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“For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.” (I Thessalonians 5:2) This is Friday, May 20, 2011, and according to radio host Harold Camping, Jesus is coming back this Saturday. Apparently, he and his friends has discovered [...]
Read II Thessalonians 3 “May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.” (II Thessalonians 3:5) Thoughts… Paul’s desire for the Thessalonians—which of course, is God’s desire for all believers—is really quite simple: To love like God and to patiently endure like Jesus. Yet when you think [...]
Read II Thessalonians 2 “Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Don’t believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us. Don’t be fooled by what [...]
Read II Thessalonians 1 “We constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus [...]
Read I Thessalonians 5 “For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.” (I Thessalonians 5:2) Thoughts… Both Thessalonian letters devote a great deal to Christ’s return. Paul concludes this first letter by reminding his readers that this [...]
Read I Thessalonians 4 Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. Then people who are not Christians will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.” (I [...]
Read I Thessalonians 3 Therefore, brothers, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord. (I Thessalonians 3:7-8) Thoughts… Paul had been the one who led the believers in Thessalonica to [...]
Ray Noah
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