Relax, God is in Control
Relax, God’s in Control 2 Thess. 2:1-13 “Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.” We live in a time of rapid change, uncertainty, and disagreement where people live in fear. No longer is there any moral consensus, so people of every political or moral ideology fall prey to the fear that our world and culture are moving on a downward spiral toward oblivion. Fear is the opposite of faith, and when our focus shifts away from God and his word, we no longer have a foundation for security. As strong as the faith of the Christians in Thessalonica was, they were beginning to be captured by fear. False teachers were infiltrating the church and proclaiming that the day of the Lord had already happened. In the p