What Makes For a Healthy Church—Part 3
Trusting in God’s Just Relief & Retribution
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10
I.
God’s Judgment Will Be Just:
a. God is the Just Judge—Rom. 2:11; 9:14; Deut. 10:17; Job
34:19; Acts 10:34; & Rom. 12:19-21; cf. Deut. 32.25; Isa. 66:1516; Heb. 10:30-31
b. When Will He Come?
i. Parousia = His “coming presence”— 1 Cor. 15:23; 1 Thess. 2:1,
19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23; 1 John 2:28; James 5:7, 8; 2 Peter 3:4
ii. Epiphaneia = His “shining forth”— 1 Tim. 6:14; 2 Tim. 1:10;
4:1; 4:8; Titus 2:13
iii. Apocalypsis = “to clearly reveal” or “revelation”— 1 Cor. 1:7;
Rev. 1:1
iv. “The Day of the Lord”— Isa. 2:12; 13:6, 9; Ezek. 13:5, 30:3;
Joel 1:15, 2:1,11,31; 3:14; Amos 5:18,20; Obadiah 15;
Zephaniah 1:7,14; Zechariah 14:1; Malachi. 4:5; Acts 2:20; 2
Thess. 2:2; 2 Peter 3:10; Rev. 6:17; 16:14
What Makes For a Healthy Church—Part 3
Trusting in God’s Just Relief & Retribution
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10
I.
God’s Judgment Will Be Just:
a. God is the Just Judge—Rom. 2:11; 9:14; Deut. 10:17; Job
34:19; Acts 10:34; & Rom. 12:19-21; cf. Deut. 32.25; Isa.
66:15-16; Heb. 10:30-31
b. When Will He Come?
i. Parousia = His “coming presence”— 1 Cor. 15:23; 1 Thess.
2:1, 19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23; 1 John 2:28; James 5:7, 8; 2
Peter 3:4
ii. Epiphaneia = His “shining forth”— 1 Tim. 6:14; 2 Tim. 1:10;
4:1; 4:8; Titus 2:13
iii. Apocalypsis = “to clearly reveal” or “revelation”— 1 Cor. 1:7;
Rev. 1:1
iv. “The Day of the Lord”— Isa. 2:12; 13:6, 9; Ezek. 13:5, 30:3;
Joel 1:15, 2:1,11,31; 3:14; Amos 5:18,20; Obadiah 15;
Zephaniah 1:7,14; Zechariah 14:1; Malachi. 4:5; Acts 2:20;
2 Thess. 2:2; 2 Peter 3:10; Rev. 6:17; 16:14
c.
How Will He Come?
i. from heaven—Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:9-11
c. How Will He Come?
iii. from heaven—Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:9-11
ii. with His mighty angels— Matt. 13:41, 49; 16:27; 24:30,
31; 25:31; Rev. 14:14, 15
iv. with His mighty angels— Matt. 13:41, 49; 16:27; 24:30,
31; 25:31; Rev. 14:14, 15
iii. in flaming fire— Matt. 3:12; cf. Ex 3:2; 19:16–20; Dt 5:4;
Ps 104:4; Is 66:15, 16; Mt 3:11, 12; Rev 19:12; Isa. 66:16;
Matt. 13:30; Heb. 10:27; 2 Peter 3:7, 10 & Ex. 3:2; 19:18;
Deut. 4:33; 5:4, 24-26; 18:16 & Deut. 4:24, 9:3; Heb. 12:29
v. in flaming fire— Matt. 3:12; cf. Ex 3:2; 19:16–20; Dt 5:4;
Ps 104:4; Is 66:15, 16; Mt 3:11, 12; Rev 19:12; Isa. 66:16;
Matt. 13:30; Heb. 10:27; 2 Peter 3:7, 10 & Ex. 3:2; 19:18;
Deut. 4:33; 5:4, 24-26; 18:16 & Deut. 4:24, 9:3; Heb. 12:29
II. God’s Retribution Will Be Severe:
a. Retribution = “to give full punishment”— Deut. 32:35; Isa.
59:17; 66:15; Ezek. 25:14; Rom. 12:19
b. Hell—Ps. 112:10; Matt. 8:12; 13:42, 50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30;
Mark 9:44
III. God’s Relief Will Be Glorious:
a. Relief = “the release of tension, as on a bow string”
i. The Establishment of Christ’s Millennial Kingdom—Rev. 6:10;
20:1-10
ii. The Sharing of His Glory—Rom. 8:18-19
II.
God’s Retribution Will Be Severe:
a. Retribution = “to give full punishment”— Deut. 32:35; Isa.
59:17; 66:15; Ezek. 25:14; Rom. 12:19
b. Hell—Ps. 112:10; Matt. 8:12; 13:42, 50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30;
Mark 9:44
III. God’s Relief Will Be Glorious:
a. Relief = “the release of tension, as on a bow string”
i. The Establishment of Christ’s Millennial Kingdom—Rev. 6:10;
20:1-10
ii. The Sharing of His Glory—Rom. 8:18-19