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2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 - Glory to the End of Time
Key Verses: (NIV)
- 3: "We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing." - Paul is writing this second letter to Thessalonica in order to clear up some misunderstandings stemming from his first letter. He begins by providing words of encouragement and affirmation.
- 4: "Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring." - Paul provides two keys to surviving the suffering and persecution we may encounter in life - Steadfast perseverance and Faith.
- 11: "With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith." - We are to fulfill God's purpose in our lives regardless of our circumstances. We cannot become idle in our faith.
- 12: "We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ." - "God's purpose for all believers is to make them like Christ." (See Romans 8:29)1
- Are we in the "End Times?"
Promises of the Gospel:
Often times, as we struggle and battle through the issues of life, we wonder: Why does life have to be so hard? Perhaps we are not being persecuted for our faith as the Thessalonians were but we still face sickness and grief. Perhaps our lives are not being threatened but we still encounter suffering and loss. We all face difficult situations where our faith in God is tested. Paul's letter encourages us to hold steadfast to the promise that God loves us and is intimately involved in every aspect of our lives. It is the only way that His goal to transform us into the image of Christ can be realized. The world events combined with our personal struggles sometimes overwhelm our ability to see His glory. We want to give up. Our burdens become so heavy that we simply want to sit down and quit. Paul calls us to persevere. He reminds us of God's powerful love. He urges us to continue in ministry so that God "may fulfill every good purpose of (ours) and every act prompted by (our) faith." May Christ be glorified in all we do.
1Notes from Life Application Bible - NRSV © 1988, 1989, 1990 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Wheaton, IL 60189, pp 2114.
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