Proclamation:
“God is just; He will pay back trouble to those who trouble
you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when The Lord Jesus is
revealed from heaven in blazing fire with His powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God and
do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.”
2 Thessalonians 1:6-8 (NIV)
Explanation:
These words were written by the apostle Paul, under the
influence of The Holy Spirit of God, in his second letter to the believers in
the church at Thessalonica. After he
introduces himself and greets them, Paul states that he thanks God for them
because their faith in God and their love for one another is growing and
increasing. (2 Thessalonians 1:1-3) He
tells them that he brags to other churches about their perseverance and faith
in the midst of their persecutions and trials. (2 Thessalonians 1:4) Then he tells them that God is just and He
will pay back trouble to all those who trouble them. God will punish all non-believers when The
Lord Jesus returns. (2 Thessalonians 1:8-10)
Application:
Those who do believers wrong and cause them to suffer will
be punished by The Lord God. (Romans 12:19)
The Lord Jesus is coming back to gather up His church (1 Thessalonians
4:15-17) and to judge the wicked. All
mankind will see Him when He returns (Revelation 1:7) but our perspectives will
differ. Some of us will see Him as
Savior, while others will see Him as judge.
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