7. READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 1:3-12
[2 Thessalonians 1:3] "We ought always to thank God for
you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more
and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is
increasing. [4] Therefore, among God's churches we boast
about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and
trials you are enduring.
[5] "All this is evidence that God's judgment is
right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of
God, for which you are suffering. [6] God is just: He will pay back
trouble to those who trouble you [7] and give relief to you who are
troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus
is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with His powerful angels.
[8] He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the
Gospel of our Lord Jesus. [9] They will be punished with
everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord
and from the majesty of His power [10] on the day He comes to be
glorified in His holy people and to be marveled at among all those
who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our
testimony to you.
[11] "With this in mind, we constantly pray for you,
that our God may count you worthy of His calling, and that by His
power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act
prompted by your faith. [12] We pray this so that the Name of our
Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to
the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ."
a. God's judgment is what?
b. Who will be punished?
c. How will they be punished?
d. Who will be blessed on the day Christ comes?
