To show just how imbalanced the final battle will be on the Day of the Lord, let’s read 2 Thess 2:8 [READ]. What will the Final Battle look like? Well, it’s not much of a battle. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with what? With the breath of His mouth. A little puff of air. […]
2 Thess 2: Scare the Hell Out of You (pt2 of 3)
2 Thess 2:3 [READ] The first thing that needs to happen before the Day of the Lord is the apostasy. Apostasy means rebellion or a leaving from a previous standing. Or a falling away from the truth by those who once held it. That’s number one. The second thing that needs to happen before the […]
2 Thess 2: Scare the Hell Out of You (pt1 of 3)
Text: 2 Thess 2:1-12 We are going to finish 2 Thessalonians today in a single message because this second letter to the church at Thessalonica is very similar to the first letter. As the title suggests, I have one objective today. I want to scare the hell out of you. We don’t talk much about […]
1 Thessalonians: Financial Responsibility and Time Management in the Last Days (pt3 of 3)
If I said Jesus is coming back exactly a year from now, January 26, 2015–what kind of effect would this kind of false prophecy have on you, the listeners? If you took this prophecy seriously, some of you might say, forget school, or forget work. The same thing happens when people hear the news, you […]
1 Thessalonians: Financial Responsibility and Time Management in the Last Days (pt2 of 3)
Overall, this is an encouraging letter to the Thessalonians, but you can’t miss the fact that Paul is admonishing some of the members and perhaps even some of the leaders of this church. Who is he admonishing? The irresponsible. How are they being irresponsible? They were being irresponsible when it came to their money and […]
1 Thessalonians: Financial Responsibility and Time Management in the Last Days (pt1 of 3)
Text: 1 Thess 5:12-24 How would you feel if you got home and you realized that you were burglarized? The door was broken in. Things were knocked over. There were broken pieces everywhere. Your TV is gone and your laptop and your jewelry, anything and everything of value was taken. How would you feel? You’d […]