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God Won’t Leave Salvation to Chance: 2 Thessalonians 2:13–17, Part 2 Video 02.03.2023 ↓

True salvation entails both faith in the truth and sanctification by the Spirit. God choosing us doesn’t render either irrelevant.

Chosen Before Creation for Salvation: 2 Thessalonians 2:13–17, Part 1 Video 28.02.2023 ↓

The particular, electing love of God from before the foundation of the world is the reason why anyone becomes a Christian.

Why Does God Decree Carnage for the Church? 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12, Part 5 Video 25.02.2023 ↓

Scripture says that the church will face terrible pain and opposition at the end. Why would God allow his people to suffer?

God Is Not Absent in the Great Apostasy: 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12, Part 4 Video 23.02.2023 ↓

Satan’s efforts to lead people astray from the truth do not happen apart from God’s plan and design. And yet, many will fall away.

Saving Faith Involves Loving the Truth: 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12, Part 3 Video 21.02.2023 ↓

The alternative to belief in the gospel is not merely unbelief, but a deep love for unrighteousness which opposes truth.

The Lie All Satanic Power Serves: 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12, Part 2 Video 18.02.2023 ↓

Satan wants all of us to yawn at truth and salivate for sin. We must persistently resist him and cling to Christ.

Real Signs and Wonders Serving Unreality: 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12, Part 1 Video 16.02.2023 ↓

Signs and wonders can serve both truth and deception. We should trust what we see in the Bible above what we witness with our eyes.

Lawlessness Doomed by Truth and Beauty: 2 Thessalonians 2:6–8, Part 2 Video 14.02.2023 ↓

The man of lawlessness has an appointed time and an appointed end which Jesus will bring when he returns.

“Lawlessness” Can’t Come Until Its Appointed Time: 2 Thessalonians 2:6–8, Part 1 Video 11.02.2023 ↓

God sets the times and seasons. He has appointed a time for the man of lawlessness to appear. He is in full control.

The Man of Lawlessness Sits in the Temple: 2 Thessalonians 2:3–5, Part 4 Video 09.02.2023 ↓

What is the temple of God in which the man of lawlessness takes his seat? This lab explores two possible answers.

Who Is the Man of Lawlessness? 2 Thessalonians 2:3–5, Part 3 Video 07.02.2023 ↓

Lawlessness is the rejection of any authority. It exists in every sinful heart, and it will reach full expression in the man of lawlessness.

The Rebellion Must Come Before Christ Returns: 2 Thessalonians 2:3–5, Part 2 Video 04.02.2023 ↓

Rebellion and lawlessness characterize every age in a fallen world, but they will crescendo before the return of Christ.

Will Christ Return Seven Years After the Rapture? 2 Thessalonians 2:3–5, Part 1 Video 02.02.2023 ↓

The blessed hope for which we wait is not a secret rapture, but the terrible, awful, and glorious event of Christ’s return.

Don’t Lose Your Head About the Second Coming: 2 Thessalonians 2:1–2, Part 2 Video 31.01.2023 ↓

To avoid being influenced by false teachings about the second coming, the apostle Paul calls for careful thinking.

A Prophetic Distortion of the Second Coming: 2 Thessalonians 2:1–2, Part 1 Video 28.01.2023 ↓

What does it mean when the Bible says that Jesus will come “like a thief in the night”?

Christians Made Glorious for the Glory of Christ: 2 Thessalonians 1:12–12, Part 3 Video 26.01.2023 ↓

The glory of Christ shines through every resolve for good and work of faith because he empowers them according to his grace.

By God’s Grace, Through God’s Power, For God’s Glory: 2 Thessalonians 1:11–12, Part 2 Video 24.01.2023 ↓

Every good work in the Christian life is rooted in the grace of God, empowered by the person of God, and designed for the glory of God.

Praying the Purposes of God into Reality: 2 Thessalonians 1:11–12, Part 1 Video 21.01.2023 ↓

God ordains that his people are made worthy of his calling through the faithful prayers of his people.

The Joy of Marveling Glorifies Christ: 2 Thessalonians 1:9–10, Part 3 Video 19.01.2023 ↓

The goal of all creation and redemption is fulfilled when Christ is glorified in his saints and his saints marvel at his glory.

The Loss of All You Were Made For: 2 Thessalonians 1:9–10, Part 2 Video 17.01.2023 ↓

You were made to see the glory of God in Christ and to be with him forever. This is what the damned will lose.

The Punishment of Eternal Destruction: 2 Thessalonians 1:9–10, Part 1 Video 14.01.2023 ↓

God is glorious and God is just. These realities ought to guide our thinking about hell, not our limited ideas of what seems fair.

On Whom Will Vengeance Fall? 2 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Part 6 Video 12.01.2023 ↓

Those who do not know God are those who suppress the knowledge of him. So do you know him?

Mighty Angels, Flaming Fire, Holy Vengeance: 2 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Part 5 Video 10.01.2023 ↓

When Jesus returns, he will give relief to those who obey the gospel and wreak vengeance on those who do not.

The Revelation of Jesus from Heaven: 2 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Part 4 Video 07.01.2023 ↓

When Christ returns with his mighty angels, he will exercise full justice, repaying the afflicters with affliction and the afflicted with relief.

Justice for Tormentors, Relief for Tormented: 2 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Part 3 Video 05.01.2023 ↓

God’s work to provide relief for his afflicted people is not only a matter of his mercy, but of his justice.