Lesson #41( Tuesday - 05/05/2011 )
2:15, Give highest priority to traditions, Bible doctrine, you've been taught; Shun dangerous mockers who teach worthless, human, & unbiblical traditions such as "Steps To Sainthood" towards canonization
Lesson #42( Tuesday - 05/10/2011 )
2:15, Keep holding to the tradition of taking in Bible doctrines with humility, ready to hear, seeking Truth with open mind, & concentration in order to receive them; Your prayer life for others reflects your spiritual life
Lesson #43( Thursday - 05/12/2011 )
2:16, Some things God lovingly & graciously gives us pertaining to life, godliness, & eternity; Encouragement & comfort comes from perseverence in studying His Word & focusing on our future with Him
Lesson #44( Tuesday - 05/17/2011 )
2:16-17:, Jesus Christ & GF gives us comfort & confident expectation of life after death; Lay hold of this hope to help you endure, pray, fix your mind on this grace & anchor of your soul, & be revived by daily study of BD
Lesson #45( Thursday - 05/19/2011 )
3:1-2, Command to keep praying for others, especially leaders like pastors, so the Word & believers can flourish, protected from evil men & unreasonable, domineering believers who do not stand in the faith
Lesson #46( Tuesday - 05/24/2011 )
3:3-4, Verses on the Lord's continual faithfulness; Contrasted to perverse & evil men; The Lord will strengthen & protect us to be overcomers in the devil's world; Satan tempts us with lies & deception to doubt God & disobey
Lesson #47( Thursday - 05/26/2011 )
3:4, Believers who do not know, believe, hope with confidence, produce Divine Good, & endure with patience will be ashamed at the Judgment Seat of Christ; God gives us those things when we are humble, obedient, & F/HS
Lesson #48( Tuesday - 05/31/2011 )
3:4-5, Keep on working in the F/HS directed by the Lord thru His Word filed in long-term storage; Doctrine of Edification Complex of the Soul; only God can help us love Him & others & develop these virtuous qualities.
Lesson #49( Thursday - 06/02/2011 )
3:5, Steadfastness: endure, not surrender to pressure or trial; reach for the prize, glory, honor & eternal abundant life; Doctrine of Eternal Life; God + man does the work = Experiential, abundant, spiritual, eternal life.
Lesson #50( Tuesday - 06/07/2011 )
3:6, Encouragement to obtain Experiential Eternal Life; Paul seriously admonished the Thessalonian believers to purposely avoid anyone who would hinder their spiritual advance