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Protect Your Confidence Protect Your Confidence
2 Thessalonians 3
We
have assurance in…
I. God’s Word (v. 1).
A. It may run swiftly (1 Cor. 16:9) "for a
great door and effectual is opened unto me,
and there are many adversaries.”
B. It many be glorified.
II. God’s Power (vv.
2-5).
A. To deliver (v. 2; 1 Cor. 10:13) "There
hath no temptation taken you but such as
man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you
to be tempted above
that ye are able; but will with the temptation
make also the way of escape, that ye
may be able to endure it.”
B. To defend (vv. 3-4)
1. God is faithful… (1 Cor. 10:13) "There
hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who
will not suffer you to be tempted above
that ye are able; but will with the temptation make
also the way of escape, that ye
may be able to endure it.”
2. …to establish you… (2:16-17) May our Lord
Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us
eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage your
hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
3. …to guard you… (Mt. 6:13; Jn. 17:15; Jude
24)
·
Mt. 6:13 - And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us
from the evil one.”
·
Jn. 17:15 - My prayer is not
that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil
one.
·
Jude
24 - To
him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his
glorious presence without fault and with great joy—
4. …to help you… (Rom. 8:28)
C. To direct (v. 5; Jer. 10:23; Jn. 15:4-5)
·
Jer. 10:23 - LORD, I know that people’s lives are not their
own;
·
Jn.
15:4-5 - "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the
vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same
beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.”
III. God’s Commands
(vv. 6-12).
A. Withdraw from the disorderly (v. 6; Rom.
16:17).
·
Rom.
16:17 - I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out
for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary
to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.
B. Follow godly examples (vv. 7-9; 2:15; 1
Cor. 11:1) "Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.”
C. Work quietly (vv. 10-12; 1 Cor. 4:12) "and
we toil, working with our own hands:
being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure.”
IV. God’s Will (vv.
13-15).
A. Do good patiently (v. 13).
B. Avoid company tenderly (v. 14).
C. Admonish fraternally (v. 15).
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