Speaker: Stu Epperson

This passage reminds us that the gospel is not a message shaped by human pressure, reputation, or tradition. Paul’s testimony shows that the truth of Christ must remain central, even when opposition comes from within the church and mission must be carried out with courage, clarity, and conviction.

Paul’s story is a powerful reminder that the gospel is not something we manufacture, inherit, or improve through human effort. It is revealed by Jesus Christ—and when that gospel transforms a life, the result should point people back to God.

Paul closes his letter to the Thessalonians with a powerful reminder: faithful living does not stop when obedience becomes difficult. We are called to keep doing good, respond to correction with love, receive the Lord’s peace, and extend His grace to others.

Paul closes this section of his letter with thanksgiving, encouragement, and a prayer. In these few verses, we are reminded that our salvation is entirely God’s work, our responsibility is to stand firm in His truth, and His grace continually strengthens us for every good work.

The enemy’s greatest weapon is deception, but the believer’s greatest defense is a heart that loves the truth and remains anchored in Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:1-7 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows

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Nehemiah 10-12:26 9:38 “And because of all this, We make a sure covenant and write it; Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests seal it.” 10:1 Now those who placed their seal on the document were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, 28 Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites,

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Nehemiah 6 & 7 1 Now it happened when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates), 2 that Sanballat and Geshem sent