Eternal Comfort!

 For Tuesday, June 21, 2022:

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 NLT: “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.”

Paul, Silas and Timothy are giving encouragement to the church in Thessalonica. Their church and the Christians therein were experiencing much persecution. Politically, they were caught in the middle. A lot of Jews considered them a renegade break-away group causing a church split, whereas the Romans worshiped only their made-up gods. Romans had time for no organized religion.

This church found itself the custodian of the Good News for all these people, and this letter is to reassure them of the promises made by Jesus. Jesus said that he will return, that Satan will be defeated and believers will be rescued.

Do not be deceived along the way. Keep your eyes on the heavenly prize, and trust in the Lord! It all turns out just the way Jesus said!

Pastor Norton Lawellin
Jesus in the City Fellowship. 3249 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406