10.19.2015 New Testament: 2Th 2.13–14

To read the Bible in a year, read Second Thessalonians 2 on October 19, In the year of our Lord 2015

By Don Ruhl

When you think of your fellow-Christians, does it move you to thank God for them? It did Paul, and notice why it did,

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Thessalonians 2.13–14). 

First, Paul noted that the brethren were beloved by the Lord.
Second, God chose the brethren from the beginning for salvation.
Third, God chose the brethren to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.