A Sober Reminder of Judgment (2 Thessalonians 1:7–10)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 9 April 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on 2 Thessalonians 1:7–10, David Platt provides a sobering reminder of God's judgment.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:04.9	2 Thessalonians chapter 1, verses 7 through 10,
0:09.4	describes when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
0:15.9	inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our
0:21.7	Lord Jesus, they will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction away from the presence of the
0:28.0	Lord and from the glory of his might. When he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints
0:34.2	and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
0:41.2	What a passage. So I think about how first Thessalonians ended with this prayer that God would
0:48.8	sanctify us completely. And 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 ends with this picture of Jesus being glorified
0:57.1	in his saints at his return. And our sanctification will be complete and will be fully conformed
1:04.6	into his image, glorified in him with him. And yet 2 Thessalonians 1 also gives the other side
1:13.2	of this picture. For those who have not trusted in Jesus as Savior and Lord, it describes them as
1:23.2	those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. And verse 9 says,
1:30.5	they will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction away from the presence of the Lord
1:39.6	and from the glory of his might. Did you hear those words? Just meditate on them for a moment.
1:49.0	They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction. What a phrase. The punishment of eternal
2:02.0	everlasting, never ending destruction away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.
2:12.1	In fact, Jesus is described as coming from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
2:19.9	inflicting vengeance, judgment on those who don't know God and obey the gospel. This is one of
2:29.4	the most devastating pictures we have in the Bible of the fate of all who do not know Jesus,
2:38.9	who have not trusted in Jesus. And as we read it as we meditate on it and pray according to it
2:44.8	today, let's realize this is talking about people right around us that we will interact with today
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