Calvary
Chapel Bible College
November
10, 2021
Homework
We have one more week together before Thanksgiving Break. Then three more
times after that.
Let’s share our memory verse – one at a time.
(2 Thessalonians
1:11 NKJV) —11 Therefore we also pray always for
you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all
the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power,
(2
Thessalonians 1:12 NKJV) that the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our
God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Did you come up with any nuggets to share as you’ve been chewing on this
verse this week?
How could this verse be used by you?
Extra Credit – Be sure to let me know if and when
you’d like to come and visit Calvary Chapel of Fullerton. 100 points for showing up at 9am, helping
with setup, and staying through the end of the service.
Introduction
As we saw with 1Thessalonians, the church in Thessalonica was started under
difficult circumstances. (Acts 17)
Paul had been there maybe a month when the Jews of Thessalonica rose up against Paul and drove him out of town.
The new church continued, but they were under constant persecution.
Paul went on to Berea, then Athens, and finally to Corinth, and it was
while he was in Corinth that he gets news about the Thessalonians and begins to
pen these letters.
We think that this second letter was written perhaps as soon as a year
later.
Paul has two concerns, which may be related to each other.
1) False teaching had entered the church regarding the Lord’s return.
Some false teachers were beginning to lead the people into thinking that
they might have missed the Lord’s coming.
2) Paul was also concerned about a growing group of people who had quit
their jobs and weren’t working.
Some suggest that it might have been because they thought Jesus was coming
back, and they no longer needed to worry about going to work.
1:1-2 Greetings
:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy
Silvanus is another form of “Silas”.
These were the three men that had been there to help start and establish
the church in Thessalonica.
:1 in God our Father …
Paul uses what’s known as the “locative” case. It shows our “location”.
If you were to look for the church using your GPS, it would show you that
the church is “in” God, just as we are “in” Fullerton.
When you opened your heart to Jesus, you were immersed (baptized) into the
body of Christ, putting you “in” God, and “in” Jesus.
:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
:2 Grace … peace
I’ve mentioned this before, but I can’t help but be reminded of the
priestly blessing:
(Numbers 6:24–26
NKJV) —24 “The Lord bless you
and keep you; 25
The
Lord make His face shine upon you, And
be gracious to you; 26 The Lord lift up His
countenance upon you, And give you peace.” ’
This is what God desires for His people.
He wants us to be in His presence (“His face”) and experiencing His
grace and peace.
1:3-10 Trials and Judgment
:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting,
because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all
abounds toward each other,
:3 We are bound to thank God
Paul begins one of his famous “run-on-sentences”. He didn’t have a secretary like I used to
have to tell him his grammar needs work.
The entire sentence runs through verse 8!
Let’s read the entire passage until we hit the “period”.
(2 Thessalonians
1:3–8 NKJV) —3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is
fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you
all abounds toward each other, 4 so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for
your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you
endure, 5 which is
manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted
worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; 6 since it
is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble
you, 7 and to give
you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven
with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and
on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
bound – opheilo – to owe; “ought”
to thank – eucharisteo – to be grateful, feel thankful; give
thanks
is fitting – axios – weighing, having weight; befitting,
congruous, corresponding to a thing
Paul speaks of “owing” (“bound to”) God a debt of thanksgiving for what has
been happening in Thessalonica.
It is fitting and appropriate considering what has been happening.
Two things come to mind that Paul is thankful for.
:3 your faith grows exceedingly
grows exceedingly – huperauxano (“more
than” + “to grow”) – to increase beyond measure; to grow exceedingly
Lesson
A growing faith
Here’s the first KEYWORD
Our trust in God is not a static thing. It either grows or diminishes.
The Thessalonians’ faith wasn’t just growing, it
was growing “exceedingly”.
Great men of faith don’t start as great men of
faith. They start with just a little
ability to trust, and allow their faith to grow.
Illustration
Pastor Chuck used to tell a story about his early years pastoring a small
church and working at a grocery store on the side. In one instance they had run out of money but they didn’t panic, they prayed.
The next day there was a check in the mail to cover their
needs, and then some.
I remember Chuck saying that he turned to Kay and said,
“Honey, tonight we’re going to eat steak.
It’s God’s treat!”
Later, after the Jesus movement was exploding and the church had just
bought the current property on Sunflower and MacArthur, Chuck had a moment of
panic thinking of the mortgage payments the church was facing.
As he sat at the traffic light he
felt God saying to him, “Chuck, whose church is it anyway?”
And of course God provided.
These early lessons of faith were the foundation of Calvary Chapel.
Illustration
Hudson Taylor is known for bringing the gospel to China and founding a huge
organization “China Inland Mission”, but that’s not how he started.
Before he was a missionary, he learned to trust God for his salary,
especially when his busy employer forgot to pay him.
He learned to trust God for daily needs; and, as his faith was tested, he
grew in faith and was able to trust God for His supply for an entire missionary
organization.
:3 the love of every one of you all abounds
abounds – pleonazo – to superabound; to exist in
abundance; to increase
love – agape – brotherly
love, affection, good will, love, benevolence
Lesson
Overflowing love
It wasn’t just their faith that was growing.
The church is an amazing organism.
It is made up of people from every kind of background, culture, and
nationality.
If you were to look at our lives ten, twenty or fifty years ago – the
things we’re interested in, where we work, how we were raised, you’d see a
bunch of people that probably don’t have a lot in common.
That all changed when we each met Jesus.
That’s when we started to “walk in the light”.
(1
John 1:7 NKJV) But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have
fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us
from all sin.
Yet there’s more.
If we are doing church right, then we don’t have fellowship by going to the
same service, or because we all enjoy the pastor’s amazing sense of humor.
Our fellowship is about learning to actually know
and love one another.
That’s what was happening in Thessalonica.
It wasn’t just a group of people who had all grown up together going to the
same synagogue. The church was made up
of Gentiles as well, people from very different backgrounds.
Jesus said,
(John 13:34–35
NKJV) —34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I
have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are
My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
:4 so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your
patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,
:4 boast of you among the churches
boast – kauchaomai – to glory (whether with reason or
without); to glory on account of a thing; to glory in a thing
At this point, this would probably be the churches at Berea, Athens, and
Corinth, since those were the places Paul had visited
after having started the church in Thessalonica.
Paul is just so amazed at how they’ve been doing that he can’t stop talking
about them wherever he goes.
:4 persecutions and tribulations that you endure
persecutions – diogmos –
persecution
from dioko – to make to run or flee, put to
flight, drive away; to run swiftly in order to catch a
person or thing, to run after; to pursue (in a hostile manner); in any way
whatever to harass, trouble, molest one;
tribulations – thlipsis – a
pressing, pressing together, pressure; metaph. oppression, affliction,
tribulation, distress, straits
endure – anechomai – to hold up; to hold one’s self erect and firm; to sustain, to bear, to endure
:4 your patience and faith
patience – hupomone – steadfastness, constancy, endurance
In the NT, this is the man who is not swerved from his deliberate purpose
by even the greatest trials and sufferings
faith – pistis – conviction of the truth of anything,
belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to
God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy
fervor born of faith and joined with it; fidelity, faithfulness
Lesson
Hanging on
Talk about a rough life … In the movie “Ben Hur” (the original), Judah Ben
Hur was raised a prince, but is then condemned to live the rest of his life as
a galley slave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPr_GBMu4O4
That’s like a parable of living in this world, isn’t it?
We may feel like condemned people, but we have no choice.
For us, we’ve come to find that “hatred” is not good for
us.
But we should still learn to “row well and live”.
You keep going.
It’s in the difficult times that faith grows.
If things were always easy, you wouldn’t need to trust God.
Illustration
George Muller was known as a great man of faith. In the poverty of
Victorian England, he decided to start opening orphanages as a way of testing
God and showing that God would indeed come through. His practice was to never ask people for what
was needed, but to bring all his needs to God.
The following are excerpts from his diary.
August 18, 1838: I have not one penny in hand for the
orphans. In a day or two again many pounds will be needed. My eyes are up to
the Lord. Evening. Before this day is over, I have received from a sister five
pounds. She had some time since put away her trinkets, to be sold for the
benefit of the orphans. This morning, whilst in prayer, it came to her mind, “I
have this five pounds, and owe no man anything,
therefore it would be better to give this money at once, as it may be some time
before I can dispose of the trinkets.” She therefore brought it, little knowing
that there was not a penny in hand, and that I had been able to advance only
four pounds, fifteen shillings and five pence for housekeeping in the Boys'
Orphan-House, instead of the usual ten pounds.
August 23: Today I was again without one single penny,
when three pounds was sent from Clapham, with a box of new clothes for the
orphans.
Muller was later to look back on the period from September 1838 to the end
of 1846 as the time when the greatest trials of faith were experienced in the
orphan work. They were not years of continuous difficulty: rather there tended
to be a pattern of a few months of trial, followed by some months of
comparative plenty. During the whole period, according to Muller, the children
knew nothing of the trial. In the midst of one of the
darkest periods, he recorded, “These dear little ones know nothing about it, because
their tables are as well supplied as when there was eight hundred pounds in the
bank, and they have lack of nothing.” At another time he wrote, “The orphans
have never lacked anything. Had I had thousands of pounds in hand, they would
have fared no better than they have; for they have always had good nourishing
food, the necessary articles of clothing, etc.” In other words, the periods of
trial were so in the sense that there was no excess of funds: God supplied the
need by the day, even by the hour. Enough was sent, but no more than enough.
George Muller would eventually care for over 10,000 orphans in his
lifetime, as well as establishing 117 schools that educated over 120,000
children.
:5 which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you
may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer;
manifest evidence – endeigma – token,
evidence, proof
righteous – dikaios – righteous, observing divine laws; in
a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the commands of God
judgment – krisis – a separating, sundering, separation;
a trial, contest; judgment; opinion or decision given concerning anything;
sentence of condemnation, damnatory judgment, condemnation and punishment
counted worthy – kataxioo – to
account worthy, judge worthy
suffer – pascho – to be affected or have been affected,
to feel, have a sensible experience, to undergo; in a bad sense, to suffer
sadly, be in a bad plight
JFB: “Your enduring
these tribulations is a "token of the righteous judgment of God, "
manifested in your being enabled to endure them, and in your adversaries
thereby filling up the measure of their guilt. The judgment is even now begun,
but its consummation will be at the Lord’s coming. David (#Ps 73:1-14) and Jeremiah (#Jer
12:1-4) were perplexed at the wicked prospering and the godly suffering.
But Paul, by the light of the New Testament, makes this fact a matter of
consolation. It is a proof (so the Greek) of the future judgment,
which will set to rights the anomalies of the present state, by rewarding the
now suffering saint, and by punishing the persecutor.”
:5 manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God
One day when they stand before God, He will declare the Thessalonians
“worthy” of the kingdom of God.
They weren’t made “worthy” because they went through such difficult times,
but their enduring of their difficult times proved that they were already
worthy.
A Christian is made worthy of God simply by believing in Him.
When we believe in Him, we have access to God’s grace.
What trials do is to expose the grace that’s inside of us, grace made more
evident because it endures the difficulties of life.
(2 Thessalonians
1:5 The Message) All this trouble is a clear sign that God has decided to make you
fit for the kingdom.
When you endure your suffering without bailing on your faith, you are
showing everyone around you that yours is the real thing, your faith is real.
:5 for which you also suffer
Just a short comment on that word “also”…
Suffering is not just something that was ordained for the Thessalonians.
(2 Timothy 3:12
NKJV) Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer
persecution.
:6 since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation
those who trouble you,
since – eiper – if indeed, since, if after all
to repay – antapodidomi – in a good sense, to repay, requite; in a bad sense, penalty and vengeance
tribulation – thlipsis – a pressing, pressing together,
pressure; metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits
trouble – thlibo – to press (as grapes), press hard
upon; a compressed way; narrow straitened, contracted; metaph. to trouble,
afflict, distress
:6 to repay with tribulation those who trouble you
The words for “tribulation” and “trouble” are forms of the same word. We might say that God is going to “repay with
trouble those who trouble you”.
We don’t like going through difficult things, and we don’t like it when
people are giving us a hard time.
Sometimes we wish we could get even.
But we are learning that we shouldn’t take things into our own hands.
God will take care of making things “even”.
:7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus
is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
:7 to give you who are troubled rest
who are troubled – thlibo – to press
(as grapes), press hard upon; a compressed way; narrow straitened, contracted;
metaph. to trouble, afflict, distress
rest – anesis – a loosening, relaxing; spoken of a
more tolerable condition in captivity, to be held in less vigorous confinement;
relief, rest, from persecutions
When Jesus comes back from heaven, all the “trouble” (or, “tribulation”)
will stop and there will be “rest”.
Yet even before Jesus returns, there is “rest” in heaven.
(Revelation 6:9–11
NKJV) —9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of
those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they
held. 10 And they
cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You
judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a white
robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a
little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and
their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
:7 when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven
revealed – apokalupsis (“apocalypse”) – laying bear; a disclosure of truth
This is the word that is translated “Revelation”, as in the last book of
the Bible.
mighty – dunamis – strength, power, ability
The ultimate rest from our enemies will take place when Jesus returns from
heaven with his angels (and us), and sets up His
kingdom on earth.
(Revelation
19:11–14 NKJV) —11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat
on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and
makes war. 12 His eyes were
like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name
written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is
called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean,
followed Him on white horses.
:8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on
those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
fire – pur – fire
flaming – phlox – a flame
taking – didomi – to give; to give something to someone
vengeance – ekdikesis – a revenging, vengeance, punishment
obey – hupakouo – to listen, to harken; of one who on
the knock at the door comes to listen who it is, (the duty of a porter); to
harken to a command; to obey, be obedient to, submit
to
gospel – euaggelion – a reward for good tidings; good
tidings; the glad tidings of the kingdom of God soon to be set up, and
subsequently also of Jesus the Messiah, the founder of this kingdom. After the
death of Christ, the term comprises also the preaching of (concerning) Jesus
Christ as having suffered death on the cross to procure eternal salvation for
the men in the kingdom of God, but as restored to life and exalted to the right
hand of God in heaven, thence to return in majesty to consummate the kingdom of
God; the glad tidings of salvation through Christ; the gospel
:8 in flaming fire taking vengeance
This is what happens when Jesus returns.
(Revelation
19:19–21 NKJV) —19 And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the
horse and against His army. 20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who
worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark
of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into
the lake of fire burning with brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the
mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their
flesh.
:8 on those who do not obey the gospel
They don’t do what God wants.
(John 6:28–29 NKJV)
—28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the
works of God?”
29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you
believe in Him whom He sent.”
Those who do not obey the gospel do it because they have made a choice that
they don’t want God in their life, not because they were somehow pre-ordained
to reject Christ.
:9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence
of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
:9 punished with everlasting destruction
:9 These shall be punished
Two Greek words are used here for “punished”
punished – dike – custom,
usage; right, just; a judicial hearing, judicial decision, esp. sentence of
condemnation; execution of a sentence, punishment; to suffer punishment
…punished – tino – to pay, to
recompense; to pay penalty, suffer punishment
Literally, “these shall pay the sentence”
everlasting – aionios – without beginning and end, that which
always has been and always will be; without beginning;
without end, never to cease, everlasting
There is a doctrine that pops up every now and then called the doctrine of
“annihilation”.
Those who teach this say that hell is only a temporary place, and that
eventually everyone in hell will burn up and simply cease to exist.
That actually sounds kind of nice, to think that
they won’t suffer forever.
The problem is that this is not what the Bible teaches.
destruction – olethros – ruin, destroy, death
Neither of these definitions requires that a thing ceases to exist.
Even “death” is not necessarily the ceasing of existence, but the
transition from one form of life to another.
This is an “everlasting” destruction, because it goes on forever and ever.
(Isaiah 66:24 NKJV)
“And
they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire
is not quenched.
They
shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
(Mark 9:43 NKJV) If your hand
causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter
into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the
fire that shall never be quenched—
(Revelation 20:15
NKJV) And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the
lake of fire.
(Revelation
20:10 NKJV) The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be
tormented day and night forever and ever.
:9 from the presence of the Lord
presence – prosopon – the
face
glory – doxa – opinion,
judgment; splendour, brightness; magnificence,
excellence, preeminence, dignity, grace; majesty
power – ischus – ability, force, strength, might
This will be the worst part of hell, being completely separated from God.
Another description of hell is:
(Matthew 25:30
NKJV) And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
A complete absence of true light, God’s light.
:10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be
admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was
believed.
:10 to be glorified in His saints
to be glorified – edoxazo – glorify,
adorn with glory
When Jesus returns, God will receive great glory for the work that He has
done in our lives.
:10 to be admired among all those who believe
admired – thaumazo – marvel; to be wondered at, to be had
in admiration
those who believe – pisteuo – to think
to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in. The verb is a present participle, continuous
action.
Lesson
Getting it
KEYWORD
Everything He has been doing in our lives will make sense, and we will be
blown away with it all.
It’s kind of like that point in the movie “Karate Kid” where Daniel-son is frustrated thinking that Mr. Miyagi has been
using him to sand his floor, paint his fence, or wax his cars. He comes to complain. And then he finds out that Mr. Miyagi was
teaching him greater lessons.
Video: Karate Kid – Lessons Come
Together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsLk6hVBE6Y
Do you sometimes wonder what in the world God is doing in your life?
(1 Corinthians
13:12 NKJV) For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I
know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
We will understand what God has done and why He has done it.
And we will “marvel” at it all.
And after all those times when we’ve doubted Him and questioned what He’s
doing, we will see for the first time that God has truly known what He was
doing all along.
:10 because our testimony among you was believed
All this comes back to the fact that when Paul was in Thessalonica, there
were people who responded to the message of the gospel and believed.
It ought to fire us up to share the gospel, shouldn’t it?
You don’t know how people are going to respond, and you have no control how
they will respond.
It’s not even our responsibility as to how they will respond. Our responsibility is simply to share.
Many won’t be open, but some will.
The prophet Ezekiel was living among the captives in the land of Babylon
when God called him to speak for Him.
(Ezekiel 3:11 NKJV)
And
go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and
tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’
whether they hear, or whether they refuse.”
Whether they hear and respond, or refuse, we ought to speak.
1:11-12 Prayer
:11 Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you
worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His
goodness and the work of faith with power,
:12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you
in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
:11 pray always for you
Because of their tough times, Paul and his friends have a special prayer
they’ve been praying for the Thessalonians.
This prayer seems to involve three things:
:11 that our God would count you worthy of this calling
count worthy – axioo – to think
meet, fit, right; to judge worthy, deem, deserving
calling – klesis – a calling, calling to; a call,
invitation; to a feast; of the divine invitation to embrace salvation of God
First, that God would count them worthy.
Other translations give the sense of God “making them worthy”, of God
helping them with the things that are ahead.
For the Thessalonians, the way ahead involved enduring suffering.
:11 and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness
fulfill – pleroo – to make full, to fill up, i.e. to
fill to the full; to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally; to render
full, i.e. to complete; to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting to
full measure, fill to the brim
good pleasure – eudokia – will,
choice; good will, kindly intent, benevolence; delight, pleasure, satisfaction;
desire
goodness – agathosune – uprightness of heart and life,
goodness, kindness
One translation (HCSB) takes this phrase as,
“fulfill every desire for goodness”
When God is at work in your life, He will give you desires to do good
things.
The second thing Paul is praying is that these “desires” will get
translated into actual actions.
:11 and the work of faith
work – ergon – business,
employment, that which any one is occupied; that which one undertakes to do,
enterprise, undertaking; any product whatever, any thing
accomplished by hand, art, industry, or mind; an act, deed, thing done: the
idea of working is emphasised in opp. to that which
is less than work
faith – pistis – conviction of the truth of anything,
belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to
God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it; fidelity,
faithfulness
When you have faith, it will make itself evident by good works.
You can’t have faith and do nothing.
James wrote,
(James 2:18 NKJV) But someone
will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your
works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
The third thing Paul is praying is for them to produce good works.
:11 with power
power – dunamis – strength, power, ability
Paul prays that all this will happen through God’s power, not their own.
:12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified
may be glorified – endoxazo –
glorify, adorn with glory
This is what results when the things in the previous verse take place.
Paul’s goal is that Jesus would be glorified in these believers.
Jesus is glorified when we run our difficult race well.
Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day, so let me share an illustration from WWII.
Illustration
Desmond Doss was a believer who signed up to help in WWII. He wouldn’t carry a gun,
but wanted to be a medic.
He endured much persecution and ridicule from his fellow soldiers for not
carrying a gun, but when his company retreated from Hacksaw Ridge after their
first day of battle, he stayed behind to rescue wounded men … all by himself. In
the movie “Hacksaw Ridge” you see him rescuing one after another all during the
night, whispering “just one more”. By
the end of the night he had saved 75 men, lowering one at a time down the
cliffs at Okinawa.
Here’s a clip from the move “Hacksaw Ridge” where he’s saving the last few
men…
Video: Hacksaw Ridge – Saving Last
Survivors
He was no longer ridiculed by his fellow soldiers.
His captain comes to talk to him the next day…
God is honored when you handle suffering correctly.
Pericope Project
How might you title the pericopes in today’s class?
1:1-2 Greetings
1:3-10 Trials and Judgment
1:11-12 Prayer
Homework
Read both 1&2Thessalonians in NLT
Memorize 2Thess. 2:3
(2
Thessalonians 2:3 NKJV) Let no one deceive you by any means;
for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the
man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
Be ready to recite it in class next week.
Memorize it early so you can chew on it during the week.
Go to our class’s “test” section
Share a prayer request
Take the Quick Quiz for you.
If you haven’t finished it yet, be sure to upload your Pericope Project for
1Thessalonians
Keywords
What was the first “keyword” …
a.
A Growing Faith
b.
Works and Faith
c.
Faith Alone
What was the second “keyword” …
a.
Getting It
b.
Follow closely
c.
Spirit Filled
Was there something from today’s lesson that you can apply to your life
TODAY?