January 11 - 2 Thessalonians

January 11 - 2 Thessalonians

Two or three months later, Paul has received another report regarding the good folks at Thessalonica (I'll be glad to move on - typing that name over and over forces me to concentrate!).

They are still doing well, read 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4, but if you look at 2 Thessalonians 2:2, you find that false teachers have infiltrated the group and are confusing them with bad teaching regarding the Day of the Lord. Some of the believers thought that they were in the middle of it - right then and had given up working because the world was going to end (2 Thessalonians 3:6-12). Hah! And we think we have nuts in the world now. There is nothing new under the sun.

For some images of modern day Thessoloniki, go here:
http://www.bibleplaces.com/thessalonica.htm

And for some light Sunday reading, there are only 3 chapters in 2 Thessalonians:

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12
2 Thessalonians 2:1-17
2 Thessalonians 3:1-18