God's Righteousness in Believers' Troubles FW0623

How can believers' afflictions be reconciled with the righteousness of God? 2Thessalonians 1:5–10 looks forward to the second serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord's Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God displays His righteousness both in the glorious fury that the wicked get from Him and in the glorious delight that His saints get from Him.