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Sermon Title: Called by the Gospel
Sermon Text: 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 Second Sunday after Easter
Grace be unto you and peace from our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
Let us hear the Word of God, as we find it written in 2 Thessalonians, the 2nd chapter.
13 *But we have a continuing obligation to thank God for you, fellow Christians, whom the Lord loves, because in the beginning God chose you to be made holy by the Spirit, to believe the truth, and so to be saved.
*14 *For this purpose also He called you by the Gospel which we preach; He wants you to have the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
*15 *Stand then, fellow Christians, and cling to the instructions we handed down to you when we spoke to you or wrote to you.
*16 *Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by His grace gave us everlasting comfort and good hope, *17 *comfort you inwardly and strengthen you to do and say everything that is good.*
And now let the words of my mouth and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable in thy sight, Oh Lord, our strength and our Redeemer.
Amen.
The Thessalonian Christians were confused, for they were being persuaded to believe the teachers who had come after the apostle Paul had visited them.
These teachers were, from what we can gather, unbelieving Jews who were accusing Paul of teaching error.
They claimed that he had no divine message to proclaim, for he was inspired only by selfish and mercenary motives.
Yet the church in Thessalonica was growing, despite the attempts of the false teachers.
St. Paul, after being urged to leave Thessalonica, had made his way first to Berea, then to Athens.
While he was in Athens, Paul dispatched Timothy back to Thessalonica to see what condition the church there was in.
As Timothy headed back to Thessalonica, Paul made his way on to Corinth.
There, in Corinth, Paul began to become disillusioned with his missionary work.
He sank into depression, fearing that all his work in proclaiming the Gospel throughout the Greco-Roman world had been in vain.
It was then that Timothy, Paul’s beloved companion, came to Corinth with news of the Church in Thessalonica.
The church had survived under the pangs of persecution and the malicious teachings of the unbelieving Jews.
This news brought Paul out of his depression, for the Word of the Lord had survived, and by the accounts of Timothy, thrived.
Paul set down to write to the church in Thessalonica, to greet them, strengthen them in the faith, and clear up any confusion.
St. Paul wrote two letters in all to the Church at Thessalonica.
His words of comfort have survived the centuries, and are applicable even today.
As the writer of Ecclesiastes tells us,* there is nothing new under the sun* (Eccles.
1:9).
Have you ever been confused about what exactly God is saying to you on a particular subject or in a particular text?
Have you ever been uncertain about whom you should believe when people you know are saying different things?
The solution to which the apostle Paul directed those first century Christians in Thessalonica is the same solution to which I would direct you today.
Stand firm in biblical truth, for it reveals God’s love, plan, and will for you.
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