Trinity Grace Church

Paul, opens his second letter to the Thessalonians thanking God and commending the Thessalonians for the lives their living, thus helping us answer the question, "Are we living right?"

Paul concludes his letter by encouraging the church to love and support it's leaders and each other while exhorting them to trust in the Lord who, having called them, will supply all they need to do just that.

Rather than empty platitudes or words of false hope, Paul gives the church in Thessalonica, and us today, a true word of encouragement concerning the coming of the Lord Jesus and what that means for those who have already died.  

The character of a Christian is known not by lust but by brotherly love.  What the world calls "love" is often a self-centered, self-love rather than biblical, self-sacrificing love for others.  

Sermon preached at Chris Taylor's Installation as a pastor of Trinity Grace Church.  A minister's role is to care for God's flock by giving them Jesus.  For in only Jesus is found our hope and salvation.  

Through Paul's encouragement and exhortation to the Thessalonians, he shows several ways that we are to love God's people, most importantly, pointing them to the Lord Jesus.  

While encouraging the church and leading us to Jesus, Paul instructs the church in the proper proclaiming and receiving the Gospel.  

In our new study, Paul sets the stage for his letters to the Church of the Thessalonians by giving thanks to the Lord for a faithful church there.  In this introduction, Paul tells of the Nature of a Faithful Church, the Character of a Faithful Church, and the Hope of a Faithful Church.  

In the midst of all that's going on in Daniel's time, his near future, and his far future, God's people can sing the Lord's song in a land not their own because they have a land of their own for eternity prepared by God and secrured by Him.  

The Lord encourages Daniel that while earthly kingdoms come and go, His kingdom is forever and He is working all things to the ultimate end of the glory of His people.