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Comfort in Thessalonica

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1Th 2:11 Manner of Comfort
1Th 3:2 Minister of Comfort
1Th 3:7 Means of Comfort
1Th 4:18 Message of Comfort
1Th 5:11 Motivation of Comfort
1Th 5:14 Ministry of Comfort
2Th 2:17 Master of Comfort

Tones of Teaching

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"we beseech you"
1Th 4:1 Living
1Th 4:10 Love
1Th 5:12 Leaders
2Th 2:1 Learning

"we command you"
1Th 4:11 Laziness
2Th 3:6 Lawlessness

"we exhort you"
1Th 5:14 Labour

"we command and exhort"
2Th 3:12 Livelihood

"I charge you"
1Th 5:27 Letter

The Gospel in Thessalonica Part 2

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Read Part 1.

Gospel (1Th 1:5, 2:4, 2Th 2:14)
- The substance and sense

Gospel of God (1Th 2:2,8,9)
- The source and start

Gospel of Christ (1Th 3:2)
- The subject

Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ (2Th 1:8)
- The significance and standard

Spirit, Word and Letter

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"That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand." 2 Th 2:2

Consternation
Frantic - shaken in mind
Frightened - be troubled

Commotion
Fake Revelation - by spirit
False Speculation - by word
Forged Communication - by letter

Certainty
Future - the day of Christ

Problems in 2 Thessalonians

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2Thess 1:4-5 Dire Persecution
2Thess 2:3-4 Distorted Prophecy
2Thess 3:7-8 Disorderly Passivity

Brief Outline of 2 Thessalonians

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2Thess 1 The Contemplation of His Coming
2Thess 2 The Consummation of His Coming
2Thess 3 The Confidence of His Coming

Them that Perish

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They know not (2 Thess 1:8)
They obey not (2 Thess 1:8)
They received not (2 Thess 2:10)
They believe not (2 Thess 2:12)
They have not faith (2 Thess 3:2)