“Be Glorified”
2 Thessalonians 1

This week we begin looking at Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonian church. The first letter was full of praise and thanks for the faithfulness of the Thessalonians. Paul was telling them they were doing a great job in the name of Jesus Christ.

For some reason Paul decided to write another letter to them, not long after the first. Now, we don’t always know what prompts Paul writes his letters. Sometimes it would be nice to know the backstory. But something has come back to Paul about this church and it caused him to write a second letter.

After all, it takes a bit of work to write letters back in Paul’s time. He can’t just sit down and write an email, or text the church leaders. There isn’t even Canada Post back then. So Paul would need to send someone with the letter, traveling across who knows where in all sorts of weather to deliver his message.

Paul has heard something about the Thessalonians which made him want to write another letter to the church, which after the first letter would have us think they are in pretty good shape. So as we go through Paul’s second letter, we will have to watch what he is saying which offer insight into what happened in Thessalonica.

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