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Dark Days Ahead

By Andrew YoungApril 6, 2018Devotionals: 2 Thessalonians

“For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed…” (2 Thessalonians 1:11) Bible Reading: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 The theme of “the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him” (2 Thessalonians 2:1) dominates Paul’s two letters to the Thessalonians. Clearly, it was an event that both excited and disturbed them. It appears that at least some of the Thessalonian Christians had been “shaken” and “alarmed” by a “prophecy, report or letter” that had supposedly come from Paul saying that “the day of the Lord had already come” (v. […]

A Prayer for Power

By Andrew YoungApril 5, 2018Devotionals: 2 Thessalonians

“With this in mind, we constantly pray for you… that by his power… (2 Thessalonians 1:11) Bible Reading: 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 As in many of his letters, Paul includes an account of how he prays for the Thessalonian Christians. In this case, assured that they are true believers who will share in the glory of Christ when he returns, Paul prays constantly that they might experience God’s power in their lives. This is how he puts it: “With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his […]

Two Destinies

By Andrew YoungApril 4, 2018Devotionals: 2 Thessalonians

“They will be punished with everlasting destruction… on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people…” (2 Thessalonians 1:5) Bible Reading: 2 Thessalonians 1:8-10 We have seen that Paul comforts the Thessalonians in their suffering for the gospel with the promise of “relief… when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels” (2 Thessalonians 1:7). His coming will result in “payback” for those who have troubled his people; it will be a day of “punishment” (v. 8) or, at it is better translated, “vengeance.” This will be the fate of “those who […]

Comfort in Troubles

By Andrew YoungApril 3, 2018Devotionals: 2 Thessalonians

“All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right…” (2 Thessalonians 1:5) Bible Reading: 2 Thessalonians 1:5-7 Turning from idols to serve the true and living God (1 Thessalonians 1:9) had resulted in the Thessalonian Christians suffering persecution. It was only natural that they should wonder how “just” this God was. It is this question that Paul addresses as he begins his second letter. Their troubles, far from calling into question God’s faithfulness, were, in fact, proving an occasion for him to show that his “judgment is right” (2 Thessalonians 1:5). It wasn’t happening in him shielding them from persecution, […]

Growing in Grace

By Andrew YoungApril 2, 2018Devotionals: 2 Thessalonians

“We ought always to thank God for you… because your faith is growing more and more…” (2 Thessalonians 1:3) Bible Reading: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4 With the Easter week having passed, we return to the Thessalonian letters in our morning devotionals. The two letters are sufficiently similar to make it valuable to look at them one after the other. We do not know the time gap between the two – it was probably only a matter of a few months. Paul, Timothy and Silas were in Corinth when this second letter was written. They had learned that the Thessalonians were being […]