After reminding the Thessalonians of who they are and what they have in Christ, Paul reminds them of what they are to do. With these three reminders, he sets the stage for how they must faithfully wait for the second coming of Christ.

In Paul's second letter to the church at Thessalonica, he greets them as in 1 Thessalonians except for one change. In this letter, he begins by reminding them who they are and what they have in Christ.

What do we do as we look at the world around us and see everything wrong? How do we make sense of what is taking place? In the final chapter of Ecclesiastes, the Preacher/Teacher gives us the answer.

A resounding truth from Ecclesiastes is that humanity has little control over what happens in our lives "under the sun." As we approach the end of this study, the Preacher/Teacher reminds us that there is freedom when we surrender our efforts to hold on to this world and trust the God who is at work.

Just as there are two types of wisdom represented in Scripture, there are two types of foolishness as well. General foolishness reminds us that this world has nothing substantially to offer. Since it abounds, we cannot find answers to the purpose of our life in anything affected by foolishness. This reality should point us to the only wise God.