(2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)

I. Concerning Christ’s coming… (2:1-3)

A. When He comes, we will be “gathered together to Him” (1 Thessalonians 4:15-18)
B. The falling away must first come (Acts 20:29-30; 1 Timothy 4:1-3; 2 Peter 2:1-3)

II. The man of sin (2:3-10)

A. “Exalts himself…so that he sits as God in the temple” (2:3-4)
B. Restrained in Paul’s day (2:5-7)
C. When the man of sin is revealed, the Lord will destroy him (2:8)
D. Deception and rejection (2:9-10)

III. Strong delusion (2:11-12)

A. Confusion (Isaiah 5:20)
B. Rejection of the truth (John 12:48)
C. Pleasure in unrighteousness (Hebrews 11:24-26)