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LESSON 3 * PART 4 * BOOK 43
2 Thessalonians 2:9-14 - Part 2
II Thessalonians 2:13a
"But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you,..."
Remember the Thessalonian letters were the first of Paul’s writings. With the simply preaching of the Gospel, God miraculously brought these people out of abject paganism and idolatrous darkness. And they were believers of Paul’s Gospel.
II Thessalonians 2:13
"But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth." Go all the way back to Romans Chapter 2 verse 16. Romans 2:16
"In the day when God shall (now I am sure this is a reference to the Great White Throne of Revelation 20) judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ (who will be the judge at he Great White Throne, remember. And so, Jesus Christ will judge the secrets of men according to what benchmark?) according to my gospel"
Now turn to Romans 16 verse 25. Because all this points up what I am constantly trying to get across, that you will not find the Gospel of the Grace of God in the four gospels. Alright, so now here in Romans 16 verse 25 Paul makes almost the same kind of a statement.
Romans 16:25
"Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, (my Gospel, Do you see that? And what’s Paul’s Gospel? The preaching of Jesus Christ!) So Paul says "that his Gospel which is the preaching of Jesus Christ according to a revealing of something that had been kept secret since the ages began." That’s why I said in the last lesson, when John wrote in his gospel that the law came by Moses but grace and truth by Jesus Christ. Yes, Jesus finished what had to be done but it was not proclaimed as a salvation gospel until it became the Gospel of the grace of God committed unto the Apostle Paul. Acts Chapter 20 verse 24.
Acts 20:24
the grace of God."
This again has never been revealed until it came to the Apostle Paul. The Gospel of the Grace of God is that, because of God’s love for mankind, what did God do? It was committed unto the Apostle Paul. So, until Paul began to proclaim this Gospel, it was a secret, as he says in Romans 16, "hid in the mind of God until it was revealed to this apostle."
Galatians Chapter 1. Starting in verse 11. Early on in the chapter he is admonishing us not to fall for an adulterated gospel.That anybody who falls for something that is not Paul’s Gospel is already condemned. They are accursed because God will not stand for his pure Gospel of Grace to be adulterated with legalism. Galatians 1:11-12
"But I certify you, brethren, (I guarantee it) that the gospel which was preached of me (his gospel) is not after man. Galatians 1:15
"But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,"
"by his grace." Well not by the Grace of God calling them in to it. Saved his arch enemy, who hated the very name Jesus of Nazareth. For what purpose?
Galatians 1:16a
The Son of God, who had died. Galatians 1:16b
"...that I might preach him (the resurrected Christ) among (what people?) Gentiles! Well now Paul, of course, is ready to begin to proclaim his Gospel to the Gentile world. People are calling about what they heard on Sunday morning. Now Ephesians Chapter 2. Ephesians 2:8
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; (plus what? Nothing! You are saved by Grace through faith. it is the gift of God:"
Do you work for a gift? No! If you work five minutes for something somebody gave you, then it wouldn’t be a gift because you have already worked for part of it. God doesn’t save us just to escape hell fire. Salvation is more than a fire escape. Next verse, verse 10.
Ephesians 1:9-10a
"Not of works, lest any man should boast. The Greek word ispoema, if I’m not mistaken. God has not only saved us, he has-
Ephesians 2:10b
"...created (us) in Christ Jesus (now, our position as a believer. unto good works,..."
Absolutely good works has a place. But not for salvation. Ephesians 2:10c
"...which God hath before ordained..."
I’ve never met a believer yet that didn’t have an intrinsic ability that God can use. Every believer has something that God has placed within us. Ephesians 2:10d
We appropriated that by faith. Come back to I Corinthians Chapter 3 starting at verse 9. Look what Paul writes. "For we are labourers together with God:..."
See? God himself. We are co-laborers together with God. "...ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building. Now verse 12.
I Corinthians 3:12
"Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood hay stubble;" God has given us these materials to put into our, as I like to put it, section of the wall. Which is Jesus Christ. There is a reward system for the believer.

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