Comfort in Our Calling

Do Not Grow Weary - Message 8 - Comfort in Our Calling - 2 Thess. 1:1-12

Outline:
Written a few months after 1 Thessalonians while Paul was likely still in Corinth, this letter includes:
Comfort for those who need to persevere under persecution
Correction for false doctrine taught and believed
Confrontation for disobedient members

I. Encouragement Declared – vs. 1-2
A. The Church
B. Grace and Peace

II. Evidence Divulged – vs. 3-5
A. Your Faith Grows
B. Your Love Increases
C. We Boast

III. Everlasting Destruction – vs. 6-10 (the righteous purposes of God also bring punishment to those who persist in evil)
A. Retribution – Rev. 6:10; Deut. 32:35
B. Rest – freedom from restraint and tension – Matt. 11:28; Heb. 4:9
C. Revelation – the Unveiling of Christ

IV. Enduring Delights – vs. 11-12
A. May God Make You Worthy of This Calling – Eph. 4:1-3
B. So That Christ Will Be Glorified in You and You in Him – Isa. 66:5