2Thessalonians 2:13-17; Season 12, Episode 7 (30min)

"The Truth and the Glory"

 

The Outline: 

Salutation   (1:1-2)

  I.  PERSECUTION:
WAITING with COURAGE (1:3-12)

 II.  PROPHECY:
WATCHING with COMPOSURE (2:1-17)

III.  PRACTICE:
WORKING with COMMITMENT (3:1-15)

Signature  (3:16-18)

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 II.  PROPHECY:
WATCHING with COMPOSURE (2:1-17)

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

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C.  Saved through the Work of the Spirit (2:13-17)
— The “Gospel”: STAND FIRM

1. The Truth (2:13-14)
2. The Teachings (2:15)
3. The Strength (2:16-17)

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The Content of the Gospel:

1Corinthians 15:1-8 (NASB95; Emphasis mine)

• “Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that
  Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that
           He was buried, and that
           He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that
           He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 After that
           He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; 7 then
           He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; 8 and last of all, as to one untimely born,
           He appeared to me also.”