Post by Les Brewer on Sept 2, 2019 23:46:07 GMT
Chosen for Glory 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
Let’s open the Word of God to 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. And I confess to you, this is a bit of a challenge for me to bring you the message this morning because it is full of so many truths; and I’m always having a little bit of battle with myself, because I have to kind of edit as I go. So much here is so very, very important. On the face of it, we’re talking about the coming man of sin. We’re talking about the apostle Paul who is writing concerning a man to come in the future.
He is identified in verse 3 of this chapter as the man of lawlessness who will be revealed. He is identified as the son of destruction, end of verse 3. And then in verse 4 it says, describing him “who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.” This man of lawlessness, this man of sin, this son of destruction who opposes and exalts himself above every other god and every object of worship and takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God, is identified elsewhere in the Scripture as the Antichrist, the Antichrist. If you drop down to verse 8, again it refers to his revelation, “that lawless one will be revealed.” And he has a very short career, “whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming.”
To continue reading this sermon in text, please follow the next link or scroll down for the recorded video sermon. www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/81-48/chosen-for-glory
Let’s open the Word of God to 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. And I confess to you, this is a bit of a challenge for me to bring you the message this morning because it is full of so many truths; and I’m always having a little bit of battle with myself, because I have to kind of edit as I go. So much here is so very, very important. On the face of it, we’re talking about the coming man of sin. We’re talking about the apostle Paul who is writing concerning a man to come in the future.
He is identified in verse 3 of this chapter as the man of lawlessness who will be revealed. He is identified as the son of destruction, end of verse 3. And then in verse 4 it says, describing him “who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.” This man of lawlessness, this man of sin, this son of destruction who opposes and exalts himself above every other god and every object of worship and takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God, is identified elsewhere in the Scripture as the Antichrist, the Antichrist. If you drop down to verse 8, again it refers to his revelation, “that lawless one will be revealed.” And he has a very short career, “whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming.”
To continue reading this sermon in text, please follow the next link or scroll down for the recorded video sermon. www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/81-48/chosen-for-glory
