FACING THE FUTURE WITH STABILITY
2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-12 Overview
Warren Wiersbe: “The purpose of Bible prophecy is not for us to make a calendar, but to build character.”
1A. BE ON GUARD AGAINST DECEPTION. 2:1-3a
2A. BE READY FOR OPPOSITION. 2:3b-5
1B. THE COURSE OF HISTORY INCLUDES MAJOR OPPOSITION TO GOD AND HIS PEOPLE. 2:3b-4
2B. WE KNOW OPPOSITION IS COMING. 2:5
3A. TRUST IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD. 2:6-12
1B. RESTRAINT IS AT WORK. 2:6-7
2B. THE LORD WILL DEAL WITH THE EPITOME OF EVIL PERSONALLY. 2:8
3B. THE DUPES OF THE DECEIVER ARE LOST PEOPLE WHO REJECT TRUTH. 2:9-10
4B. GOD IS SOVEREIGN, EVEN OVER UNBELIEVERS. 2:11-12
