Metadata
Title
Gilbert Tennent sermons 72, Sermon on 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, 1745
Date
1745/1752
Digital Identifier
PHS.TennentSermons072
Description
Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening.
Tennent wrote this sermon on 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, "And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
From dates noted on the manuscript, it looks like Tennent wrote this sermon in 1745 and delivered it again in 1752.
Tennent wrote this sermon on 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, "And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
From dates noted on the manuscript, it looks like Tennent wrote this sermon in 1745 and delivered it again in 1752.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
Holding Institution
Presbyterian Historical Society
Extent
15 pages
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
Abstract
2 Thessalonians 2:10,11,12 explores the harsh judgment of God against sinners. For those who won't accept, or refuse, or even hate the truth in God, God himself decides on "dark providences"-- that they be deluded by false prophets, false preaching and mistaken doctrine added to their own stubbornness, impulsiveness and excessive self-reliance.
Cites the various punishments from the Bible for both wayward and otherwise innocent people. Dark providences are meant to awaken faith and effort, strengthen patience, make humble, create fear of God, love for Christ, desire for heaven, the leveling of human pride. Causes are unwillingness and unreadiness to receive the truth and to develop the habit of worship and the desire to live one's faith. "But who are these?"(pp.11-12] Lists of wrong-doers reveal the Reverend's breadth of experience with sinners, followed by exhortation to examine our lives.
Cites the various punishments from the Bible for both wayward and otherwise innocent people. Dark providences are meant to awaken faith and effort, strengthen patience, make humble, create fear of God, love for Christ, desire for heaven, the leveling of human pride. Causes are unwillingness and unreadiness to receive the truth and to develop the habit of worship and the desire to live one's faith. "But who are these?"(pp.11-12] Lists of wrong-doers reveal the Reverend's breadth of experience with sinners, followed by exhortation to examine our lives.
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