Paul wrote half of the New Testament.

In it, he wrote:

“God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Romans 5:5.

With God’s love poured into his heart, he also wrote the love chapter of the Bible we all need to walk in, which he concluded:

“But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13.

It was with that inspiration, Paul wrote this blessing:

“to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be holy ones: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and The LORD Yeshua the Messiah.” Romans 1:6.

To the Thessalonians, Paul wrote this blessings.

“May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23.

Paul followed that blessing in the next chapter by thanking God for their faith and love in view of God’s Kingdom and concluded with prayer.

“We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds, so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom, for which you also suffer.
For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you, and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us when The LORD Yeshua is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Yeshua, who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of The LORD and from the glory of his might, when he comes in that day to be glorified in his holy ones and to be admired among all those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
To this end we also pray always for you that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power, that the name of our Lord Yeshua may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and The LORD Yeshua the Messiah.” 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12.

That grace of our God and The LORD Yeshua the Messiah empowers us to endure the darkness of this world and walk worthy of The LORD who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light.

In 2 Thessalonians 2, Paul wrote:

“Now, brothers/and sisters, concerning the coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah and our gathering together to him, we ask you not to be quickly shaken in your mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter as if from us, saying that the day of Messiah has already come.
Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction. He opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.
Don’t you remember that when I was still with you, I told you these things?
Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. For the mystery of lawlessness already works.
Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way. Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom The LORD will kill with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the manifestation of his coming; even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Because of this, God sends them a powerful delusion, that they should believe a lie, that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters loved by The LORD, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth, to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
So then, brothers/and sisters, stand firm and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word or by letter.
Now our Lord Yeshua the Messiah himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.” 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17 emphasis added.

In 2 Thessalonians 3, Paul concluded:

“Finally, brothers/and sisters, pray for us, that the word of The LORD may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.
But The LORD is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. We have confidence in The LORD concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.
May The LORD direct your hearts into God’s love and into the perseverance of Messiah.
Now we command you, brothers/and sisters, in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion and not after the tradition which they received from us.
For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you, neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.
This was not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”
For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in The LORD Yeshua the Messiah, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.
But you, brothers and sisters, don’t be weary in doing what is right. If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man and have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Now may The LORD of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The LORD be with you all.
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is the sign in every letter. This is how I write. The grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with you all. Amen.” 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18 emphasis added.

All Scripture quoted above is from the World Messianic Bible. emphasis added

 

~ Bill Bremer

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Bill Bremer is Founder and Managing Director at Kingdom Relationships Colorado.

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