hDivine Provision for Desperate Days

Divine Provision for Desperate Days

Text: 2 Thess. 3:1-5

I. The Reality of Wicked/Evil Men - 3:1-3

A. The Denial

B. The Testimony of History

1. Hitler

2. Stalin - killed 38 million

3. Mao - killed 80

4. Pol Pot - killed 1/3 of citizens of Cambodia

5. Saddam Hussein

6. Islamic Terrorism

7. Average people

C. The Testimony of Scripture

The Fall of Man

1. Sinner by _____________ - Rom. 5:12, 18-19; 1 Tim. 2:14

The Bible describes the human heart as:

a. Blind - 2 Cor. 4:4

b. Hard - Ezek. 11:19; 36:16

c. Dead - Eph. 2:1-5

d. Lawless - Rom. 8:7-8 (Unable to submit to the law of God)

e. Angry - Eph. 2:3 (By nature the children of wrath)

f. Deceitful - Jer. 17:9

2. Sinner by _______________ - 1 Peter 1:15-16; Lev. 11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7; Hab. 1:13; Rom 3:10-23

3. The penalty is eternal death - Rom. 6:23; Rev. 20:6, 14-15

II. The Response to Wicked/Evil Men

A. Pray - 3:1-2

1. _________________________ deliverance

2. Corporate deliverance

3. _________________________ deliverance

B. Preach

1. Personal soul-winning

2. Corporate evangelism - 1 Cor. 15:34

C. Promise

1. God’s Promise - 3:3

The Lord is Faithful

2. Our Promise - 3:4-5

a. Obedience

b. _____________________

c. Patience