Jesus Fellowship: The Lawless one will be revealed. 10/19/15

Day 291

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2 Thessalonians 2

The Man of Lawlessness

2 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,[a] 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness[b] is revealed, the son of destruction,[c] 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Stand Firm

13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits[d] to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

The fellowship of the blood October 19th

“The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the fellowship of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the fellowship of the body of Christ?” 1 CORINTHIANS 10:16
Our fellowship is the fellowship of the blood of Christ. The blood streaming forth from Him produces this fellowship and produces His Body. This is just like the blood circulating through our physical bodies. It produces the fellowship of the whole body. My right hand is having sweet fellowship with my left foot because of the circulating blood. They are unified together. My body can live and function because there is fellowship going on in my circulatory system. The blood unites every member in my physical body. Every part is related to every other part by the circulation of the blood. If you stop the circulation of my blood, there is no more fellowship between the members. There is nothing organic.

Brothers and sisters, we are participating in the fellowship of the blood of Christ. When we are mutually enjoying Christ as our portion, His precious blood connects every member and unites us as the Body. This is our oneness. Our oneness is in this blood. The church is in this blood. When we throw off all our preferences, our opinions, our thoughts, our views, and come to drink the blood of Jesus together and enjoy our Christ — this one Person with all His glorious work — His blood becomes our uniting factor. It keeps us and holds us, and we become exceedingly organic. This is the fellowship of the blood of Christ.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

Anna, Ariana, Ariel, Georgie, Wes, and Zoe.