December 22 | Paul Harrington

Standing Firm Until He Returns

Bible Reading: 2 Thessalonians 2

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What could unsettle your trust in Jesus?

• Acts 17
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4 ‘Therefore among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.’
• But now a problem with false teaching

1. The Specifics of the False Teaching in Thessalonica?

• 1 Thessalonians 4:13
• The specific issue 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2 ‘…the day of the Lord has already come.’
• Wrong! 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10
• Who is the man of Lawlessness? The secret power of lawlessness?

2. Why is False Teaching about the Day of the Lord dangerous?

• Salvation is at stake
• For the Thessalonians?
• False Teaching on the day of the Lord Today
  • Unbelief
  • Liberal theology
  • Over-realised Eschatology
  • Evangelicals/Us

3. How to stand firm as we wait for the Day of the Lord

• Hold on toSound teaching
  • Specifically 2 Thessalonians 2:12-14
• Living ‘in-between’
• Let the Day of the Lord shape your priorities