To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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… you said, I'll take it. Here's a gift. Okay. I believe through faith. And when did that happen? The point of contact for the Thessalonians was verse 14, to which he called you by our gospel. When I was in your town and I preached the gospel to you, you said yes to it. That was the point of contact the preaching of our gospel for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brethren, now because of all that, because you're not like the Antichrist and his followers, you're not doomed to destruction. You're appointed for salvation. You were chosen before you were born to be glorified forever and ever and ever. So because of that, instead of getting weird and flipped out and worried that God overlooked you and the raptures come and I'm not, all that. Therefore, brethren, stand fast. In Greek, stekete, stekete, stand immovable, put your feet down, widen your stance, be determined, don't shrink back, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. And I mentioned this weekend that there is a big difference between human traditions and biblical traditions. …
… first fruits to be saved through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel so that you may obtain the glory that is in Christ Jesus. Saved through belief in the truth which we preach to you. Faith is a work of God. Nevertheless, faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ, Romans 10, 17. So we can step back. I mean, the list could go on and on. All those sovereign works of God are through human agency. So we can step back and make the all-encompassing statement that since all that pleases the Lord comes from faith, right? without faith it is impossible to please God. Anything that is not from faith is sin. So through faith comes everything that pleases God. Therefore, all the works of God in us are owing not only to his direct supernatural intervention, but also to the ministry of the word, because faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word. …
"The year of jubilee is come! Return, you ransomed sinners, home"— but your ears and heart had been sealed to the message! But that day the Lord opened your heart and unstopped your ears, so that you were numbered among the happy people who heard the joyful sound! Your calling proved your election, and it stands to you still as gracious evidence of God's eternal love to you. Happy are we, too, if we can say with the Apostle, "whereunto He called you by our Gospel." I know that however many may preach the Gospel better than I do, there is no one who can preach a better Gospel than the one I preach, for it is that Gospel which "is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes." "Our Gospel" is the best of gospels, the richest of gospels, it cannot be excelled, it cannot be equaled! In fact, it is the only Gospel that is worthy of the name! You remember how Paul wrote to the Galatians, "I marvel that you are so soon removed from Him that called you into the Grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another." That is to say, it is not another gospel and it brings only a curse both upon him who preaches it and those who receive it! But blessed are you who have been called unto salvation by "our Gospel." There is yet one more sign of God's eternal love which is to be seen by us in the future—"to the obtaining of the Glory of our Lord Jesus Christ." We who believe in Jesus are so "beloved of the Lord" that He will never be satisfied until we share His Glory! So be glad in the Lord and rejoice in the glorious prospect that He has set before you! God was not content to choose you to happiness here, but He has also chosen you to happiness hereafter! He was not satisfied with making a little Heaven for you here below, but He has made a great Heaven for you up above! He has not appointed an earthly paradise where He might sometimes come to you as He came to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, but He has prepared a place for you in His own Home in Glory that you may dwell forever in your Father's House where there are many abiding places. Rejoice, then, "beloved of the Lord," that He has "called you by our Gospel to the obtaining of the Glory of our Lord Jesus Christ"! …