2 THESSALONIANS 2 CONNECTION POINTS

2:6-10 God’s Time Frame One of the current ministries of the Holy Spirit is to hold back evil. It is stunning to think how much more suffering, pain, and persecution there would be if the Holy Spirit were not at work. But sometime in the future, all restraint will be removed and the “man of lawlessness” (2:8) will wreak havoc on the world.

2:13 Chosen by God Paul addresses the believers at Thessalonica as “brothers and sisters loved by the Lord,” pointing out that God chose them from the beginning. “Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us” (Eph 1:4). God’s plan is to save and then sanctify each of us.