2 Tessalonicenses 1

Ray Stedman · Citado em PreceptAustin

2 Tessalonicenses 1

Stedman has a pithy exposition of this passage especially the description of Hell - Exclusion! Banishment! Separation! But not annihilation! Some claim that what these verses mean is that when people die their existence also ends; that they go out like the light of a candle and they are no more. But Scripture never describes it in those terms; rather, it speaks here of "eternal destruction." The word is "ruin," the loss of everything that makes life worthwhile; the trashing of life. Some folks like to make jokes about hell, but I want to tell you that when you read the Scriptures you discover that hell is no joking matter. Jesus himself is the One who speaks of hell more than anyone else in the New Testament. Some say they do not mind going to hell. They say, "all their friends are going to be there." They speak of hell as if it were one great Animal House, with a fraternity party going on forever, where you just waste yourself and no one can stop you or say anything against what you are doing. That is never the picture that Scripture gives. C. S. Lewis has put it well: "In hell, everybody will be at an infinite distance from everybody else." Loneliness and emptiness! The Apostle Jude describes those in hell as "wandering stars to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever," (Jude 13b RSV). Those are very sobering words. In connection with that, I would like to quote from an excellent message on hell which was preached by a young pastor who preaches to some 10,000 people, many of whom are not Christians, every Sunday morning in a church near Chicago. Here is part of that sermon: "One writer calls it the bottomless pit. And that conjures up dreamlike feelings of falling away -- falling, falling, falling. You've all had dreams like that, where when you woke your heart was beating because you were falling. Picture in your mind hanging over a precipice, and God is hanging onto you, and you're hanging onto him. And you decide you don't need him anymore. So you let go. But the moment you let go you know you made a mistake. You're falling and every moment you fall further and further away from the only source of help and truth and love, and you realize you made a mistake and you can't get back up and you fall further and faster and further and faster into spiritual oblivion, and you know you're going the wrong direction and you'd give anything to go back but you can't and you fall and you fall and you fall and you fall. How long? Forever. And all the while you're falling you're saying, "I'm further now, I'm further. I'm further from the only source of hope, truth, and love." In hell there is never the bliss of annihilation. You'd give anything for annihilation, but it's unavailable, only the conscious continuation of emotional anguish, physical anguish, relational anguish, and spiritual anguish forever." What terrible thing must one do to merit such an end? Turning one's back on God's offer of grace, is the answer of Scripture. God does not want anyone to perish like that. He says so. And he has gone through terrible agony to keep it from happening. But no matter how much you dislike passages like this, two truths always emerge: First, it is justice that is being carried out; not meanness, not cruelty, not capriciousness, but justice on God's part. It is his righteous reaction to cosmic treason on man's part. That is what turning your back on Jesus means: Treason against the King of the universe. And second, it is self-chosen. It is what those involved have always wanted: freedom from God. Everything in their life has said, "I don't want God messing up my plans and telling me what to do." There comes a time where man says to God, "Thy will be done," or else God says to man, "Thy will be done." What you want is what you get! I do not like preaching like that but that is reality, and Scripture confronts us with reality at every turn. (Sermon) Related Resources: Eternal Punishment - a discussion of this "unsavory" subject Why is the idea of eternal damnation so repulsive to many people? | GotQuestions.org Is hell real? Is hell eternal? | GotQuestions.org What is eternal death? | GotQuestions.org 2 Thessalonians 1:10 when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed--for our testimony to you was believed. NET 2 Thessalonians 1:10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed– and you did in fact believe our testimony. NLT 2 Thessalonians 1:10 When he comes on that day, he will receive glory from his holy people-- praise from all who believe. And this includes you, for you believed what we told you about him. ESV 2 Thessalonians 1:10 when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. NIV 2 Thessalonians 1:10 on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. GNT 2 Thessalonians 1:10 ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐνδοξασθῆναι ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ καὶ θαυμασθῆναι ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύσασιν, ὅτι ἐπιστεύθη τὸ μαρτύριον ἡμῶν ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. KJV 2 Thessalonians 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. YLT 2 Thessalonians 1:10 when He may come to be glorified in his saints, and to be wondered at in all those believing -- because our testimony was believed among you -- in that day; ASV 2 Thessalonians 1:10 when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day. CSB 2 Thessalonians 1:10 in that day when He comes to be glorified by His saints and to be admired by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed. NKJ 2 Thessalonians 1:10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed. NRS 2 Thessalonians 1:10 when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be marveled at on that day among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. NAB 2 Thessalonians 1:10 when he comes to be glorified among his holy ones and to be marveled at on that day among all who have believed, for our testimony to you was believed. NJB 2 Thessalonians 1:10 on that day when he comes to be glorified among his holy ones and marvelled at by all who believe in him; and you are among those who believed our witness. GWN 2 Thessalonians 1:10 This will happen on that day when he comes to be honored among all his holy people and admired by all who have believed in him. This includes you because you believed the testimony we gave you. to be glorified: 2Th 1:12 Nu 23:23 Ps 89:7 Isa 43:21 44:23 49:3 60:21 Jer 33:9 Mt 24:30, 25:31 Joh 11:4 17:10 Ga 1:24 Eph 1:6,12,14,18 2:7 3:10,16 1Pe 2:9 Rev 7:11,12 to be marveled at: Ps 68:35 our testimony to you was believed: 2Th 2:13 1Th 1:5 1 Th 2:13 in that: Mal 3:17 Mt 7:22 24:36 Lu 10:12 2Ti 1:12,18 4:8 2 Thessalonians 1 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: Revelation 19:14+ - And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. This passage describing the glorious fate of believers is the absolute antithesis of the preceding description of the inglorious fate of unbelievers! When - This amplifies Paul's earlier description in 2 Th 1:7 "when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven." Not "if" but "when," for His return is certain, although the time of His return is uncertain (When is hotan which is indefinite, indicating that the exact time of His coming is not known.). and in 2 Th 1:7 Paul explained that when He comes He would "give relief to" the saints "when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire." The word relief is anesis which gave rise to the name "Anacin" a pain relieving medication! The ultimate "pain relief" will take place with Jesus returns! When our Lord Jesus Christ returns, we are going to share with Him in glory. -- Warren Wiersbe He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day - Note that He is not glorified BY His saints but IN His saints. Jesus said when He returned it would be with "with power and great glory." (Mt 24:30) and "when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne." (Mt 25:31) A glorified Christ will be further glorified in His people. As Stallar says "The expression "to be glorified" (endoxasthēnai) here in verse 10 means "to be honored or lifted up" (this word will be repeated in v. 12). Jesus is the chief One who is glorified or honored on that day." (Ibid) On that day is the day of Christ’s coming (2 Ti 1:12, 18; 2 Ti 4:8), a day of bad news for their wicked persecutors and good news for the saints at Thessalonica. B H Carroll - The eye of every Christian should be fixed on the second coming of the Lord in view of the judgment that will follow that coming, and his heart should turn to the fact that with that day everything that goes wrong in time will be righted. What does this mean glorified in His saints? John says "Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.." (1 John 3:2+, cf 1Co 15:42, 43) So John says "like Him" which means we will be glorified. In Col 3:4+ Paul writes "When Christ, who is our life, is revealed (phaneroo = make visible that which has been hidden) , then you also will be revealed (phaneroo) with Him in glory." And so at the Second Coming of Christ glorified believers will be like Him and will reflect Christ’s glory. Ray Stedman - God will not glorify us because we have lived a good, decent life, or anything like that. Scripture never puts it on that basis. Rather, our glorification is based upon the fact that we have believed that Another did something for us. Another died in our place, and God has honored the death of that Other to such a degree that he offers to accept us, with our terrible record of failure and defeat, and to offer us an eternity of delight and glory with him. (Sermon) Ryrie says "the second coming of Christ will also be a time of glorification of Christ as well as a time of retribution. Two very amazing statements are contained in verse 10. First, when He comes He will be glorified in (not by) His saints (the word for the preposition “in” is prefixed to the verb endoxazomai “to be glorified” as well as standing alone after the verb). In other words, Paul is making the astounding claim that the glory of the Lord will be mirrored in believers (cf. John 17:1; Eph. 2:7). Only the grace of God can lift a sinner to the place where he becomes the means of reflecting the glory of God." (EvBC)

2 Tessalonicenses 1

Stedman - Paul is saying, "Hold fast. Keep steady. Remain faithful. You have the resolve to do so in the desire given you by the Spirit, you have the faith to do so in the basis of fact revealed in the Scripture, and you have the power to do so since God himself dwells in you." All this, "according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ." Granted that it may sometimes be hard. Some of you are going through difficult times. It is not easy to stand for Christ in your family when perhaps some members are against you. It is not easy to be loving, winsome and warm toward those who are cruel and caustic toward you at work. This can be a tough, brutal, ruthless world; Scripture faces that. But what we are constantly reminded of is that the Lord Jesus is now being glorified when you hold steady, when you do not give up, when you do not allow yourself to fall into evil practices, but are able to say no and walk away from them. That is when Jesus is being glorified, says the apostle, and for which he prays. And, says Paul, you also are being glorified! Inner changes are taking place in your life that you cannot even see. Others can see them better than you, but there are changes taking place. When the Lord Jesus shows us off before the whole world at the time of the unveiling of his presence, that glory that he has been shaping within us will blaze forth to such a degree it will make the whole universe gasp! What a hope! What a motivation to keep on keeping on! (Sermon) According to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ - The word according to does not mean out of, but in proportion to His infinite grace. In his benediction Paul had prayed for grace to (for) the saints at Thessalonica (2 Th 1:2). The Source of grace is the Father and the Son, more evidence that the Son is God and is co-equal with His Father.