GOOD NEWS FOR GOD'S PEOPLE (5 OF 8)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17
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Good News for God's People (5 of 8)
Series: The Church in the Last Days
Jeff Schreve
2 Thessalonians 2:13-17
If you have your Bible, please turn to 2nd Thessalonians, chapter 2. We're in a series on 2nd Thessalonians entitled The Church in the Last Days. Today we want to look at this subject: Good News for God's People.
I heard a story some years ago about a monastery in Europe. This monastery was very beautiful, and it sat on top of a cliff 3,000 ft. up in the air. The only way you could get to this monastery was through a basket. They had this basket that you would sit in, and they would hoist you up, strong men up at the top would hoist you up by a rope, one rope that would hoist this basket up, and you could come and see the monastery. Well, there was an American tourist there, and he wanted to see this beautiful monastery, so he went there. They said, ''Well, you have to get in the basket.'' And, you know, as they would hoist that up, that thing would sway. And so, he's in this basket, and he's swaying, and he's about halfway up, 1500 ft, and he notices the rope. The rope is kind of old, and the rope is kind of worn, and the rope is frayed. He gets really nervous. He yells up to the brothers at the monastery, ''Hey, how often do you guys change the rope?'' And they yelled down, and they said, ''Whenever it breaks!'' Not a reassuring comment.
Did you know that a lot of people, when it comes to this thing called salvation, they see it kind of like that story? They see themselves, and they're in a basket, so to speak, and they're being pulled up by a rope, and the rope of salvation is frayed, and it's worn, and at any moment it could snap. There's no kind of assurance in that scenario. And that's the way many people live out their Christian life. ''Well, I don't know. I hope I don't somehow lose my salvation. I hope something doesn't happen that I would stray away from the Lord and cause Him to reject me.'' We have denominations that believe their ...
Series: The Church in the Last Days
Jeff Schreve
2 Thessalonians 2:13-17
If you have your Bible, please turn to 2nd Thessalonians, chapter 2. We're in a series on 2nd Thessalonians entitled The Church in the Last Days. Today we want to look at this subject: Good News for God's People.
I heard a story some years ago about a monastery in Europe. This monastery was very beautiful, and it sat on top of a cliff 3,000 ft. up in the air. The only way you could get to this monastery was through a basket. They had this basket that you would sit in, and they would hoist you up, strong men up at the top would hoist you up by a rope, one rope that would hoist this basket up, and you could come and see the monastery. Well, there was an American tourist there, and he wanted to see this beautiful monastery, so he went there. They said, ''Well, you have to get in the basket.'' And, you know, as they would hoist that up, that thing would sway. And so, he's in this basket, and he's swaying, and he's about halfway up, 1500 ft, and he notices the rope. The rope is kind of old, and the rope is kind of worn, and the rope is frayed. He gets really nervous. He yells up to the brothers at the monastery, ''Hey, how often do you guys change the rope?'' And they yelled down, and they said, ''Whenever it breaks!'' Not a reassuring comment.
Did you know that a lot of people, when it comes to this thing called salvation, they see it kind of like that story? They see themselves, and they're in a basket, so to speak, and they're being pulled up by a rope, and the rope of salvation is frayed, and it's worn, and at any moment it could snap. There's no kind of assurance in that scenario. And that's the way many people live out their Christian life. ''Well, I don't know. I hope I don't somehow lose my salvation. I hope something doesn't happen that I would stray away from the Lord and cause Him to reject me.'' We have denominations that believe their ...
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