Living Between the Ages: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Explore the message of 1 Thessalonians about being prepared for the return of the Lord, emphasizing the importance of staying vigilant, sober, and rooted in faith and love. The passage highlights the contrast between being children of light versus darkness, urging believers to encourage and build each other up as they eagerly await the salvation through Jesus Christ.
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Belong to the Day and Avoid Being Surprised at Night! 1 Thessalonians: Living Between the Ages 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 1 Thessalonians 5:1 2 ESV
While people are saying, There is peace and security, then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 1 Thessalonians 5:3 4 ESV
For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 6 ESV
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 1 Thessalonians 5:7 8 ESV
For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 10 HCSB
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 HCSB
But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. Mark 13:32 33 ESV
nepho [3525] serious - meaning to be sober-minded, watchful, circumspect.
Are we more interested in knowing and figuring out theories of when Jesus will return, rather than sharing the saving hope of Jesus?
The point of Pauls communication is not about the coming of the Day of the Lord, but how to live as children of Christ, in light of the coming Day of the Lord.
katheudo [2518] sleep - to be spiritually asleep, to be careless and unconcerned about sin or the performance of one s duty.
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1 ESV
To not follow Jesus, is to slumber and sit at the feet of death.
Are we sitting at the feet of death in slumber, or sober and alert at the feet of Jesus?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. Proverbs 24:33 34 ESV
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest, and your poverty will come like a robber, your need, like a bandit. Proverbs 6:10 11 HCSB
Laziness induces deep sleep, and a lazy person will go hungry. The one who keeps commands preserves himself; one who disregards his ways will die. Proverbs 19:15 16 HCSB
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. Proverbs 20:13 ESV
for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Ephesians 5:14 ESV
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Romans 13:11 12 ESV
Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don t know God at all. 1 Corinthians 15:34 NLT
Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour. 1 Peter 5:8 HCSB
Do you not say, There are yet four months, then comes the harvest ? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. John 4:35 ESV
He told them: The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest. Luke 10:2 HCSB
When His parents saw Him, they were astonished, and His mother said to Him, Son, why have You treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You. Why were you searching for Me? He asked them. Didn t you know that I had to be in My Father s house? Luke 2:48 49 HCSB
Are we living with a false sense of peace and security in this world, not based in and upon the truth and revelation of Jesus Christ?
Are we slumbering, have we been slumbering, in a false Pax Americana?
For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 HCSB
If you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation. Romans 10:9 10 HCSB
Sermon in a Sentence Belonging to the Day we will not be surprised at night. Jesus encourages us to not slumber and be stolen from like a thief at night, but instead be awake and assured of our salvation at the coming Day of the Lord.
