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We just got the second letter from Paul and...

He's cleaning up some things so...

Get your writing utensils

It's time to learnTake a seat

Lets get into this

There's been a challenge to the truth

But there's defense for this [2:1-2]

Since Paul's first letter there's been

need for another one [1:3, 5, 2:1, 13, 3:1, 6]

Cause the other one was compromised by a cover up another one

Cause some of us

Thought Paul was sending... wait

Slow up, lets just start from the beginning

First, Paul felt morally indebted just to give thanks

For our faith and increased love toward the saints

For this reason Paul bragged on us

Because we all persevered through attacks on us

And these attacks are evidence of His righteous judgment [1:5, 2:14]

Proof we've been proven worthy of a righteous covenant [1:5b, 1:11]

And don't sweat the hatters because God is just

To punish them and give you rest so in God we trust [1:6-7]

So until the Lord comes back to take us home [2:16, 14]

Persevere through afflictions baby and stand strong [1:11, 5, 2:15]

Stand strong in the faith

God called you to this thing

Persevere through the hate

Do it all in Jesus name [2:15, 1:4]

Cause the Lord is coming back, yep

The Lord is coming back, yep

The Lord is coming back, yep

The Lord is coming back

See the Lord is coming back

And he'll save us from this pain [2:2, 2:14]

Don't get lazy in the back stay

disciplined in His name [3:11, 6, 14-15]

So stand strong in the faith, yep

Strong in the faith, stand

Strong in the faith, yep

Stand strong in the faith

Now there are some of us who have been tricked into believing

All kinds of rumors about the return of Jesus

Apparently there was a letter with false intent

Bent on contradicting the first letter Paul sent

So this is Paul's response to end the myth [2:1-12]

That says the day of the Lord, is in our midst [2:1-3a]

Don't let anyone deceive you I beseech you

Hold fast to the lessons in which we teach you

Remember when Paul was with us he said these things

First rebellion

Then comes the lawless man on the scene

Then lawlessness, all of this so man would call on his name

As he's exalting his name, to where the Father's is

But, at this point,

we've been long gone with Christ

The rapture is a snatching not Him coming

back twice [I Thes. 4:16-17, II Thes. 2:1b]

They're separate and the day of the Lord

happens after you [2:5, 12, I Thes. 4:17, 5:3a, 4-5]

This is not for your calendar but to strengthen your character

Stand strong in the faith

God called you to this thing

Persevere through the hate

Do it all in Jesus name [2:15, 1:4]

Cause the Lord is coming back, yep

The Lord is coming back, yep

The Lord is coming back, yep

The Lord is coming back

See the Lord is coming back

And he'll save us from this pain [2:2, 2:14]

Don't get lazy in the back stay

disciplined in His name [3:11, 6, 14-15]

So stand strong in the faith, yep

Strong in the faith, stand

Strong in the faith, yep

Stand strong in the faith

Finally brothers, Paul evokes our memory

Christ is faithful in affliction, just be genuine inwardly [3:3-5]

Committed to praying daily cause we're fighting an enemy [3:1-2]

Trying to take me out the battle by using the sin in me

And speaking of sin, Paul charges us in

Staying away from the lazy and rebellious idle men

In hopes our actions would invoke some action

Paul's first letter warned and they ignored his

passion [3:10, 7, I Thes. 4:9-12, I Thes. 5:14]

Now the churches reaction has to be more drastic [3:6, 14]

repent of their actions [3:15, 12, 7]

Let's recall Paul's behavior when he

stayed with us [3:7-10, I Thes. 2:9-12]

And how he labored night and day and never made a fuss

Man Paul is our model that we should be following

If a man doesn't work then that man shouldn't eat

Take note of those who disobey this command

Stand strong and quote,

"I wrote this letter with my own hand" [Paul] [3:16-18]