STRUCTURAL OUTLINE

I. Paul's Comfort To Thessalonians who Were Trouled v. 7

A. The Call to Rest: To You Who Are Troubled Rest With Us v. 7
B. The Time to Rest: When The Lord Jesus Shall Be Revealed v. 7

1. Where the Lord is coming from: From heaven v. 7
2. Who accompanies the Lord: with His mighty angels v. 7

II. Paul's Warning To Those Who Troubled The Thessalonians v. 8-10

A. The Lord's Act: In Flaming Fire Taking Vengeance v. 8a
B. The Object of The Lord's Act v. 8b-9

1. Them that know not God b. 8b
2. Them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ v. 8c
3. Them who shall be punished v. 9

a. The content of the punishment: with everlasting destruction v. 9
b. The source of the punishment v. 9

1) From the presence of the Lord v. 9
2) From the glory of His power v. 9

C. The Time of the Lord's Act: When He Shall Come v. 10

1. To be glorified in His saints v. 10
2. To be admired in all them that believe v. 10

a. The cause of the believers' preservation from that day of wrath: because our testimony among you was believed v. 10

b. The time when the believers' admiration of the Lord: in that day of preservation v. 10

SUMMARY OF POINTS

I. Paul calls the troubled Thessalonians to rest in that day when the Lord shall be revealed from heaven v. 7

II. Paul warns those who trouble the Thessalonians of the vengeance of the Lord when He shall be revealed v. 8-10

CPT

Paul comforts believers and warns unbelievers about the day when the Lord shall be revealed from heaven.

PURPOSE BRIDGE

To issue a comfort and a warning for believers and unbelievers regarding the day when the Lord shall be revealed from heaven.

CPS

The Lord is just; He shall repay in His time.