2 Thessalonians 1 - Double Trouble

I don't expect this sermon to be preached in church this Sunday....or for that matter most any Sunday.

This is not your seeker friendly Bible text.

Paul seems to be directing this to the small church that has been sharing the same troubles he and those with him have had to endure.

2Th 1:7  And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

2Th 1:8  In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

2Th 1:9  Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

2Th 1:10  When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.