But we always must thank God for you, brothers and sisters who are loved by God. This is because he chose you from the beginning to be the first crop of the harvest. This brought salvation, through your dedication to God by the Spirit and through your belief in the truth. God called all of you through our good news so you could possess the honor of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions we taught you, whether we taught you in person or through our letter. Our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and a good hope. May he encourage your hearts and give you strength in every good thing you do or say. Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us so that the Lord’s message will spread quickly and be honored, just like it happened with you. Pray too that we will be rescued from inappropriate and evil people since everyone that we meet won’t respond with faith. But the Lord is faithful and will give you strength and protect you from the evil one. We are confident about you in the Lord—that you are doing and will keep doing what we tell you to do. May the Lord lead your hearts to express God’s love and Christ’s endurance. (2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5, CEB)
Stand firm to what was taught. Whose teaching are we standing firm in?
Somethings I know I was taught was not the truth but was a twisting of the truth for a power struggle. So how do we know what to stand firm in?
When the Lord leads your heart to express God’s love and Christ’s endurance that is what you stand firm in.
Christ’s endurance to live among the people who thought it was about rules and following the guidelines, rather than loving. To live and endure the endless self-gratification of people.
God’s love is love for all people. Share that with the world and hold on to Christ in the moments where the world says your love is wrong.
Loving People. Loving God.
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