposition he had
6:13been beaten he had been flogged that he
6:16had been humiliated and then he was
6:17thrown in prison now as many of you know
6:20from the book of Acts there was a great
6:22result to his having been thrown in
6:24prison which is the Philippian jailer
6:25gets saved and many other prisoners do
6:28as well because God brings us wonderful
6:30earthquake and the prison gates are
6:32opened up and the Philippian jailer this
6:34Roman soldiers ready to kill himself
6:36because in in first century Rome if you
6:40were a Roman officer whatever happened
6:43in terms of the people under your watch
6:45you would suffer for and so here is this
6:48jailer and
6:49these prisoners are ready to run free
6:52because of this earthquake that's opened
6:53up the prison gates and Paul is there
6:55and saying you know don't kill yourself
6:56listen and he preaches the gospel he's
6:58taking on into the home of this
7:00Philippian jailer preaches the good news
7:01but as a result of the gospel that he
7:04preached and Philip I he had been
7:06severely flawed is what the Bible tells
7:08us in Acts he had been severely flogged
7:11and in prison by the time then he gets
7:13here to Thessalonica I mean you have to
7:15bear in mind he's still bearing the
7:17marks of the flogging on his back from
7:20Philippi
7:20I mean he hasn't he hasn't even scabbed
7:22over at this point so he's coming
7:24bearing marks of having been whipped and
7:27flogged and and you know the the roman
7:30flagellum i mean it was leather whips
7:33with little pieces of glass and and and
7:35metal and when they would whip someone I
7:38mean it would it would shred that their
7:40backs literally and so here Paul comes
7:42into Thessalonica so one of the things
7:44he's saying here basically to add a
7:47little street cred to his ministry is
7:49listen you don't go around getting
7:51whipped for something that's a lie
7:53okay I've endured suffering for this
7:56this is how much I believe in the truth
7:57of the gospel I know this to be true God
8:00is real God is powerful God saves God
8:03redeems I've been beaten for this I've
8:06suffered for this so please note you
8:09know people aren't every day just
8:11whipped for something that isn't you
8:13know if it's a lie
8:15you'd be quick to cry uncle but because
8:18he endured the suffering it's testimony
8:20the fact which is true about all the
8:22martyrs of the first century you know
8:24people don't die for a lie so Paul is
8:27saying here to the Thessalonians listen
8:29I was whipped
8:30I came to you severely beaten from
8:32Philip I that's how much I believe in
8:35what I'm sharing with you but in summary
8:37of verses 1 through 6 Paul's defense of
8:40his ministry and again these are good
8:42little pointers for anybody who wants to
8:44go in the ministry in general he's
8:45saying about his ministry no dr. Lehrer
8:49no impure motives he says there we
8:52didn't try to trick you no deception he
8:55said no attempt was made to please man
8:56but only God we didn't use flattery
8:59it wasn't about greed we were trying to
9:01get your money and there was no attempt
9:03to get
9:03from people that's the summary of what
9:06we just read there verses one through
9:07six and so these are commendable things
9:10and these should be the you know the the
9:14aspirations of of everybody who's in in
9:17ministry that there would be no error
9:19and doctorate and no impure motives no
9:22deception and there's just so much of
9:24this kind of thing going around
9:25unfortunately in some circles no attempt
9:30to please man but only God no flattery
9:32no greed no attempt to get praise from
9:33people so it's all for the Lord and for
9:36his glory and so Paul is just wonderful
9:39about this he's like you know listen I'm
9:42just the vessel I I'm not here to try to
9:44get your money I'm not using flattery
9:46I'm not I'm not in any way trying to you
9:49know get praise from you that's all
9:51about the Lord but is that this is a
9:53great word of caution for anyone in the
9:56ministry or who wants to go in the
9:57ministry now I asked you to make note of
10:01verse 4 where he talks about how we're
10:04not trying to please men but God who God
10:07tests our hearts God tests our hearts so
10:11that's the question why does God test
10:13our hearts Paul makes mention of this
10:17and this is a true statement
10:19God does test our hearts why there are
10:24three reasons and for those of you
10:26taking notes you might want to jot these
10:27three down because if you're not
10:29presently in a test you will be if
10:33you're not presently in one you will be
10:35and one of the reasons God tests our
10:37hearts number one is to expose what's in
10:40my heart so here's the reference it's
10:42Deuteronomy 8 verse 2 God said remember
10:46how the Lord your God led you all the
10:48way in the desert these 40 years to
10:50Humble you and to test you in order to
10:54know what was in your heart whether or
10:56not you would keep his commands now the
10:59context of course of Deuteronomy 8 2 is
11:01when the Israelites were wandering
11:02through the wilderness for 40 years on
11:04their way from Egypt where they had been
11:06slaves for 400 years to Israel the
11:08promised land but along the way for 40
11:11years God is testing them to find out
11:15what is in their hearts
11:17now it wasn't so that God could learn
11:19what was in their hearts he tests them
11:21so that they can learn what is in their
11:23hearts God knows everything God knows
11:27everything in our hearts there's no
11:28mystery to God concerning what's in our
11:29heart God knows our hearts but sometimes
11:33we don't sometimes it takes some
11:37stressor or some event in life that will
11:43expose what's in our hearts and so the
11:47wilderness experience for the Israelites
11:49was an opportunity to expose what was in
11:51their hearts and they started grumbling
11:54and complaining sort of murmuring
11:56against God and they they weren't they
12:01weren't loyal to him
12:02they were rebellious against him and so
12:04God knew you're never gonna be my
12:05commands if you aren't thankful for for
12:09my deliverance of slavery after 400
12:11years you're not gonna be obeying the
12:13rest of my commands so he tests them in
12:15the wilderness an entire generation dies
12:17is a very tragic story entire generation
12:19dies off in the wilderness and only
12:20their children in addition Joshua and
12:23Caleb from the original generation but
12:25only otherwise the children are going to
12:27enter in the Promised Land because the
12:28adults the parents failed the tests God
12:31tested their heart was exposed was their
12:33own complaining critical spirit
12:35ungrateful Ness
12:37toward God their rebellion in their
12:39hearts and God allowed them the the
12:42pressure of the wilderness to expose
12:44those in their heart listen anything
12:46that's in a vessel will be made manifest
12:50when that vessel gets cracked so you
12:53have some some liquid in a jar you don't
12:56know what it is crack the jar what's
12:57inside will come out when you when you
13:00get cracked all of us are cracked pots
13:04from time to time and when you get
13:06cracked the real you comes out doesn't
13:09it and there can be little ways that God
13:13will test us little ways like traffic
13:19like the DMV demonic motor vehicles you
13:24ever been into that place just can't
13:27stand going in that place little things
13:30will test you little little tiny things
13:32will test you and then the big things
13:35the big things will test you an illness
13:39a divorce death of a loved one
13:49bankruptcy all kinds of things will test
13:54us and in those moments have you ever
13:57been startled by what's in your heart
14:00some situation that comes along and you
14:04didn't realize some of the ugly stuff
14:07that was in your heart until it got
14:11exposed through some test and sometimes
14:15God will allow those tests because he
14:19wants us to get rid of what's in our
14:21heart that we don't even know until the
14:24test reveals it so sometimes he tests us
14:28to expose what's in my heart
14:30other times he tests us to refine us
14:33this is psalm 66 10 for you o God tested
14:38us you refined us like silver the
14:43process of refining precious metal is to
14:47heat it up in a cauldron and then the
14:50intensity of the heat causes the
14:52impurities to come to the surface so
14:55that it could be skimmed off it's called
14:57the dross and it's only the result of
15:01intense heat that refines the precious
15:06metal because only then through the
15:08intensity of the heat is the dross
15:11removed so sometimes it's a matter of
15:14refining us because God wants to just
15:17purify our lives and he wants to kind of
15:20skim off some stuff and so it's that
15:23refining process thirdly it's to mature
15:26us in James 1 verses 2 to 4 it says this
15:30consider appeared
15:31my brother's whenever you face trials of
15:34many kinds because you know that the
15:36testing of your faith develops or
15:40produces perseverance and perseverance
15:43must finish its work so that you may be
15:45mature and complete not lacking anything
15:48so sometimes tests come just simply to
15:51make us stronger and to mature us in our
15:54faith I remember years ago Terry and I
15:56were down visiting in Savannah Georgia
15:58and they have those beautiful savannah
16:01live oak trees that had that Spanish
16:06hanging moss from the branches we've all
16:08seen these trees and and I noticed how
16:12twisted the trees were and how they
16:15always were leaning in a certain
16:17direction so I asked a guy who was there
16:19like you know what's the deal with these
16:20with these trees and the whole Spanish
16:22hanging moss they're beautiful and but
16:24I've noticed that they're all they're
16:26all twisted and they're leaning in a
16:28certain direction he said oh yes sir he
16:30said they're leaning towards the
16:32atlantic I said what why are they
16:34leaning towards the Atlantic he says
16:35because the strong winds that come off
16:37the ocean Buffett against the trees and
16:40the trees have learned to lean against
16:43the wind and they become strengthened
16:47because of that as some some of the
16:49ancient American sailing vessels were
16:52built the hulls were built out of the
16:55live oaks of Savannah Georgia because of
16:57the strong sturdiness that they had
16:59developed like because they were always
17:02resisting the wind that would come off
17:04of the Atlantic that's the way it is for
17:07us you know you you're gonna lean into
17:11what buffets you but it'll make you
17:14stronger for it and the Lord will
17:16sometimes use those tests to motivate us
17:19into maturity
17:21well Paul continues here look at look in
17:25verse seven he says as apostles of
17:27Christ we could have been a burden to
17:29you but we were gentle among you like a
17:32mother circled circle mother King James
17:34Bible says like a nurse it's literally
17:37like a nursing mother
17:38we were gentle among you like like a
17:40mother caring for her little children we
17:43loved you so much that we were delighted
17:44to
17:44shared with you not only the gospel of
17:46God but our lives as well because you
17:48had become so dear to us surely you
17:50remember brothers our toll our toil and
17:53hardship we work night and day in order
17:56not to be a burden to anyone while we
17:58preached the gospel of God to you
18:00talking about there not wanting to be a
18:01financial burden so they worked he
18:03didn't just rely on their offerings
18:05because he didn't want them to this
18:07young little church getting started
18:09you'd want to be a burden to them and
18:10then in verse 10 he says you are
18:12witnesses and so is God of how holy
18:14righteous and blameless we were among
18:16you who believed for you know that we
18:18dealt with each of you as a father
18:20Circle that word as a father deals with
18:23his own children
18:24encouraging comforting and urging you to
18:27live lives worthy of God who calls you
18:30into his kingdom and glory so
18:33interestingly here Paul Paul writes here
18:36and he talks very affectionately very
18:38warmly to them and he says to them that
18:40his ministry there at the Church of
18:42Thessalonica was and he compares to two
18:46things it was like caring like a mom and
18:48motivating like a dad he says you know
18:51we were gentle among you and he and he
18:53speaks very affectionately about how
18:54like a mother is gentle he says I was
18:57gentle among you caring like a mother
18:59caring for her little children we loved
19:01you so much he just you know he just
19:03speaks here very affectionately like a
19:05nurturing caring mom and and again
19:09specifically King James says like a
19:10nurse because it means like a nursing
19:12mother and so you know the scene of a
19:15nursing mother one of the most tender
19:17just gentle expressions of love and
19:21affection and care and he says this is
19:24how I was to you like like a mother in
19:27in that regard and you know just such a
19:31beautiful just such a beautiful thing
19:34about how just nurturing and caring a
19:37mother is you know Terry nursed all
19:42three of our kids and it was wonderful
19:44in many regards a it was cheap you know
19:49bottles that formulas expensive and be
19:52because in the middle of the night when
19:54they were crying I'd be like they want
19:56you
19:57and you know they need you so now we had
20:00this thing where I'd go I'd go get the
20:02babies and then you know so it was kind
20:04of a partner but then that then I was
20:05done yeah I'll go get him
20:07but then I'm done but it's a it's this
20:10very gentle you know idea here of just a
20:14nursing mom loving her child and this is
20:19the way Paul says I was in rut one
20:21regard to you and then he says he was
20:25also like a father and and he talks here
20:29about how I with you like a father deals
20:32with his own children and he uses these
20:34three words in verse 12 encouraging
20:36comforting and urging so I just kind of
20:38summarized it with the word motivating
20:39like a dad and sometimes the dad
20:41motivates with encouragement sometimes
20:43with comfort also and sometimes urging
20:45you know exhorting challenging his
20:49children and the combination of both is
20:52very beautiful here because here on the
20:53one hand you have like a mother dealing
20:56with their children a very caring
20:57nurturing way you have a dad who deals
20:59with his children in a motivating way in
21:01a challenging way and it's not to say
21:03that that dads don't also you know
21:06nurture and care and it's not to say
21:08that moms don't also motivate and urge
21:11but it's the idea here that in in a
21:14partnership how they complement each
21:15other and Paul and using this language
21:18about how like moms and dads treat and
21:21love and care for and encourage and
21:22motivate their kids this is the
21:24beautiful aspect of ministry to there
21:27are some times there are some times when
21:29you'll come to church for example and
21:30you just need kind of that comforting
21:32message you just need like somebody just
21:35speak to me out of God's Word a message
21:38of nurture and care I've had one of
21:40those hard days I've had a hard week
21:42I've had a hard life and I just need
21:44somebody to just love on me like a mom
21:48loves her kids and nurtures her children
21:51and sometimes God's Word speaks to us
21:52that way doesn't it there's some parts
21:54of God's worth very loving very
21:56comforting very very caring towards us
21:59and then there are other times you come
22:01to church and you know you and you're
22:03gonna have a Bible study and you're
22:04gonna read some verses that have to do
22:06with being motivated and challenged
22:09and urged sometimes to do to do life in
22:12a way that you you wouldn't normally
22:14want to do because you're too
22:15comfortable where you are and sometimes
22:16you could read the Bible and the Bible
22:17kind of kicks you in the pants from time
22:19to time and challenges you and we need
22:21both you know I'm thankful when I take
22:24my Bible and I have some quiet time with
22:25the Lord that there are times he speaks
22:27to me very tenderly like a mom who cares
22:29for children and there are other times
22:31he speaks to me like a dad just kind of
22:33you know kicking me in the pants a
22:36little bit
22:36and challenging me and motivating me to
22:39write living and it's a combination of
22:41both we need both of those things and so
22:44Paul says I gave you both of those
22:46things like a mom caring and nurturing
22:49like a dad motivating and urging you to
22:53live lives worthy of God who calls you
22:56into his kingdom and glory verse 13 and
22:57we also thank God continually because
23:00when you receive the Word of God which
23:02you heard from us you accepted it not as
23:04the word of men but as it actually is
23:06the Word of God which is at work in you
23:10who believe for you know for you
23:13brothers became imitators of God's
23:15churches in Judea which are in Christ
23:17Jesus you suffered from your own
23:19countrymen the same things those
23:21churches suffered from the Jews who
23:23killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets
23:24and also drove us out they displease God
23:28and are hostile to all men in their
23:30effort to keep us from speaking to the
23:31Gentiles so that they may be saved in
23:33this way they always heap up their sins
23:36to the limit the wrath of God has come
23:38upon them at last so he speaks to the
23:41church here and he says basically look
23:42you know you guys have endured some
23:44oppression yourselves which apparently
23:46happened even after Paul was driven out
23:47of town by these Judaizers who didn't
23:49like the message of Jesus Paul knows
23:51what it is to suffer and he says to them
23:53and you know what it is - because at
23:55some point they also for their faith
23:57endured suffering and hardship and
23:59opposition from people who didn't like
24:01Christ in them either and he encourages
24:03them in this regard but I want you to
24:05notice with me how he holds in such high
24:07regard
24:08the Word of God because he says I gave
24:11you scripture I gave you the gospel he
24:13says you accepted it in verse 13 you
24:16accepted it not as the word of men he
24:19says but as it actually is the word
24:21of God which is at work in you who
24:23believe so just wanted to pause there
24:25and just kind of reiterate the fact that
24:27the Word of God is a reference to the
24:28Bible now now Paul doesn't have the
24:30completed passage of the New Testament
24:32he's he's part of God's vessel in
24:34compiling the New Testament but at this
24:36point is he's only solely talking of the
24:38Old Testament Scriptures but that's what
24:41he used to preach the good news of
24:42Christ because all through the Bible you
24:44see Christ revealed Graham scrouge he
24:46said if you cut the Bible anywhere it
24:48bleeds it's the idea that Jesus is
24:50represented from Genesis to Revelation
24:53Paul yet there you have to bear in mind
24:55we have the advantage of the New
24:56Testament so we have the whole good news
24:58of Jesus and the message of the Cross
24:59that we could preach Paul was pre
25:02preaching the message of the Cross and
25:04the truth of Jesus with the Old
25:06Testament Scriptures and even so he was
25:09saying this is the Word of God to you
25:12this is not just stuff made up by men
25:15this is the Word of God which is God's
25:18revelation expressed through men who
25:22were vessels of his thoughts and
25:23intentions so I only wanted to pause
25:26here and point this out because even as
25:27we're reading the Bible and you come
25:28here and Wednesday nights and you come
25:30on Sundays and we're studying God's Word
25:31together it is just that it is God's
25:34Word it is the Word of God it is the
25:38uncompromised authoritative revelation
25:42of God expressed through the Pens of men
25:46but nevertheless that communicate his
25:49will and his intention and this is what
25:52the Bible teaches so I put up for you
25:53the reference to 2nd Timothy 3:16 second
25:56Peter 2 verse 21 2nd Peter 1 verse 21
26:00and these verses say the 2nd Timothy
26:023:16 all scripture all Scripture is
26:05god-breathed and is useful for teaching
26:08rebuking correcting and training in
26:11righteousness all Scripture is
26:14god-breathed it is the Greek word thea
26:16news dose that literally he imparted
26:20through human vessels his divine purpose
26:26divine will and divine expression that
26:30it would be captured for us and
26:31preserved for us as his breathed
26:36word second Peter 1:21 says for prophecy
26:39never had its origin in the will of man
26:41but men spoke from God as they were
26:43carried along by the Holy Spirit so we
26:47speak about how the Bible is the
26:48inspired Word of God that's what
26:50inspiration is inspiration means that
26:52God so directed the human writers of
26:55scripture that using their personalities
26:58and their literary styles his complete
27:01revelation for mankind was revealed and
27:06Paul commends the church here says you
27:08receive this and you accepted it as the
27:11Word of God not as the word of men but
27:12as the Word of God which is at work in
27:16you who believe so verse 17 but brothers
27:21when we were torn away from you for a
27:25short time torn away that it's a Greek
27:27word app or app app or fan needs oh it
27:32has that's the root word orphan because
27:35it means to be without children so he
27:37says that's how much we were torn away
27:39we were you were like orphaned from us
27:41we were torn away from you for a short
27:43time in person not in thought again that
27:46reference of how he had to be hustled
27:48out of town out of our intense longing
27:51we made every effort to see you for we
27:53wanted to come to you certainly I Paul
27:55did again and again but Satan stopped us
27:58notice that Satan stopped us and that's
28:01really a reference to the opposition
28:03that he was facing when people came
28:04against him he saw that as a tool that
28:08Satan was using to oppose him Satan
28:10stopped us for what is verse 19 for what
28:13is our hope our joy or the crown in
28:16which we will glory future tents in the
28:19presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes
28:21is it not you indeed you are our glory
28:25and joy now please note with me there in
28:29verse 19 for what is our hope our joy or
28:31the crown in which we will glory
28:35underline that we will glory in the
28:37presence of our Lord Jesus when it comes
28:40is it not you so he says we're gonna
28:43glory in God's presence and what is our
28:46glory and he says it's you
28:49most Bible commentaries when you read
28:52this passage will explain it this way
28:53that what Paul is talking about is when
28:58they get in the presence of the Lord one
28:59day Paul saying like you know I wanted
29:02to come see you again I had to be
29:03hustled out of town my life was in
29:05jeopardy I hope to see you again but if
29:07I don't ever see you again on earth I'll
29:12see you again in heaven and we will
29:14glory together in the presence of the
29:16Lord and this is a reference to the fact
29:19that once again when you know Christ as
29:23your Savior and you die and you go to
29:25heaven and your loved ones know Christ
29:27as their Savior and they die and go to
29:29heaven there will be this glorious
29:31reunion in the presence of the Lord
29:34otherwise Paul wouldn't write this Paul
29:36Paul wouldn't say you know we get to
29:38heaven I hope I know you
29:40he says when we get in the presence of
29:42the Lord he says the the real glory of
29:45my ministry the real wonder and joy of
29:47my ministry we'll be seeing you there
29:50and so he had anticipates seeing them
29:53there and how they will recognize each
29:55other in the presence of the Lord
29:58chapter 3 so when we could stand it no
30:01longer we thought it best to be left by
30:04ourselves in Athens
30:06we sent Timothy who was our brother and
30:09God's fellow worker in spreading the
30:11gospel of Christ to strengthen and
30:13encourage you in your faith so that no
30:16one would be unsettled by these trials
30:20circle the word unsettled but we'll come
30:22back to it by these trials
30:24he's as you know quite well that we were
30:26destined for them in fact when we were
30:29with you we kept telling you that we
30:31would be persecuted and it turned out
30:34that way
30:36as you well know for this reason when I
30:38could stand it no longer I sent to find
30:41out about your faith I was afraid that
30:43in some way the tempter whose that Satan
30:48might have tempted you and our efforts
30:51might have been useless okay here's what
30:53he's talking about he he's talking about
30:56how okay he had to leave in the mill the
30:58night he went to Berea after Berea went
30:59to Athens he says but I sent Timothy
31:01back to you
31:02because he said I wanted to get a good
31:03report I wanted to find out how you were
31:05doing and here's what he was concerned
31:06about he was concerned that the trials
31:09that they were experiencing because
31:11again they were being persecuted to some
31:13degree there was opposition against them
31:15he wanted to make sure they're still
31:16doing strong the trials against them and
31:19the trials that he himself has faced he
31:21did not want his own trials or their own
31:24for that matter to shipwreck their faith
31:27he's like I hope I hope that you're
31:30still staying true to the Lord and that
31:32you're not looking at these trials and
31:33these difficulties in a way that would
31:36discourage you from continuing to follow
31:38Christ and he talks about here he says
31:41we sent him at the our brother our
31:43fellow worker and spreading the gospel
31:44to strengthen and encourage you in your
31:46faith so that no one would be unsettled
31:49King James says no one would be moved by
31:52these trials and it's the Greek word
31:54sigh Ino sa Ino it's the only time in
31:57all of the New Testament this particular
31:59word is used say no sa i n o and it's a
32:02word that means to wag like a dog's tail
32:05as a very interesting usage of the word
32:09that only time this word is used in all
32:10the New Testament this is what Paul
32:12saying texture like how backs its tail
32:16he's like I don't I don't want your
32:18faith to be like this
32:19I don't want your faith to be unsettled
32:22I don't want your faith to be wagging I
32:23don't want your faith to be you know
32:25here here it's strong now its weak now
32:28it's strong now its weak I don't want
32:30you to be unsettled like this like that
32:32like a dog's tail wagging so I want you
32:36to be strong in the Lord and I don't
32:37want the trials that I've been going
32:39through to discourage you in your faith
32:41and I don't want your trials and you're
32:42going through to discourage you in your
32:44faith you know Jesus says that trials
32:48must come jesus said in this world you
32:52will have tribulation but take heart I
32:55have overcome the world
32:56trials and difficulties will be a part
32:59of life don't give up on God he'll never
33:06give up on you
33:09in first Peter chapter 4 Peter would say
33:13it this way dear friends do not be
33:17surprised to the painful trial you are
33:19suffering as though something strange
33:21were happening to you but rejoice that
33:24you participate in the sufferings of
33:27Christ so that you may be overjoyed when
33:30his glory is revealed one day one day he
33:35says if you were insulted because of the
33:36name of Christ you are blessed for the
33:39spirit of glory and of God rests on you
33:41if you suffer it should not be as a
33:44murderer or a thief or any other kind of
33:45criminal or even as a meddler however if
33:47you suffer as a Christian do not be
33:49ashamed to praise God that you bared
33:51that name in other words if you're
33:53suffering for criminal reasons well then
33:56you need to suffer he says but I want
33:59you to know as a Christian when you
34:01experience suffering continue to hold on
34:04to Jesus because what a privilege that
34:07we bear his name says don't let the
34:12sufferings of this world and don't let
34:14the trials that we go through shipwreck
34:17your faith he says I was afraid that in
34:20some way Satan
34:21the tempter might have come and deceived
34:24you and tempted you and our efforts
34:26might have been useless he says in verse
34:296 but Timothy has just now come to us
34:31from you and has brought good news about
34:33your faith and love he has told us that
34:36you always have pleasant memories of us
34:38and that you longed to see us just as we
34:40law also longed to see you therefore
34:43brothers in all our distress and
34:44persecution we were encouraged about you
34:47because of your faith verse 8 he says
34:50for now we really live since you are
34:52standing firm in the Lord how can we
34:55thank God enough for you in return for
34:57all the joy we have in the presence of
34:59our God because of you night and day we
35:01pray most earnestly that we may see you
35:04again and supply what is lacking in your
35:06faith so Paul's very encourages like
35:07Timothy brings back good news sounds a
35:10little worried that all the trials I've
35:11been going through the trials you've
35:12been going through would shipwreck your
35:14faith the tempter Satan would come along
35:15and discourage you and you wouldn't be
35:17following Jesus but Timothy's comeback
35:19has told us about your love and your
35:21faith and I'm so encouraged
35:22I'm so grateful to God for you he's I've
35:25been praying earnestly for you again and
35:27again and I hope I get to see you again
35:29and he says here in verse 11 down to the
35:32end of the chapter this is a little
35:33prayer here in verse 11 he says now may
35:35our God and Father himself and our Lord
35:38Jesus clear the way for us to come to
35:40you may the Lord make your love that's
35:43that is agape in the passage make make
35:45your love increase and overflow for each
35:49other and for everyone else just as ours
35:51does for you and may you strengthen your
35:53heart so that you will be blameless and
35:55holy in the presence of our God and
35:58Father when our Lord Jesus comes with
36:01all his Holy Ones Holy Ones as Hagios in
36:04the Greek it's not talking about angels
36:05he's talking about the Saints when the
36:07Saints returned with Jesus those who
36:09have gone on to be with the Lord those
36:10who have already died and gone to heaven
36:12to Jesus when he comes again the Saints
36:14come back with him to rule and reign for
36:16a thousand years so he's very encouraged
36:18about this but I just wanted to focus
36:20here in the last just a couple of
36:22minutes we have on the prayer he prays
36:24verses 12 and 13 well the first part of
36:28prayer in verse 11 where he talks about
36:29I pray that I'll be able to come see you
36:31again but then he prays for the church
36:33and I thought that these would be too
36:34good things for us to pray for ourselves
36:36as well because he asks and he and he
36:39says may the Lord
36:40number one increase may the Lord
36:43increase our love for one another that's
36:45in verse 12 and he says and then may the
36:48Lord strengthen our hearts to remain
36:50holy until Jesus comes and that prayer
36:53was good enough for the church at
36:55Thessalonica almost 2000 years ago and
36:59it's a good prayer for us too we always
37:02have room to increase our love for one
37:04another and may God strengthen our
37:07hearts that we would live lives of
37:09holiness until Jesus comes amen let's
37:15pray this Lord we thank you for your
37:18word and we thank you for Paul's prayer
37:20here for the church at Thessalonica and
37:22we pray this for ourselves this is a
37:25good thing Lord for us to ask that you
37:28would do in our hearts as well increase
37:31our love Lord for one another
37:33forgive us when we are unforgiving or
37:38ungrateful when we are malicious or when
37:42we gossip or slander one another
37:47increase our love Lord for each other
37:50you're a gap a love that we would
37:52genuinely love one another as you have
37:56loved us despite our differences thank
38:01you Lord that our differences add to the
38:03richness of the diversity of the body of
38:06Christ increase our love Lord for one
38:10another and we also pray that you would
38:14strengthen our hearts that we would be
38:18blameless and holy until Jesus comes
38:24that you would find us ready and
38:28watching that we would deal with sin in
38:32our lives we would be regularly
38:35confessing before you so that our hearts
38:39might be purified because you're so
38:42gracious and loving to forgive us of our
38:45sins and to cleanse us from all
38:46unrighteousness thank you that you're
38:49our Father we can turn to you and run to
38:51you and ask you to forgive us of our
38:53sins that we would be blameless and holy
38:56before you on that day that you L will
39:00return Lord find us faithful thank you
39:06Jesus for loving us we give you praise
39:10and thanks and glory and honor in Jesus
39:13name we pray and all God's people said
39:16amen

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