by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: CHURCH DISCIPLINE MAY BE NECESSARY TO REINFORCE THE NEED FOR A DISCIPLINED LIFE OF RESPONSIBLE WORK – TO SUPPORT YOUR OWN FAMILY – AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF OTHERS INTRODUCTION: John MacArthur: Now I want to know if you have ever seen a...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: MISSIONARIES AND THEIR DISCIPLE CHURCHES (SUPPORTING CHURCHES) PURSUE A PATH OF STEADFASTNESS (DESPITE THE PERIL OF EVIL) WITH THE CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD THAT COMES FROM MUTUAL PRAYER INTRODUCTION: Michael Martin: “Finally [loipon], brothers,” which...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: PERILOUS END TIMES CALL FOR STEADFASTNESS ON THE PART OF THE ELECT (WHOM GOD LOVES AND STRENGTHENS) INTRODUCTION: Ligon Duncan: In the Christian life, there are certain truths that we need to grasp firmly and hang on to in order to persevere as believers in...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: FOUR MODES OF OPERATION FOR THE ANTICHRIST INTRODUCTION: Michael Martin: Restraint is mentioned twice in these verses. The first time (v. 6) the NIV translates a neuter present participle (to katechon), “what is holding him back.” The translation, like the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVEN’T BEEN LEFT BEHIND? THE REVEALING OF THE ANTICHRIST MUST PRECEDE THE DAY OF THE LORD. INTRODUCTION: Have we missed the boat? Are we as believers somehow already in the Day of the Lord and experiencing that special time of...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: SPIRITUAL FRUIT BRINGS GLORY TO GOD RIGHT NOW INTRODUCTION: Edmond Hiebert: “The eschatological picture just held before the readers to encourage them in their affliction now furnishes motivation to pray for them. It is characteristic of Paul thus to turn...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE SECOND COMING SPELLS RELIEF FOR THE AFFLICTED BUT RETRIBUTION FOR OUR ANTAGONISTS INTRODUCTION: Ligon Duncan: Note that persecuting the Thessalonian church is not the only—and not the worst—crime committed by these wrongdoers. Not only are they those who...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: SPIRITUAL GROWTH IN THE MIDST OF PERSECUTION MERITS A GOOD REPUTATION INTRODUCTION: Gordon Fee: In this remarkable thanksgiving—a single sentence embracing all of verses 3–10—Paul does two things. In the first part (vv. 3–4), and very typically, he thanks...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: GOD’S MINISTERS DESIRE GOD’S RESOURCES FOR GOD’S PEOPLE INTRODUCTION: Gordon Fee: Paul’s second letter to the believers in Thessalonica appears to have followed hard on the heels of the first one, since each of the three issues addressed here is picked up in...
