Calvary Chapel of San Antonio

This chapter is all about justice.

We don’t often like to think about judgment. We certainly don’t like to think of Jesus as a Judge. But He is!

Judgment promised by God did not come suddenly on these people. They must have thought that God had forgotten His promise to judge. But God is patient. Everyone judged in this chapter had much time to repent and avoid judgment.

Pastors wives share their experiences with Jesus from the recent Pastors Wives Retreat.

Today---- instead of going through each verse in detail, I am going to focus on people. It is people for whom Jesus came and died and it is appropriate to focus on the people in the story this morning.

The source of Paul’s confidence was to be found in the obedience of the Christians in Thessalonica. Paul knew they were persevering through persecution, enduring suffering, and continuing in the faith. He also knew God protects those who really belong to Him thus the devil’s efforts to destroy them will be defeated...