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LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 43
II Thessalonians 2:9-14
"And for this cause God shall send them a strong dilution, that they should believe a lie."
So God will cause this man to supernaturally bring about a peace treaty in the Middle East that is unthinkable today. Well, what’s the lie? That the anti-Christ is the true Messiah, that he is God. Well, if you eat of the tree you can become God. That if we follow him, then we can become gods.
Alright now verse 13 starts with one of my favorite three letter words in scripture. Flip side We are not in that company who have rejected the Gospel.
"But, we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you..." II Thessalonians 2:13b
"... we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning (now that goes back to Ephesians 1. chosen you to salvation through the sanctification of the Spirit and belief..."
Faith. Trust. Alright, why are these Thessalonians outside of paganism and now in God’s salvation? Faith plus nothing. You never see anything added to faith in Paul’s letters. II Thessalonians 2:13b
"...of the truth" All through Paul’s epistles, what basically is the truth? The Gospel! And what’s Paul’s Gospel? That Christ died for the sins of the world. Alright, let’s read verse 14, and then we are going to go back into verse 13.
II Thessalonians 2:14a
"Whereunto he called you by our gospel..."
Paul is constantly referring to this as ‘my’ Gospel, or that which I preach. He is constantly bringing up the fact that he’s the one that brought this Gospel of the Grace of God to the human race. See, Paul over and over says, we preach Christ crucified, and risen from the dead.Paul doesn’t ever say we’re saved by believing in him, he’s only edifying that work of the cross.
II Thessalonians 2:14
Paul alludes to it in Romans Chapter 8, where he says –
Romans 8:18
Now come back up to verse 13. II Thessalonians 2:13b
"...God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification (or the setting apart work) of the Spirit and the belief of the truth:"
Ephesians 1:3-4a
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places (or probably the original would say in the heavenlies) in Christ" (That’s our position in Christ.) God knew what we would do when we heard the Gospel.
Now then, to confirm what I just said a moment ago, that Christ died for the whole human race. Come back to John’s gospel, chapter 1. John’s gospel chapter 1 verse 9. And of course, John is speaking of the Light of the world, about Jesus of Nazareth, at this point in time. John 1:9
It’s the Word of God. Titus 2:11
"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to (unto how many?) all men."
The grace of God which brings salvation which is associated with that light that came into the world, has appeared unto how many? Romans 1:20
Look at verse 13 again. II Thessalonians 2:13b
"...God hath from the beginning chosen you..." These people had entered into God’s saving Grace. "…God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and the belief of the (what?) truth.."
What is, what Paul calls, the truth? John Chapter 1. It’s a verse that fits perfectly with what Paul writes here in his epistle. John Chapter 1 verse 17.
John 1:17
Grace.) but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."
The Age of Grace didn’t automatically kick in the moment Christ rose from the dead. Everything that was needed was done, but it hadn’t been revealed to the human race how to appropriate that Grace and truth until, I feel, we get to the Apostle Paul. What was that truth? The Gospel. And what was the Gospel? That Christ died and rose from the dead. Alright now then let’s look at Grace and truth. For that now let’s come back to Ephesians chapter 1, and we’ll begin with verse 12.
Ephesians 1:12
"That we (as believers as members of the body of Christ. Ephesians 1:13a
of truth, ( See? Same word. So now we have to pick from this, what is the truth that Jesus Christ introduced and that Paul brings to the human race. The truth which is) the gospel of your salvation..."
The truth is the gospel of your salvation. Absolutely, Paul’s Gospel is the only thing that sets men free. That’s what the truth is!
The world has totally adulterated the term. And they no longer even associate the work of the cross with truth. The Gospel. Ephesians 1:13b
"...the gospel of your salvation: (the truth) in whom also (speaking of Christ back in verse 12 remember) after that ye believed,…"
Ephesians 2:13b
The moment we believe the truth, the Gospel, then we are branded with the indwelling Holy Spirit. Now, I Corinthians 15 where we have what Paul calls "my Gospel." The first four verses are Paul’s Gospel, but let’s start with verse 3.

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