1 & 2 Thessalonians

Sanctification in Personal Responsibility (2 Thes. 3:6-15)

August 25, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 2 Thessalonians 3:6–15

1. Understanding Paul's tone and purpose. 2. Paul commanded the Thessalonian believers to take proper action. 3. Paul's correction and affirmation of proper conduct. 4. Sanctification through personal responsibility.

Trust in Salvation: Past, Present, and Future (2 Thessalonians 2:13-17)

August 18, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 2 Thessalonians 2:13–17

1. Salvation: future (what to expect?) 2. Salvation: present (what to do now?) 3. Salvation: past (what process led to faith?)

The Harpazo and the Son of Perdition (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)

August 11, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12

1. Background. 2, Paul's status quo instructions until the Apostasia occurs. 3. The Harpazo triggers the Day of the Lord. 4. The Lawless One, the Man of Sin, the Son of Perdition. 5. Analysis and action.

Persecution's Immeasurable Worth

Connecting Thessalonians 1 & 2

July 21, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon

1. Background. 2. Similarities between the two epistles. 3. Paul's teaching on the Harpazo. 4. Do not grow weary in doing good (3:13).

Sanctification and the Second Coming (1 Thessalonians 5:23-28)

July 14, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 1 Thessalonians 5:23–28

1. Paul's closing blessing to the church. 2. Review: the certainty of Christ's return (and the harpazo of the church). 3. Summary of God's will: our sanctification (4:3).

Scripture: The Trinity of Man (1 Thessalonians 5:23)

July 7, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 1 Thessalonians 5:23

1. Sanctification, God's will for us (4:3), includes all parts of the human constitution. 2. Trinity of Man, Part One: Spirit 3. Trinity of Man, Part Two: Soul 4. Trinity of Man, Part Three: Body/Flesh 5. Trinity of Man: Getting the order right.

Scripture: The Supreme Authority

June 30, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon, Kimberly Simon • 1 Thessalonians 5:19–22

1. Do not quench the Spirit! 2. Do not despise prophecies. 3. Test all things, hold fast to what is good. 4. Abstain from every form of evil - always.

Pursue What is Good (1 Thessalonians 5:14-18)

June 23, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 1 Thessalonians 5:14–18

1. Warn the unruly. 2. Comfort the fainthearted; uphold the weak. 3. Be patient with all. 4. Do not render evil in return for evil. 5. Always pursue what is good.

The Key to the Lock (Reviewing Harpazo verses)

June 2, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 1 Thessalonians 4:17

1. Personal Responsibility: "Test all Things; hold fast to what is good." (1 Thes. 5:21) 2. General Observations 3. The Great Tribulation 4. Context is Key 5. Testing the Keys with the Lock 6. What Can be Determined?

The Church and the Day of the Lord (1 Thes. 5:1-11)

May 26, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11

1. Review of the Rapture/Harpazo/Catching Away 2. "But concerning ..." 3. "No need that I should write to you." 4. Day of the Lord (in brief).

Ignorance is Not an Option

May 19, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

1. Overcoming ignorance: end times terminologies and assumptions. 2. Overcoming ignorance: hope, not sorrow. 3. Overcoming ignorance by the word of the Lord: Caught Up! 4. Cliffhanger summary of "Rapture."

Sanctification Part 2 | 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12

May 12, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 1 Thessalonians 4:9–12

1. Brotherly Love. 2. Aspire to lead a quiet life and mind your own business. 3. Walking Properly before unbelievers.

Sanctification Part 1 | 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

May 5, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8

1. Believers are called to walk with God and to please Him. 2. Commandments of the Lord Jesus Christ. 3. What we do with our bodies matters to God.

Fulcrum of Faith | 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13

April 28, 2024 • Pastor Scott Simon • 1 Thessalonians 3

1. Concerns about faith. 2. Encouraged by faith. 3. Apostacy - the great danger concerning faith. 4. Prayer tips the fulcrum of faith to eternal life! 5. Eschatology of Paul, 1 Thessalonians 1-3 review.