1 & 2 Thessalonians

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“So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do. Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way you live, and you will be honored along with him. This is all made possible because of the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.” - 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 1 and 2 Thessalonians, besides being perhaps the hardest books to say, is a fascinating look at some of Paul’s earliest letters in his ministry journeys. For these letters, as we’ll see from our conversation today, context is highly important because Paul is writing to a new church, new Christians, living in Macedonia during the Roman empire. So as you read these letters, you see Paul showing love and care for a new congregation - answering questions and speaking to issues that were incredibly relevant to their context. But as we’ve said many times, these letters were written to that church, but they are still for us. So how do the themes Paul presents in these letters of remembering, persecution, encouragement, hope and more speak to the Thessalonians and for us? And what is to be done with 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 and the man of lawlessness? To help us navigate 1 and 2 Thessalonians is Dr. Gene Green, recently Dean of Trinity International University in Florida and Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Wheaton College, and author of a commentary on Thessalonians. Doable Discipleship is a podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 450 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Subscribe to the Doable Discipleship podcast at Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doable-discipleship/id1240966935) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1Zc9nuwQZOLadbFCZCmZ1V) Resources Related to This Episode: https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Thessalonians-Pillar-Testament-Commentary/dp/0802837387 Related Doable Discipleship Episodes:  Navigating the Bible: Colossians - https://youtu.be/X8Smy59UyDo Navigating the Bible: Philippians - https://youtu.be/aYoTNKarprI Navigating the Bible: Ephesians - https://youtu.be/BbtVXrdC2FI Navigating the Bible: Galatians - https://youtu.be/1vudZh57HH0 Navigating the Bible: 2 Corinthians - https://youtu.be/GhxuP3onL4s Navigating the Bible: 1 Corinthians - https://youtu.be/5lt9OhkpYbg Navigating the Bible: Romans - https://youtu.be/hQXntME3Goc Navigating the Bible: Acts - https://youtu.be/u7ujU81hvjU Navigating the Bible: John - https://youtu.be/0Q8CqUMoTdE Navigating the Bible: Luke - https://youtu.be/TKp9FbT3J2k Navigating the Bible: Mark - https://youtu.be/TfD2cHzAFmc Navigating the Bible: Matthew - https://youtu.be/TopzGlIuhYg Navigating the Bible: Malachi - https://youtu.be/Qiwoys1KAa8 Navigating the Bible: Zechariah - https://youtu.be/t3beJht6tZU Navigating the Bible: Haggai - https://youtu.be/pGFOmTPUgI4 Navigating the Bible: Zephaniah - https://youtu.be/VtKeFsLeG4M Navigating the Bible: Habakkuk - https://youtu.be/89l0HUQceIw Navigating the Bible: Nahum - https://youtu.be/USg64a6Kk8w Navigating the Bible: Micah - https://youtu.be/Tcm3HykhkS8 Navigating the Bible: Jonah - https://youtu.be/PxhIyhLSgJQ Navigating the Bible: Daniel - https://youtu.be/bnQ-PioWxfg Navigating the Bible: Ezekiel - https://youtu.be/hlg6gBYxqsg Navigating the Bible: Lamentations - https://youtu.be/6rrizlXeYXE Navigating the Bible: Jeremiah - https://youtu.be/lXPjWl8PdRk Navigating the Bible: Isaiah - https://youtu.be/NZJLaPkgEgs Navigating the Bible: Song of Songs - https://youtu.be/Sg0CYlNBVMg Navigating the Bible: Ecclesiastes - https://youtu.be/-Wr7LCh8F9E Navigating the Bible: Proverbs - https://youtu.be/DytRT5AsZg8 Navigating the Bible: Psalms - https://youtu.be/oZeesooAYUI Navigating the Bible: Job - https://youtu.be/14jaf2T1eCQ Navigating the Bible: Exodus - https://youtu.be/NB9UTpS1F3M Navigating the Bible: Genesis - https://youtu.be/ddhjMfOoasA Inspiring Dreams by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ]]>

Source: Rick Warren