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. […]
NT
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 Thess 5: Speak Carefully and Love Properly (pt3 of 3)
In 1 Thess 5:14-18, I think Paul lays out some helpful tips when striving to love others properly. 1 Thess 5:14-18 [READ]. How do we love others properly? Three quick things we can learn. When loving others, first of all, the content matters. We saw last week in 1 Thess 4 where Paul seems to […]
1 Thess 5: Speak Carefully and Love Properly (pt2 of 3)
Idle speech is an important theme in this letter. Words have power. What comes out of our mouth, our speech is critical. With words, we are to encourage and build each other up. 1 Thess 5 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing. How are we to […]
1 Thess 5: Speak Carefully and Love Properly (pt1 of 3)
Have you ever said something, and as soon as you said it, you wished you could take it back? Like when I’m tired or stressed and I’m in a bad mood and let’s say Jackie and I are late for some important meeting, and I say, Jackie, why are you always late? Why are we […]