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Through the Bible with Les Feldick
LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 44
Sabbath Was Nailed to the Cross
II Thessalonians 2:14 - 3:18
II Thessalonians 2:14
to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
So in that regard—that it was Paul’s Gospel because of the revelations given to him by the ascended Lord—let’s turn to II Peter chapter 3. I’ve used these verses a lot lately, because I suddenly realized that these verses say so much coming from the pen of the Apostle Peter—who also writes by the inspiration of the same Holy Spirit that Paul does. Much of Christendom today doesn’t listen to what Peter says, much less Paul.

“And account (or understand) that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; (the same salvation that we’ve been talking about up here in II Thessalonians) even as our belovedbrother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him…”
What’s Peter talking about? Those revelations that were given unto Paul! We know that Peter and Paul came to an agreement on that in Galatians 2:7-9 when they shook hands. The agreement was: Paul and Barnabas would continue on with their ministry to the Gentiles with the Gospel of Grace. II Peter 3:15b
“…even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom (the revelations of the mystery) given unto him hath written unto you;” Now the next verse confirms what Paul had said all along—that he had given us the truth of the Word of God. Paul’s epistles are just as much Scripture as the five books of Moses or the Psalms or the prophets or the four gospels or anything else—because Peter by inspiration says in verse 16:
So what does that make Paul’s epistles? Scripture! It is either back to Paul and his epistles, or it’s on to apostasy and despair. All right, so Peter admonishes them to go back to the epistles of Paul. Now back to II Thessalonians chapter 2, if you will, reading 14 again for review.
“Whereunto he called you by our gospel, (Paul’s Gospel of Salvation, the one Peter just told you to go and look for.) What was Paul talking about there? False teaching is nothing new. Because the truth of Paul’s Gospel of Salvation was under all kind of attacks.
That Paul’s converts could not be saved unless they practiced circumcision and kept the Mosaic Law, as you find in Acts chapter 15. Well, Paul says, and I’m paraphrasing—if Christ be not raised from the dead, we of all people are most miserable. Now verse 15 again:
“Therefore, brethren, stand fast,…” We’ll begin with verse 1.
“Stand fast (positionally and doctrinally) therefore in the liberty…” That almost seems like an oxymoron—to stand fast in liberty. Because what’s liberty? Freedom! Because Grace doesn’t demand that! Grace is Liberty! Grace is NOT license!
Because if I love her, how can I?
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty (Don’t let somebody box you in with religious, legalistic demands.) Well, what’s the yoke of bondage? Legalism of whatever sort. Just thank God for it and eat it. Now the setting here in Acts 15 is the Jerusalem counsel—where Peter and the other believers have been trying to force Paul and Barnabas to bring their Gentile converts back under the law of Moses. As you read that chapter and Galatians chapter 2, you’ll see that Paul refuses to give into that. Peter finally has his spiritual eyes opened.
“Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke (A burden. upon the neck of the disciples, (Now the word disciples here is talking about Paul’s converts, Paul’s believing Gentiles.) which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?”
We’ve been set free according to Paul. We are to constantly stand fast in this liberty of the Grace of God in which we now move and live and operate as Grace-Age believers. II Thessalonians 2:15a
Don’t fall into the trap of a false teaching.) It’s a bad word in the Scriptures. When Paul uses the word here, he’s really talking about the things that he had taught. Hold on to those things that he (Paul) had taught.
Remember, from the time Paul began his ministry among the Gentiles (around A.D. 40), until he wrote the Thessalonian letters in about A.D. 58, is how long? By gifted men who had the gift of prophecy, as we find in I Corinthians chapters 12 and 14. To have the gift of prophecy as Paul is teaching it here was to have the gift to speak forth the Word of God. Once it got in print and they had Paul’s letters, they no longer needed those gifted men.
“Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions (things that Paul had taught them or through these gifted men) which ye have been taught, (Now look how Paul divides it.)whether by word, or our epistle.”
Gifted men who could speak forth the Word of God following in Paul’s teachings and footsteps, then with his writings as they began to come in about A.D. 58 with the Thessalonian letters.

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