Feeding the Flock

2Thessalonians Summary Message; Season 12, Episode 101 (30min)

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"Navigating a Hostile Culture: Courage, Composure and Commitment"

 

The Outline: 

Salutation   (1:1-2)

  I.  PERSECUTION:

WAITING with COURAGE (1:3-12)

  1. Thanksgiving (1:3-4)
  • Encouragement (1:5-10)
  • Prayer(1:11-12)

    •  I.  PROPHECY:

    WATCHING with COMPOSURE (2:1-17)

    1. Gathered to the Lord Jesus Christ (2:1-2)
    — The “Day of the Lord”: NOT YET
  • Unalarmed by the Day of the Lord (2:3-12)
    • — The “Man of Lawlessness”: REVEALED
  • Saved through the Work of the Spirit (2:13-17)
    • — The “Gospel”: STAND FIRM

    III.  PRACTICE:

    WORKING with COMMITMENT (3:1-15)

    1. Confidence(3:1-5)
  • Command(3:6-10)
  • Confrontation(3:11-13)
  • Consequences(3:14)
  • Caution(3:15)

    • Signature  (3:16-18)

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    Chart: The Rapture and The Revelation

    By William MacDonald*

     

          The Rapture                                     The Revelation

    Christ comes in the air                  Christ comes to the earth

         (1Thess 4:16-17)                                  (Zech 14:4)

    Christ comes for His saints           Christ comes with His saints

             (1Thess 4:16-17)                        (1Thess 3:13; Jude 14)

              Unknown in the                                Predicted in the

               Old Testament                                  Old Testament
                 (1Cor 15:51)                          (Psa 72; Isa 11; Zech 14)

    Not preceded by any signs                  Proclaimed by signs

                                                                          (Matt 24:29-30)

            The Day of Christ                           The Day of the Lord

    (1Cor 1:8; 2Cor 1:14; Phil 1:6, 10)          (2Thess 2:1-12)

                    Blessing                                            Judgment

                (1Thess 4:18)                                  (2Thess 2:8-12)

      In the twinkling of an eye                      Visible worldwide

                 (1Cor 15:52)                    (Zech 14:1-5; Matt 16:27; 24:30)

                  The Church                              Israel and the Nations

    (John 14:1-4; 1Cor 15:51-58;                 (Matt 24:1-25:46)
             1Thess 4:13-18)

    Christ comes as the bright               Christ comes as the sun

             and morning star                   of righteousness with healing
                  (Rev 22:16)                                          (Mal 4:2)

     

    * Believer's Bible Commentary: Old and New Testaments, William MacDonald; Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN, 1995, page #2050.

     

     

     

     

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