This morning I read a verse that starts out talking about Jesus then adds me to the thought.

“But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil” (2 Thessalonians 3:3).

Because of His own faithfulness, the Lord will establish me in the faith. Because of Him, I will become strong, mature, solid, and unwavering in my Christian life.

His faithfulness will also move Him to filter and moderate the temptations that come my way so that none are more than I can withstand by His grace.

I like that verse!

Posted: January 14

The first part of 2 Thessalonians 2:3 urges:

“Let no man deceive you by any means.”

But how do I do that? After all, deception is sneaky and hard to detect. That’s its nature. That’s what makes it hard to see.

A few verses later in the same chapter we have this:

“And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved” (10).

To keep people from deceiving me, I must know the truth.

Love the truth, in fact.

And believe it, according to this piece from verse 13: “salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.”

And there’s another way to avoid deception: allow God’s spirit to make me holy (sanctify and cleanse me).

Posted: January 10