519 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 3 Book 44 - Circumcision was Nailed to the Cross!

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 44 Circumcision was Nailed to the Cross! II Thessalonians 2:14 - 3:18 So that we can share these things with others who probably would never be touched by the Word of God if it weren’t for believers out in the work-a-day world. We stopped at chapter 3 and verse 4. Because never forget, these people were under intense persecution. Consequently, these are the things that Paul writes. So he says in verse 5: II Thessalonians 3:5a “And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God,…” It never leaves us even under pressure. I’m going to come back to Romans for just a little bit and look first, before we even finish the verse, at this love of God. I think one chapter where we can see this the clearest is Romans chapter 5. Romans 5:1-2 Romans 5:5 the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.” The key to that whole scenario is how the Lord loved Lazarus and his family. That’d be back in chapter 11. John’s Gospel chapter 11 and you all know the story of Lazarus. All right, in John’s Gospel chapter 11 dropping down to verse 3 and assuming that my listening audience knows the story of Lazarus. John 11:3 “Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou (What’s the word? Lovest.) Now come down to verse 5. John 11:5 “Now Jesus (What’s the next word?) loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.” Come down to verse 35. Most people know it as the shortest verse in the Bible. John 11:35-36 “Jesus wept. Then verse 36, here it is again.) I never can forget that chapter when I think of the love of Christ. All right, now come back to Romans chapter 5, Honey, and come down to verse 8. Verse 8 and this is the love of God that Paul is constantly referring to, even back in the Thessalonian letter. Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth his love (This whole concept of the love of God just keeps coming up constantly.) God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet (What?)sinners, Christ died for us.” This is something that the world can’t understand—that God could love His worst enemy. Look what these verses say. And it’s all based on God’s love for us—not only while we were yet sinners, but now even as believers. Romans 8:35 the love of Christ? Romans 8:37 loved us.” It is that God loved us as sinners. So Paul could go on to say: Romans 8:38-39 39. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from (What again?) the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Nothing can separate us from the love of God! Now, if you’ll come back with me again—back to II Thessalonians chapter 3. II Thessalonians 3:5 “And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, (That saved them out of idolatry and is keeping them even through the pressures of everyday life.) and into the patient waiting for Christ.” Now there comes Paul’s concept that the Lord was coming again at any moment. II Thessalonians 3:5b “…and (let that love direct you) into the patient waiting for Christ.” All right, back up a few pages to I Thessalonians chapter 1. Now look what he writes in Thessalonians 1, dropping down to verse 9. I Thessalonians 1:9a I Thessalonians 1:9b “…what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;” Then as soon as they became believers, what were they expectantly looking for? Christ’s return. I Thessalonians 1:10 Now there’s another indication that Paul teaches that believers will not go into the Tribulation period, which is, of course, the Wrath of God. The little letter to Titus behind I and II Timothy and we come to Titus chapter 2. And I always like to start in this series in verse 11, but verse 13 will be our key verse. Titus 2:11-12 “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, (Now, not all are believers, but they’ve all heard.) Titus 2:13 All right, so Paul uses that same concept back here in II Thessalonians chapter 3. All right, verse 6, now he says: II Thessalonians 3:6a “Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly,…” II Thessalonians 3:6b II Thessalonians 3:7-8a Now verse 9: II Thessalonians 3:9a As God’s servant, as the Apostle, he could have demanded it of them. All right, now verse 10: II Thessalonians 3:10 That is never a biblical concept. Paul says if you don’t work, you shouldn’t eat. If someone is able to work, I think they should be working. I Timothy chapter 5 and this all fits with Paul’s admonition to believers not to be shirkers. We are to work. And that’s the way God has always intended it. I Timothy 5:8 So what does that tell believers? You work. Back to II Thessalonians chapter 3. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible