2 Thessalonians Chapter 3, we find SPIRITUAL LAZINESS … where some Christians had quit their jobs and were just waiting for Jesus to return. They were sponging off the generosity of the other Christians to meet their daily needs … expecting the church to support them.

SIGNS IN AN OFFICE:

“Work fascinates me; I can sit & watch it for hours!”

“The worst day of fishing is better than the best day of working.”

“Hard work may not kill me, but why take a chance?”

BUMPER STICKER: “I owe, I owe, so off to work I go.”

Paul had told them to WAIT for the Lord (He could come at any time) … but he didn’t mean for them to be IDLE – 1 Thess. 1:10

Paul had warned them to get busy while they were waiting – 1 Thess. 4:11

They thought that they were more spiritual than those who continued on with their daily life … they were busy designing time charts … in spite of the warning of Jesus - Matthew 24:36

"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.”

They were OBSESSED with the Rapture … pre-occupied with the coming of Jesus … FANATICS. HOW DO FANATICS ACT? Like, if you aren’t on the same page as they are, you are spiritually inferior.

They apparently hadn’t heeded Paul’s warning – 2 Thess. 3:11