But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
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… to the delight of Christ followers, of the Thessalonians. In contrast to them, He's now trying to encourage them. But, verse 13, we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord. Because God from the beginning chose you for salvation. You're going to be okay, Thessalonians. God picked you long ago to be saved. he chose you for salvation through sanctification by the spirit and belief in the truth to which he called you by our gospel for the obtaining of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ you know I know you've heard what I'm about to say a number of times but verse verse 13 and 14 deserve its own sermon. There's so much truth to unpack there, but let me just say this. Verse 13 and 14 are a mini soteriology. Soteriology is the study of salvation. It is a mini version of God's purpose in redemption in humanity. It's God's theology of salvation in a nutshell. First of all, God made the choice to save you. He elected you. …
… And I trust that you have the appetite to eat it and the ears to hear it and receive it. 2 Thessalonians 2.13 And we also thank God constantly for this. this is about the best thing a pastor can say and I can say it about you at Christ's covenant we thank God constantly for this that when you receive the word of God which you heard from us you accepted it not as the word of men but as it really is the word of God which is at work in you believers. Let's pray. Our Father in heaven, we thank you for this great task which you have given to the shepherds of your people that we might be messengers of the covenant in some small way, even like John the Baptist, to point away from ourselves and to point to this Christ who has come and who is coming again. We pray that you might bless each of us, that you might bless Pastor Trent with your spirit in a double measure, and that you might give to all the congregations represented here this great privilege to hear your word week after week.
Lord." Perhaps I have lingered too long over that first title, so now I must turn to the second one, "beloved of the Lord." You do need my explanations here, for the Holy Spirit inspired the Apostle to give the Divine explanation of this title of honor. Turn to the verse from which our text is taken and you will see that the first thought concerning the Lord's love to you is that of its antiquity—"We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you." You always were "beloved of the Lord"! He did not begin to love you when you first repented and turned to Him. He saw you in the glass of His eternal purpose and he loved you then! That love He proved many centuries before you knew anything about it, for His beloved Son, Jesus Christ, your Lord and Savior, had redeemed you 1800 years before you were born—He gave the fullest proof of His affection for you in laying down His life for you. There was nothing in you to merit this wondrous Self-Sacrifice on the part of Christ—on the contrary, you were His enemies, you profaned His holy name, and despised His Sacrifice after you learned what He had done! But He gave Himself for you because from eternity He had loved you with a love that would not be turned from its purpose by anything that He foresaw would be done by you! …