B. Reassurance. 3:3-5 V.3 e) Comfortable Words - Based on God’ s faithfulness Paul now comforts these new believers: I. Stability - God will Ground you in the Good One. Col.2:6-7 II. Security - God will Guard you from the evil one. Matt.17:15; Col.1:13; 2.Cor.1:10 III. Not all have faith v.2 but God is faithful v.3, look not to man’ s faith but to God’ s faithfulness. Rom.3:3 IV. “ You do” refer to the present and “ will do” to the future. V.4 f) Confidence in their Will - Based on their confidence in the Lord - For He is faithful. I. Concerning the Thessalonians, God had begun a good work in them but He would also complete it. Phil.1:6 II. Commands to the Thessalonians, is referring to all the exhortations in this letter. V.5 g) Charity be your Way - I. Paul’ s 3rd prayer in this epistle. II. It is a prayer based upon the Lord’ s direction. Any servant under a lord receives directions. - A lord gives orders. III. Directed into God’ s love, it is a prayer to experience God’ s love, how God’ s children needs to be occupied in living under and in this great love. God’ s being consist of 2 sides: Love and holiness. 1.John 4:8; Isaiah 6:1-3 A. From His holiness these attributes are manifested. 1. Righteousness. 2. Judgement. 3. Purity. 4. Discipline. B. From His love these attributes are manifested. 1. Mercy. 2. Grace. 3. Goodness. 4. Patience. IV. Lastly Paul prays for them to stay in God’ s love, not with their own patience, but with that patience provided for them by God’ s love through Christ. V. Direct (Gr.kateuthuno) means to straighten fully. Paul requests for removal of any hindrance within their hearts that causes them to refrain from entering into experiencing God’ s love. VI. Paul is about to rebuke the idle Thessalonians in the following verses, but first reminds them to be under the love of God. All discipline should be done in the purpose of restoring the sinner.