These verses were written to comfort the persecuted Christians in the church in Thessalonica. Christians who believe that "in the world they would have tribulation”. Christians who knew that there was a definite possibility that they might die at the hands of persecutors, and some no doubt did. As Paul instructed them that they should, “put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation”, he sought to remind them of what God had destined them for. He had destined them for salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. To these persecuted believers this was no doubt a great comfort. To many people today, verse 9 is a scary verse in the way that it plainly reads. They do not like to think about the doctrines of Election and Reprobation and they are quick to dismiss the idea from their minds. However, this is not what we want to do at this hour. We want to look the truth of these verses square in the face and derive a blessing from them. I would like all of you who are saints to be comforted by these words and all of you who are not sure, to think about what you must do to be saved. These verses are full of comfort. We will look first of all at God's appointments to wrath and to salvation. And then secondly we will look at how Christ's death in relation to both gives the Christian great hope and comfort.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
