Until the Day - Part 7 of 9
4/21/2024
“On The Day”
Series: “Until the Day”
(Part 7 of 9)
2 Thessalonians has some similarities to Jesus’ Olivet Discourse given shortly before his arrest.
(See Matthew 24-25, Mark 13, Luke 21.)
“Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. 4 Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. 5 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering — 6 since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels 8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10 when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. 11 To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, 12 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.” 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 (ESV)
On “The Day” Jesus will…
1. Punish Sinners.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’” Matthew 7:21-23 (ESV)
Hell: Separation from God for eternity.
Heaven: Fellowship with God for eternity.
On “The Day” Jesus will…
2. Relieve the Troubled.
On “The Day” Jesus will…
3. Receive Glory.
On “The Day” Jesus will…
4. Take us home.
“For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 (ESV)
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Digging Deeper
1. Who is the most famous person you have met?
2. Who is the most famous person who knows you? Why is this a different question than the prior one?
3. Read John 6:28-29: What “works” do you think they were wanting to do? How is this different from the “work” Jesus desired in them?
4. If you were to base your understanding of heaven on contemporary books and movies, what would you think? What would you think about hell?
5. Read Philippians 2:9-11: Why is it important that Jesus is not only your Savior, but also your Lord?
6. Who, according to the previous verses, will eventually know that Jesus is the Lord of all? Why is this important?
7. What would change if you lived each day as if Jesus is Lord and that he is coming back?
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