Our Gathering Together To Him1
10/19/2008
OUR GATHERING TOGETHER TO HIM!
2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-2
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I. EXPLANATION WORTH LEARNING ABOUT!
2:1 . . . with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ AND our gathering together to Him!
A. The REVELATION will occur SPECTACULARLY
Rev 1:7 Behold, He is coming with the clouds and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him . . .
B. The RAPTURE will occur SECRETLY
1 Thess 5:2 For you yourselves know full well that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night
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II. EXPECTATION WORTH LIVING WITH!
1 Jn 3:2 . . . We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is 3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies Himself, just as He is pure!
A. The APOSTATES will be RECOGNIZED
1 Thess 2:3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first . . .
B. The SAINTS will be RAPTURED
1 Thess 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first 17 The we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we always be with the Lord 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words!
C. The RESTRAINER of evil will be REMOVED
2 Thess 2: 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way!
D. The MAN of lawlessness will be REVEALED
2 Thess 2:8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming!
E. The DELUSION from God will be RELEASED
2 Thess 2:11 For this reason (v:10 because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved), God will send them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false!
1 Thess 2:13 But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation, through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the Truth!
**GOD has CHOSEN you from the BEGINNING for SALVATION!
****Through SANCTIFICATION by the SPIRIT and FAITH in the TRUTH!
My testimony: I have been chosen by God from the beginning for salvation. They Holy Spirit has set me apart and I have chosen to believe in Jesus as the way, the truth and the life! ________________________________
Signature: Date 10/19/2008
My testimony: I have chosen not to receive the love of the truth and for this reason God will eventually send a strong deluding influence so that I will believe what is false!
Signature: Date 10/19/2008