Paul closes 2 Thessalonians with a wonderful promise in 3:16, “That the Lord of peace will give you peace always and in every way.” The final motivation was for the body to realize that the Lord was more than able to provide what was lacking in their life. He grants us His peace, His presence, and His gracethat will enable us to live as He has called us to.
No matter what our problem is, we can experience His peace through it! Adversity often carries anxiety which is usually more troubling than the problem, so Paul reminds them that they can skip the anxiety and go right to peace. Paul took up the pen and the parchment to close this letter by writing “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” The fact that Paul would take the time to write about the power of the gospel to transform even while suffering from the world for its proclamation spoke to the truth that Paul was convinced of the value of the truth. Here was a man at work, at peace admonishing those to “stay the course!”
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