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Significant Lessons from Second Letters
New series.
It’s going to split up between spring and fall.
This summer, starting Memorial weekend thru Labor Day weekend I’m going to teach a series on the names of God.
Prime time w/ everybody up for the summer we’re going to study the character of God by studying His names in the bible.
Each name represents a characteristic that we can count on and take on in our own character, ourselves.
But, for the first 3 of May I’m going to teach thru 2 Thess.
The point of the series is so often we read or study the 1st letter, but then go on to something else and we don’t study the 2nd letter.
1 Thess., 1 Tim., 1 Peter.
So, spring and fall we are going to study the second letters.
2 Thess., 2 Tim., and 2 Peter.
Thus, Significant Lessons from Second Letters.
Today, .
Growth is a Choice
When we’re young we grow, regardless.
We remember our own lives.
Measured in the door frame.
Outgrowing clothes.
We’re watching our own kids and grandkids.
And, pets...
We start small and grow big.
The problem is, when we become adults, our growth changes a bit.
We don’t grow any taller, but we tend to grow wider.
II outgrew some of my clothes.
You may have noticed I’ve lost a few pounds.
There was a Sunday a few weeks ago when I told you at a doctor appt. in Dec. he warned me that there are several numbers I need to get down.
My weight, BP, and cholesterol.
But, that’s 4th number I’m working on reducing.
My weight is down 20 lbs.
My BP is down, but not enough.
My cholesterol I’ll find out in a few weeks w/ the labs for a follow-up appt.
All my life, until recently, I’ve been in pretty good shape.
Some was good genes.
Some was good choices.
As age creeps up genes are less effective and choices are more important.
I admit, I didn’t choose t/b healthy.
By not choosing a healthier lifestyle.
I passively let it happen to me and it wasn’t good.
So, I had to make a conscious decision to get healthier.
I’ve been doing this for 3 months.
I feel so much better.
Physically, I’m healthier.
Less concern for big issues.
Emotionally, I can tell I feel better.
Mentally, I’m sharper.
When I study I can tell the difference.
And, spiritually I can tell a difference.
As I eat better, exercising regularly, I’m sleeping better, thinking better, and acting better.
Well, sort of acting better.
I didn’t realize what the difference would be.
Frog in the kettle.
I just got lazy.
I have my excuses, but they aren’t very good.
What I said at the time was, God gave me everything I needed to be self-disciplined.
He just didn’t make me self-disciplined.
I had to use what He gave me to get healthy.
It’s a balance of divine provision and human effort.
The next challenge is to maintain this.
Here’s hoping.
Better choices.
As an adult, physical growth, or shrinking, is up to each one of us to use what God gave us to be healthy.
I had to do something while I could.
Though, I wondered if I really could do what I needed to do.
The time will come when options are taken off the table.
Spiritually, it’s very much the same.
Can we do what we need to do?
Passively, we let things happen to us.
Then, when life gets hard we don’t get a pass on loving God and at least acting like we love each other.
Is it ever too late when options are taken off the table?
Is it ever too hard, too much trouble when we can’t do what God has commanded us to do?
We feel so much better when we practice good spiritual habits even when things around us are exploding.
Family, finances, work, or even our health.
But we can’t wait to start when things start exploding.
Make good choices when it’s easy, so when it gets hard you’re ready to keep making those choices.
Troubling things will trouble us less and there will be less trouble between us when we choose to be healthier.
This is Paul’s message in .
Let me tell you about the setting before we get into Paul’s teaching.
The Setting
Paul is the primary writer, but all 3 contributed.
They are traveling together.
During Paul’s 2nd missionary journey, he and Silas had just gotten out of prison in Philippi and traveled to Thess.
where Timothy joined them.
Silas was his partner now because Paul and Barnabas split up after their 1st journey over Mark.
Paul took Silas and went to Macedonia where they faced much more trouble.
Timothy joined them.
He was young.
Paul had led him to faith and now he partnered w/ him in his travels.
Tim later becomes the pastor of the church in Eph.
Paul and Silas, for 3 weeks, in Thess.
argued in the synagogue and town square that Jesus is the Messiah.
A number of ppl believed in Jesus as a result.
Jews, Grks (who worshiped Pagan gods), and some prominent women.
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The rest of the Jews in the synagogue saw that they were losing people and influence so they stirred up a riot and tried to frame Paul and Silas.
They went to Jason’s house where they were staying to run them in to the city council to shut down their ministry.
But, they got wind of the plan and Paul and Silas hustled out of town, and on to Berea under the cover of darkness.
The Jews were so put out, so angry that they followed the men to Berea and stirred up trouble there.
Look at how much trouble they went to, to bring trouble to these new converts and their attempt at gathering.
Paul and Silas moved on.
In was intense.
The stress.
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