1. WHEN DOES GOD PROVIDE HIS DIVINE JUSTICE?

2. I Thessalonians 1:6-8 God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

3. II Thessalonians 1:9-10 They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.

4. II Thessalonians 1:11-12 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

5. Romans 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

6. I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust - v6-9 I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust - v6-9

7. A. Who are they? I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

8. A. Who are they? 1. Those who have persecuted His children. God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you... - v6 I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

9. A. Who are they? 1. Those who have persecuted His children. Matthew 5:38-39 - “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

10. A. Who are they? 1. Those who have persecuted His children. Romans 12:19 - Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

11. A. Who are they? 2. Those who do not know God. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. - v8 I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

12. A. Who are they? 2. Those who do not know God. Romans 2:14-15 - Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them. I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

13. A. Who are they? 2. Those who do not know God. Those who refuse to recognize God - the atheists! I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

14. A. Who are they? 3. Those who do not obey the gospel. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. - v8 I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

15. A. Who are they? 3. Those who do not obey the gospel. Romans 1:21 - For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

16. A. Who are they? 3. Those who do not obey the gospel. a. The gospel is to be obeyed! I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

17. A. Who are they? 3. Those who do not obey the gospel. a. The gospel is to be obeyed! b. You can obey the likeness of a fact. I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

18. A. Who are they? 3. Those who do not obey the gospel. a. The gospel is to be obeyed! b. You can obey the likeness of a fact. c. Baptism is your death, burial & resurrection to a new life! I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

19. A. Who are they? 3. Those who do not obey the gospel. d. It must also mean recognizing His authority as Lord in your life afterwards. I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

20. B. What will happen? I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

21. B. What will happen? 1. The Lord & His angels will come. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. - v7 I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

22. B. What will happen? 1. The Lord & His angels will come. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. - v7 I Thessalonians 4:16 - For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

23. B. What will happen? 2. He will take revenge with flaming fire. He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. - v6-7 I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

24. B. What will happen? 2. He will take revenge with flaming fire. II Peter3:10 - But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

25. B. What will happen? 2. He will take revenge with flaming fire. II Peter3:10 - But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

26. B. What will happen? 3. The result: the unbeliever will be eternally destroyed! They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power... - v9 I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

27. B. What will happen? 3. The result: the unbeliever will be eternally destroyed! a. Destroy () means destroy... a. Destroy ( ὄ λεθρος ) means destroy... They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power... - v9 I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

28. B. What will happen? 3. The result: the unbeliever will be eternally destroyed! a.... but could also mean “separate”. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power... - v9 I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

29. B. What will happen? 3. The result: the unbeliever will be eternally destroyed! b. It will be forever! They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power... - v9 I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust

30. I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust - v6-9 I. The Lord Will Judge the Unjust - v6-9 II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just - v10-12

31. A. Who are they? II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just

32. A. Why are they? 1. His holy people () = saints, sacred, holy, dedicated, pure, those who are separated apart for God. 1. His holy people ( ἅ γιος ) = saints, sacred, holy, dedicated, pure, those who are separated apart for God.... on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. - v10 II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just

33. A. Why are they? 2. Who are these holy people (the saints)?... on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you... We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him. - v10 & 12 II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just

34. A. Why are they? 2. Who are these holy people (the saints)?... on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you... We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him. - v10 & 12 II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just

35. B. What will happen? II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just

36. B. What will happen? 1. To the Lord. a. He will be glorified ( ἐ νδοξάζομαι ) = honored, given high esteem; in His holy people.... on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. - v10 II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just

37. B. What will happen? 1. To the Lord. b. He will be marveled at () = amazed, astonished; by all believers. b. He will be marveled at ( θαυμάζω ) = amazed, astonished; by all believers.... on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. - v10 II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just

38. B. What will happen? 2. To His disciples.... and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well... With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. - v7 & 11-12 II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just

39. B. What will happen? 2. To His disciples.... and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well... With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. - v7 & 11-12 II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just

40. B. What will happen? 2. To His disciples.... and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well... With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. - v7 & 11-12 II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just

41. B. What will happen? 2. To His disciples.... and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well... With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. - v7 & 11-12 II. The Lord Will Exalt the Just

42. God is going to make everything right - but it may not happen until He comes again!