Finding Comfort by Focusing on the Future (Part 2): 2 Thessalonians 1:7-12 by Dr. Rod Mattoon

Scripture

• 2 Thessalonians 1:7–12

About this sermon

Paul continued to encourage this persecuted church by directing their focus on future events. We list five events in this message that should encourage every Christian about the future. We also address in the message the vengeance and wrath of the Lord that will be levied upon those who reject Jesus Christ. Folks that have the attitude, "God, leave me alone" will reject that decision in the future. Aaron Burr, the third Vice President of the United States, was reared in a godly home and admonished to accept Christ by his grandfather Jonathan Edwards, but he refused to listen. Instead, he declared that he wanted nothing to do with God and said he wished the Lord would leave him alone. He did achieve a measure of political success in spite of repeated disappointments. He was also involved in continuous strife, and when he was 48 years old, he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. He lived for 32 more years, but through all this time he was unhappy and unproductive. It was during this sad chapter in his life that he declared to a group of friends; "Sixty years ago I told God that if He would let me alone, I would let Him alone, and God has not bothered about me since." Aaron Burr got what he wanted. Don't make the same mistake he made. This 33-minute message was preached on Sunday morning, July 3, 2022, at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.

Topics

• Encouragement