2 Thessalonians 2:5 – 3:18
2 Thessalonians 2:5 – 3:18 The Hope Daggon Home (Budd Lake, NJ) Zolezzi, Steve 02/14/2009
This final teaching in Thessalonians first deals with the revealing of the man of lawlessness, the Antichrist. It talks of when he is to come and what is restraining his arrival and his counterfeits. Then, it covers the disorderly walk of some people and how we, as believers, can walk without being discouraged by standing fast on the traditions we have been taught. At the end of the teaching, we are given a summary of all that we have and can do because of the hope in light of 1 and 2 Thessalonians.
busybodies keeping company
2 Thessalonians 1:1 – 2:4
2 Thessalonians 1:1 – 2:4 The Hope Daggon Home (Budd Lake, NJ) Daggon, Jim 02/14/2009
2 Thessalonians looks at the second part of Christ’s coming when Jesus Christ comes back with his saints and focuses on our walk in patience for that time which is coming. It talks of how the believers were able to grow in believing and love and endurance. It compares what will happen to those that know not God and what will happen for those that do know God. God’s recompensing tribulation to those who trouble the believers, the Day of the Lord, the wrath of God, and a falling away are explained.
Immediate and remote context, Grace and peace, patience and endurance, everlasting destruction
1 Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:28
1 Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:28 The Hope Cinardo Home (Rutherford, NJ) Chatten, Bob 02/08/2009
This teaching is about Jesus Christ’s second coming which has two parts, Christ coming for his Church and Christ coming back with his Church. It covers how there is no consciousness in death and the wrath to come which the believers will not be subject to. It tells how we are to walk because Jesus Christ is coming back and how we are to live in light of the hope of Christ’s return.
The gathering together, the day of the Lord, the day of Christ, praying for leaders
1 Thessalonians 3:1 – 4:12
1 Thessalonians 3:1 – 4:12 Leadership and Service Love Cinardo Home (Rutherford, NJ) Zolezzi, Steve 02/08/2009
The teacher shows how Paul sends comfort and encouragement to the Thessalonian believers by telling them to abound more and more in love. He tells them how they ought to walk in a sanctified way, having their bodies in subjection to their minds and leading people by serving with love in contrast with using people. He talks about investing in your rewards plus studying and striving to do God’s will because it is an honor to do so.
1 Thessalonians Chapter 2
Leadership and Service Cinardo Home (Rutherford, NJ) Gilmore, Michael 02/01/2009
This teaching goes through the second chapter of 1 Thessalonians. The teacher discusses the manner of life Paul, Silas, and Timothy showed towards the believers in Thessalonica. We see the heart of a genuine leader showing their life as an example of service to the believers as they cared for, protected and exhorted the believers as their own child because their glory and joy was the believers.
Introduction and 1 Thessalonians Chapter 1
Introduction and 1 Thessalonians Chapter 1 The Hope Cinardo Home (Rutherford, NJ) Zolezzi, Steve 02/01/2009
The teacher explains the doctrine, reproof, and correction epistles, and then covers Paul’s time in Thessalonica and Berea in Acts where many of the Gentiles turned to God. We are told of the persecutions they endured from the Jews in Thessalonica. The first Chapter of 1 Thessalonians is gone through, looking at how Paul encouraged the believers and thanked God for their believing, love and endurance of hope.
