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November 18 - 2 Thessalonians 2 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends, It's Sean here. It's Tuesday.
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  It is the 18th of November, and I am delighted to have your
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  company on today, Mickey Mouse's birthday.
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  Yes, it is today in 1928 that Mickey Mouse first debuted on
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  the small screen in Steamboat Willie.
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  So this is commonly known as Mickey Mouse's birthday.
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  So happy birthday, Mickey Boy. Disney has come a long way since
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  those early days of a whistling mouse steering about.
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  But I will leave commentary of social behemoths aside as we are
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  here not for that, but we are here to read God's Word.
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  We're here to continue along this journey of Second
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  Thessalonians to see what it is that Paul and Silas and Timothy
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  are going to be saying to these Christians who are surrounded by
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  people having a go at them, not happy with the changes that
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  they're seeing in these new Christians and the way that
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  they're choosing to live. So today we will see our authors
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  encouraging them to stand firm. Stand firm in what they know to
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  be true and how a faith in Christ leads them to live.
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  Good advice for all of us. So let us read today Second
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  Thessalonians chapter 2. Now, dear brothers and sisters,
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  let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus
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  Christ and how we will be gathered to meet Him.
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  Don't be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that
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  the day of the Lord has already begun.
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  Don't believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual
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  vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us.
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  Don't be fooled by what they say, for that day will not come
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  until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of
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  lawlessness is revealed. The one who brings destruction,
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  He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call God
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  and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple
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  of God, claiming that he himself is God.
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  Don't you remember that I told you about all this when I was
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  with you? And you know what is holding him
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  back? For he can be revealed only when
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  his time comes. For this lawlessness is already
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  at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who
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  is holding him back steps out of the way.
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  Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus
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  will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the
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  splendour of his coming. This man will come to do the
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  work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.
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  He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those in their
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  way to destruction because they refuse to love and accept the
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  truth that would save them. So God will cause them to be
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  greatly deceived and they will believe these lies.
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  Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than
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  believing the truth. As for us, we can't help but
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  thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters, loved by the Lord,
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  we are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first
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  to experience salvation, a salvation that came through the
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  Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the
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  truth. He called you to salvation when
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  we told you the good news, and now you can share in the glory
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  of our Lord Jesus Christ. With all these things in mind,
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  dear brothers and sisters, stand firm and keep a strong grip on
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  the teaching we passed on to you both in person and by letter.
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  Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who
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  loved us and by His grace gave us eternal comfort and a
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  wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you in every good
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  thing you do and say. Lord Jesus, thank you for this
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  encouraging text that describes this man of lawlessness who will
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  push back against you and your rule, but that no matter what
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  the world has to offer, no matter who the most powerful
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  person is who will cause such disruption that you have already
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  won that fight. That you are victorious and
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  seated on the throne. And just with the breath from
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  your mouth, that is enough to take out any opposition in front
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  of you. So Lord, as we come against
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  challenging situations that feel so difficult to get around, our
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  Lord, remind us that you have the victory and that in your
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  victory you hold us and you breathe your love and acceptance
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  to us in our lives. So, Lord, we stand before you
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  and pray that it is your roots that would grow down deep and
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  strong through our feet so that we would stand firm no matter
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  what it is that presents itself before us.
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  Standing firm in You and the surefire knowledge of your
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  victory. We love you, Jesus, and we rest
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  in your embrace. And we pray this all in your
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  name. Amen.