The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

We have ahead of us remarkable few weeks in 2 Thessalonians.

This ranges all the way from the horrors of the coming man of lawlessness to the great

doctrines of salvation, including election.

This is a far reaching portion of Scripture sweeping back all the way to before time

began to the very end of human history and the return of Christ all in this one brief

chapter.

I've titled the message The Coming Man of Sin.

And basically that's drawn because the main character in the opening part of this chapter

is identified in verse three as the man of sin or the man of lawlessness, also called

the Son of Destruction or the Son of Perdition.

This is an individual who in verse four it says, opposes God and exalts himself above

every so-called God or object of worship, takes his seat in the temple of God displaying

himself as being God.

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