Scripture index: 2 Thessalonians 2Th 1:1–2 Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive) God the Father › Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father) Trinity › Father is fully God 2Th 1:3 Effectual grace › Apostles thank God for peoples’ faith 2Th 1:8–9 Essential doctrines › Unbelief and heresy are damnable 2Th 1:9 Hell › “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc. 2Th 1:11–12 Effectual grace › Jesus and apostles pray to God asking that people would be saved Jesus is God › “His name alone is exalted” 2Th 2:1–2 Scripture › Prohibitions against adding to, taking away from Scripture 2Th 2:3–4 Creator-creature distinction › Aspiring to become like God is sin 2Th 2:4 Monotheism › Other so-called gods are no gods at all 2Th 2:9–10 Deception › Satan is the great deceiver 2Th 2:9–12 Assurance of salvation › Basis of true and false assurance Essential doctrines › Unbelief and heresy are damnable 2Th 2:11–12 Deception › God sends lying spirits, delusions Providence › Concurrence in calamity, evil 2Th 2:12–14 Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT 2Th 2:13 Covenant theology › Covenant of Redemption 2Th 2:13–14 Effectual grace › Apostles thank God for peoples’ faith Unconditional election › God chooses 2Th 2:13–15 Essential doctrines › In essentials, unity 2Th 2:13–17 Gospel › Saved by grace, works follow 2Th 2:15 Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon Scripture › Apostles seemed aware they were writing Scripture 2Th 2:16 Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive) God is love › God loves an otherwise unspecified audience (“you” or “us”) God the Father › Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father) Trinity › Father is fully God 2Th 3:3–5 Preservation of the saints › God is faithful, finishes what he starts 2Th 3:6 Church discipline › Instructions for discipline Essential doctrines › In essentials, unity 2Th 3:6–12 Paid ministry › Ministers should not be greedy 2Th 3:9 Church government › Full-time officers can/should be compensated Paid ministry › Paul’s defense of paid ministry 2Th 3:14–15 Church discipline › Instructions for discipline Church › Church discipline Essential doctrines › In essentials, unity Means of grace › Church discipline