Thank you, Neil.
Well, good evening. Everyone.
We're in second Thessalonians. Chapter 2, verses 13.
Through 17 tonight. This is the end of Chapter 2. We'll delve into chapter 3.
The first 5 verses, and then I think I'm hoping I don't want to embarrass him, but I'm hoping to have Fred finish us up.
Maybe he's going to do a good job for us.
So let's open again with a word of perfume as we delve into the Word of God.
Here her father once again. We just come before you. We thank you and praise you for the Word of God, which always yields great results when studied.
It's not you don't unlock your truths easily, that's for sure.
But it's always a yield onto supernatural things.
Lord, growth in our life. Exhortation to others, rebuke, correction, all that you have for us, Lord, as you mold us into men and women, fashioned after your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and we just give you thanks as you guide us tonight, in Jesus name, Amen.
Interesting. I remember singing that I surrender all the hymn with the then Rachel Weber and Paul Pellshin, who came in with his booming voice.
Who carried the him. I remember that was a nice memory. So let's take a look at second Thessalonians.
Chapter 2, verses 13, through 17 I have the new King James.
Let's read these verses, it says, but we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, verse 14.
To which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Verse 15, therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle, for 16.
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work, so, taking a look at this the key to this section is verse, 15 let me read
it again. Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which he were taught, whether by word or our epistle.
The believers in Thessalonica were in danger of being swept off.
Course by the winds of deception. We looked at that.
In the first part of second Thessalonians versus one, through 12.
Paul wanted him to stand fast and hold on to the traditions that they were taught.
They were in a storm, waves breaking over the boat, and Paul wanted them to hold out and not be swept off.
Course again, and so he gives them these words of consolation once again, in second Thessalonians, chapter one.
Paul looked at the believers there that were facing persecution, and he wrote to encourage them.
Dan did that portion in Chapter 3, facing temptation, Paul wrote to exhort them, but in chapter 2 they were facing deception, and so he wrote to enlighten them, encourage chapter 2.
Enlighten chapter 3. Exhort them so here we have, at the end of chapter 2, facing the danger of deception.
Paul wants them to stand fast and to hold on to the truth.
Let's look back at first. Thessalonians.
3, verse 8. I can read it for you, it says, for now we, Paul Sylvanus and Timothy live.
If you stand fast in the Lord, and remember in the beginning of this epistle, here second Thessalonians, we see the same 3 gentle who are interested in the growth in this church.
Pray for this church, have this church on their mind, and are looking for growth in these individuals as the day of Christ approaches, the rapture, and then, of course, later on, he mentions the day of the Lord, which we'll get to so let's take a look a little bit deeper here.
Second, Thessalonians. Chapter 2, verse 2, says this, Paul said to them, we ask you not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled either by spirit or by word or by letter, as it from us, as though the day of Christ had come in this particular case it's the day of the Lord He's talking about
this is the day after the rapture, the day of Christ.
The rapture of the day of the Lord begins the tribulation period, and goes to the end of the millennial kingdom.
The issue was, they had been shaken because false teachers had come in either by word or by a false epistle that was signed off in Paul's name, and they were troubled by the potential that they had actually missed the rapture the day of Christ and in fact they were in the day of the
Lord. And so Paul addresses that, remember, in the first part of the chapter, and so there was a real need for God's people to stand in the truth.
Number one, not be shaken. Number 2, not to be troubled, and number 3 not to be moved, and of course that's the root of the problem isn't it, Jeremiah?
17, verse 9, says, the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
Who can know it? Think of John, chapter 10, verse 10.
The thief comes not, does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy.
I have come, but they may have life in that they may have it more abundantly.
So we need as as Paul is exhorting them, we need to turn back to God, and if Christians stand up for the truth and not be shaken in this particular case and in our world also, we need to stand on the truth this is what the world, needs, so let's take a look at some of the elements, here.
let's look at verses 13 and 14 of second Thessalonians, 2.
The first point he's trying to make is to believe the truth.
Paul had given thanks to their salvation. He talks about the doctrine of salvation, and Paul takes all of this and puts it into these 2 verses. Let's read them again here.
But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit, and and belief in the truth.
For verse 14, to which he called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And so the context is this, the verse 13 starts with a but it's a comparison.
It's connected, but it actually goes in a different way.
Here. It's like a hinge on a door helping us to swing to a different direction.
So the context here is that in chapter 2, verse in second, Thessalonians, 2 verses, one through 12, Paul talked about the Antichrist and Satan's lies, and now he wants to swing over to God's truth in Jesus Christ.
He wants to go from the darkness of the Antichrist being revealed, the judgment and wrath being poured out on the people who don't believe the truth, who have pleasure in righteousness, who reject the truth, and then the contrast but you beloved of the Lord, he
says, and so he says, this Paul is rejoicing.
The goddess saved them by his grace. And again this point that he's trying to make, not to be so soon shaken in mind or troubled, as he says.
First, 2 s, Thessalonians to either by spirit, someone falsely prophesying, or by words, someone saying that word had come by Paul or by letter.
Someone falsified a letter with Paul's signature on it, as if from us, he says, as though the day of the Lord had come, the day of the Lord again defined as the tribulus starting at the tribulation period going all the way through the millennial kingdoms ends but
he's he's talking in context about God's wrath here the wrath, actually, as we mentioned when I did the portion 2 weeks ago.
It's the wrath of the Lamb being poured out in the tribulation period.
Revelation. 6 is he unfurls the scrolls, or breaks the scrolls.
It's the wrath of the Lamb that is point pouring out His wrath, and the tributulation period.
He's harnessing Satan to do the work that he's permitting Satan to do.
But it's God pouring out his wrath on earth, dwellers.
We had gone through that 2 weeks ago. Notice they were shaken and troubled.
Notice. He wants no man. He's saying no man deceive you, and that is the problem.
They were shaken, troubled, because they were deceived by false teeth.
He says, the day of the Lord, as we mentioned before, will not come unless 2 events occur.
One is the departure, your versions probably say the falling away.
Remember how we had talked about. For instance, Tommy Ice, who had done a lot of research in this, and how he had traced all the way back to Jerome versions of the Scriptures that ended with the Geneva Bible to 1,608 version where the word
departure is used consistently, in other words, the departing of believers, those who are alike as Christ comes back.
It's those who are dead in Christ that will be raised.
Those who are alive, knowing Christ Jesus as their Savior, who will be removed, the Church will be removed, the restrainer will will will lessen the restraint in the world, and Satan is able to carry out His plan, and then a huge are apostasy will occurred movie we talked about
the word apostasy, as the throwing away of the system.
So, for instance, in Hebrews Ii. The first warning he's talking about people that are taking the whole system of Christ and throwing it away.
It's not a believer that's fallen into sin.
It's rejecting Christ's salvation by faith when that event comes, the departure you will see this massive apostasy occur where people will throw off any knowledge of Christ and be prepared to embrace the beast, and the false prophet the false prophet taking and
the things of the beast, showing them to those who are deceived.
Satan empowering the beast and the false prophet with lying wonders.
So we have 2 events, the departure of the falling away, and then a turning away from the faith, apostasy!
And then I'm sorry that one event, and then the second event is the man of sin who will be revealed.
He is called the Son of perdition. And this is what we looked at the Antichrist.
So 2 things have to happen for us to be in the tribulation period, a departure.
The manison being revealed, and obviously that had not occurred.
Now verse 8, s, Thessalonians, 2, chapter 2, verse 8, and then the lawless woman will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth, and destroy with the brightness of his coming. Verse 9.
The coming of the Wallace one is acqu to the working of Satan with all powers, signs, and get this lying wonders and as we noted last time this phrase and lying wonders is something that is a profound statement what is going on there is works of deception that are
so, profound that they would fool even the elect. This is heavy duty stuff that's going on.
It's not like a magician with a sleight of hand these are supernatural wonders that are occurring for a mass apostasy that is occurring reading on here verse 10 and with all and righteous deception among those who pish because they did not receive the love
of a truth that they might be saved. 11. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion.
That they should believe life. So they reject the truth. They believe the lion.
God allows them to go their sinful way here, and then verse 12, that they may be condemned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure and unrighteousness and here's the connection of verse 13.
But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
And so Paul goes from this very dark passage of the demonically energized Anti-christ, and the deception it brings on people who are reject the truth to the fact that they had received the truth.
They believed the truth, and God has set his love upon them, and it saved them by His mercy and grace.
And this is the intended contrast between the unbelieving world and those who are safe.
And what was Paul thanking God for? Number one, that God had chosen them?
Verse 13, and called in verse 14. Paul was always thankful that they were loved by God.
Salvation starts in the heart of God. God's setting His love on you and me.
God knows us, in spite of of our sinfulness, and then confers His love upon us.
Paul was thankful that they were chosen by God unto salvation from the beginning they were trophies of grace, as we are to chosen and predestined to be conformed to a son.
They were sanctified by God and the Spirit, and given the Holy Spirit to guide and to fill them.
They believe the truth of God, they were called by God, and they will enjoy the glory of God.
This takes us through the end of verse 14. So what begins with grace ends with glory?
He that began and work in you will complete it onto the day of glory. These are incredible statements for a Philippines.
Chapter one, verse 6. Now why does Paul says what he says in verse 13, to comfort and encourage and strengthen their hearts?
God had loved them, chosen them, set them apart, call them by the gospel, that God had given them his Spirit.
It made them children, and they will attain glory. We all need to hang onto these thoughts as a great comfort in this troubled world, as crooked and perverse world.
The second main point is verse 15, therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.
Therefore because God has done all these things for you. Paul's exhortation is to be faithful to God's truth.
Got 8 ways to hold on and stand fast. One is believing God's Word.
Sek. One is honoring God's word, loving God's word, studying God's Word, guarding God's Word in our heart, contending for God's word.
We think of Jude? 3. Preaching God's Word.
Second, Timothy, 4, verse 2. Proclaim God's word in season and out of season.
Why? Because the time will come when they will not listen to sound doctrine.
We have to stand fast and hold on, and finally, number 8.
We obey God's word. We are not just heroes, but we're doers of God's Word.
So kind of a full course. Here of reminders for us of encouraging us and encouraging Paul to encourage the believers at Thessalonike.
And this third, a third main point is verses 16 and 17.
In verses 13 and 14. Paul thanked God for them.
Verse 15, Paul exhorted them to hold fast and stand fast, to hold on.
And now 16 and 17. Paul praise a benediction for them.
Listen to these verses here, he says, now, Mayor, Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word, and work, these incredible words, that He says, notice in verse, 16 he
says, Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself. This is the only time commentators will say this, the only time in sequential order that Jesus has mentioned first before God the Father.
Very important, second one pulling out of verse 16.
Everlasting consolation. This is tied in with a Greek word.
Pericles, if I pronounce it correctly, which is a reference to the Holy Spirit, a reference to him strengthening us everlasting, strengthening of us.
He mentions Good Hope, the hope of a believer, and then he mentions Grace.
It all comes down. It comes to us because of the love, mercy, and grace of God.
So these are incredible words to encourage them to push them along, to get them, to stop thinking about false things.
These are baby Christians, and he wants to encourage them and then he closes with verse 17.
Once again, comfort your hearts, and to comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good work.
Good word and work. So the focus here for this evangelistic church was in everything they were to say and to do.
Hall wants to comfort their hearts. This speaks of an inward courage that he's stirring up, and to establish you that speaks of an outward steadfastness.
Remember we talked about first Fssalonians in the beginning, chapter one, verses 4, 8, and 10.
They were an elect church. They were an evangelistic church, and they were and expectant church that theme carries all the way through the 2 epistles.
They were elect in the sense that they showed the evidences of salvation brand new Christians.
Second thing, that they were evangelistic. They spoke the Word of God, so, as Paul says in his normal kind of vernacular, so that all the world essentially heard about their evangelistic ways.
All is not everyone, all is all. And then, thirdly, it's an expectant church.
They believe that Christ Jesus was coming back, and they lived in that manner so it's a beautiful prayer of benediction as he closes this section, that God may comfort you and strengthen your everything you say, in everything that you do it's an incredible truth.
So 3 ways to wrap up this section, I just, I want to get to the next section number one, thanking God for his salvation.
Verses 13 and 14, verse 15, hold on to God's inspired inerrant, infallible word.
Verses 16 and 17, rely on God's strength, as he says, comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.
And so we finish up on the section. Paul ends with prayer so you have the word of God and prayer to strengthen these believers.
Paul is saying, it's not just enough to know your doctrine.
We must pray and ask God to empower us by His Holy Spirit, and to put it into practice.
So any thoughts here.
Any thoughts on this.
In what way?
The context, there is that that is one of the features of the tribulation period.
It is a direct doing of the Lord that a strong delusion comes over them. So, in other words, the time is too late, although in His grace many will be saving unaccountable multitude will be saved during the tribulation period it is a feature of the tribulation, yes, unlike
what we've seen before.
Well, they could have been deluded in the sense of, I should say, a weaker version of that would be believing false things.
What the false teachers were saying. But this is a supernatural delusion that's coming upon individuals just like the supernatural wonders that are shown.
For instance, if you think about the 2 witnesses, they are killed are laid in the street suddenly they're resurrected.
Think about fire, call down from heaven, think about revelation.
13, where the beast receives a mortal wound, goes into the abyss, comes out again, completely possessed by the devil, and people said, Well, who he must be.
The Christ, I mean he was resurrected from the dead.
Who can be like, in fact, who can be like him, and who can overpower him?
That's really the the language that's used there.
Warning that not?
Right, I mean, it's just like Hebrews.
I mean, there is apostasy that's going on, but not a worldwide apostasy like what's being talked about in the tribulation period.
Wholesale rejection of of Christ Jesus in God's truth, and it goes after the beast and the well, the false prophet testifying that this is this beast is the one, the Messiah, the the man.
Yeah. Great question. Anyone else thought, see that?
Delusion.
Receive the love.
Themselves up to what?
This delusion, specifically.
Right. It's one of the features. Yeah. So, for instance, he uses an example like Hebrews 2 where he's talking about the children of Israel.
It. Moses sends out 12 spies. The report comes back.
10 of them do see the Promised Land a giant obstacle that cannot be overcome, and then 2, of course, are faithful, and the Lord makes a point there that there was a today where they could have entered into the land, but because they rejected.
It they go back into the world, or that day ended. He makes a strong argument.
There, that there's coming a time of judgment where there is no negotiation anymore.
And that's one of the features of that judgment.
Although his Grace underscores all of that, because there will be people saving in the tribulation fact, the millennia will be populated by people.
The ticket in the millennium is being born again, which is astounding.
Any other thoughts?
Ok, then I just want to finish up the first 5 verses of second Thessalonians, 3.
Let's read these verses.
Finally, brethren, pray for us that the word of Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you.
Verse 2. In. That we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men, for not all have faith.
Verse 3, but the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one, and we have confidence in the Lord concerning you both.
That you do and will and will do the things we command you.
Verse 5. Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
This is beautiful writing. Now Paul exhorts.
In a starting in chapter 3, s Thessalonians, 3, verse 6, he picks up on some issues of discipline, but in this particular case Paul is expressing his pastor's heart toward this congregation, and there are 5 things here that Paul wants for this church kind, of 5 marks
of a healthy church number one. Paul wanted them to be a praying church.
Listen to verse one and 2 once again. Finally, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men, for not all have faith notice, he starts the last chapter
with finally, finally here, now this Paul's finally, made is sometimes not finally, because in Philippians, chapter 3, says finally, and then there's another 2 more chapters to go.
So. But this is a real. Finally here finally breathered. So the last he starts the last chapter of this book with finally not concluding, but wrapping up this last chapter.
And Paul uses another hinge to take us from the doctrinal.
Now to the practical Paul asked of the Church to pray.
He wanted him to pray for him. He says the type of prayer he's talking about is one that continually would surround them with prayer.
This is what he's asking for. He is asking that they would pray for Paul.
Timothy Silvanus, and the work that is going on continually surrounded by prayers.
Paul, even with all his intimacy with the Lord, still felt the need for their prayers.
Especially considering that they're baby Christians.
The Church needs our prayers, and even these baby Christians can make an effective prayer for the work of the Lord and for Paul's work.
And so he coveted their prayers, and he makes 2 requests here in these first versus here.
The first one is the success of the message. He says, Pray for us that the word of the Lord, that that with respect to the word of Lord, that it may run swiftly, and then number 2, that it be glorified.
So you wanted the word to have free course, to run its course, and he wanted it to be received in the hearts of God's people.
And thus be glorified. Run swiftly, is an allusion to an Olympic runner running without obstacles, putting all effort into it a free run, without obstacles to have its way, that the word of God would run swiftly that God will bless the preachers and teaching of the
word, the word would be heralded forth like you. Think of a herald!
That kind of opens a scroll and says something. Let's say, in the church, where or in the marketplace.
The herald is not adding a word. He's not subtracting word from it.
He's simply preaching what it says. Paul's thinking here we think of second Timothy 4.
Timothy preached the word in and out of season with long suffering, etc.
With clarity, with authority. Do it, Timothy don't let them despise your youth.
Do it. The second request he has is for the safety of the messengers.
Verse 2, he says, and pray that we, Paul Timothy, Sylvanus, may be delivered from the unreasonable and wicked men, or maybe this is probably in Corinth.
Maybe the wicked here makes note of the outrageous and harmful acts that he experienced in that other believers are experiencing evil speaks not only of themselves, but individuals that are corrupt and intent on corrupting others, and drawing them into their own pulling them, with them, on their
own slide toward, you know, unbelief. He had. Maybe Paul had a specific group of individuals in mind.
Maybe these are the false teachers. In Chapter 2 other commentators suggest that it could be heretics like Hymenus and Alexander could be other false brothers.
Several talk about, maybe a more specific identification with those wicked and evil men, the unbelieving Jews in Corinth, where Paul was encouraging, encountering a lot of opposition.
If we look at like acts 18, you can see some of the things that he encountered here acts 18 in verse 5.
He says.
Verse 5, of x. 18, says, when Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
Here it is again, verse 6, but when they opposed him, and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, Your blood be upon your own heads, why, I am clean from now on I will I will go to the Gentiles once again, in verse 12 when Galio was
Proconsul of Akiaa, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat, saying, This fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law, Paul also talked about in Ephesus and wrestling with wild beasts, he really had a
strong opposition to the message. But maybe this is what he's referring to.
These severe crisises that encountered. So we have these baby Christians in Thessalonica.
But God can use these weak believers effectively for God's work, especially with respect to prayer, so the congregation he was asking.
He was asking the congregation to partner with him and work.
The second thing he wanted was for them to trust in the Lord.
Verse 3. Second, Thessalonians, 3. Verse 3.
Paul says, But the Lord is faithful. Here is a word play that he has second Thessalonians.
3, verse 3. The word play is this, at the end of verse 2.
It's says, for not all, for not all have faith.
These wicked and unreasonable men. But then, in verse 3 says, But the Lord is faithful, they're not faithful, but the Lord is faithful, so the Lord will establish you and guard you from evil, and the implication here is that you can trust a faithful, God so God is going to
be faithful, and cannot disappoint you. He's trying to encourage them in this.
The issue is to establish a strengthen you on the inside and guard you on the outside here, for whether it's evil in general or the Evil One, God is faithful in difficult times, couple of verses we think of first Corinthians, 10 verse 13 no temptation is over I mentioned that on Sunday no temptation.
Is ever taken. You accept such as is common to man, but God will leave a way of escape free, or maybe a better one.
Second Timothy, chapter 4, verse 18, and the Lord will deliver.
Paul says me from every evil work, and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom.
So it's interesting that a second Timothy, chapter 4, verse 18.
These may be the last words that Paul ever wrote in his life, and the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom.
Think about this. He was in prison when he wrote these words.
He was brought in trial before Nero, he was found guilty of treason against the Roman government.
He was taken out of the city and beheaded. Paul wrote, he will deliver me from every evil work, and preserve me for his heavenly kingdom.
So the moment they cut his head off, as one commentator said, a crown was placed on his head in the presence of the Lord.
God is faithful. June 24. Now to him who was able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.
I remember saying that one time in a sermon there was a little tear that came down someone's cheek.
That's marvelous. So pray trust the Lord. Paul's third of 5 points verse 40'bey the Lord, and we have confidence in the Lord concerning you both, that you do, and will do the things we command you.
Paul Wants an obedient Church. Paul's confidence in the Lord dovetails with verse 3.
Paul is confident that he will do, and will do the things that he will do them, and that they will do the things that the Lord commands.
Here's first Timothy, chapter 4, verse 11.
These things command and teach. Paul wanted them to obey his commands in the Lord God's people are abate, obviously obey God's words. Here's the great commission.
That's very interesting. Matthew. 28, verse 20.
Go out into all the world, but also make disciples, and to what?
I said, baptized Nan to command them to do all the things I've commanded you.
So that's why expositional preaching and teaching is so important to just get that word out.
Get that word up. Number 4. Paul is a pastor. Wanted them to love the Lord. Verse 5.
Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
Notice. He wants them to love the Lord. The Lord, directing their hearts into the love of God.
Here the issue. This verb direct to clear the path to you, loving God completely.
That's the thought that that obstacles would be removed.
Paul, encouraging them to clear the path to loving God completely was.
It's a great prayer for all of us. So the question is, does the love of God referring to God's love for us, our love for God, or God's love in us for others.
And the answer is, probably all 3, yeah. When I's.
But probably all 3. So Paul's prayer is applied to our church too.
We? These are very, very practical portions here. Paul wanted them via Praying church versus one and 2.
He wanted them to trust the Lord. Verse 3. He wanted them to obey the Lord.
Verse 4 verse 5. Paul, as a pastor, wanted them to love the Lord.
Paula, and finally the fifth point, Paul wanted him to look for the Lord.
Verse 5, b. Second, thefts, chapter 3. Verse 5, B.
Says, talks about the patience of Christ. That's steadfast.
Endurance. As you are waiting for Christ to return. We are waiting on Him to give us the power and strength to live for him while waiting for His return.
Remember, they're an evangelistic church. We're not waiting for the Antichrist, but Jesus Christ, not for signs of His return, but his actual return.
We need a strengthening in the inner man while we wait, and the rapture is to be a comfort, not to be a scary thing, to comfort.
What comes after is pretty scary. So just to kind of wrap up here Church, that is healthy, prays for its leadership.
Trust in the Lord lives by faith, is obedient to the Lord, loving the Lord, resting in His love and loving others, and waiting for the Lord to come.
Any thoughts on this passage here.
Lot to cover your crams. A lot of stuff in these verses here.
Right I can to stop, sure.
Adds on.
I don't remember.
Pulled out!
Oh pericleitos! That may have been help!
I pronounce it correctly, close enough.
I noticed something else, and that is that when he's asking them to, he's not giving them content.
Safe. Pray for this, and pray for that, not what the that!
Of that?
Work there, introduces.
Honestly saying, Pray for me, so that these things.
He's emphasising to them how crucial their prayer is in the success of.
Going, for?
Right for me, so that these.
Amen. That's great. Thank you.
Anyone else have a thought?
Okay, well, we'll turn it over to Fred and the announcements and the prayer.
Tom