The Day Of the Lord

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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

1Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.

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2For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

3While 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.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

4But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

5For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

6So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

8But 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 5:1-11

9For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

10who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

11Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

I. Who won’t be prepared?

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

1Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

2For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

3While 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.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

…when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

8in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

9They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

II. Who will be prepared?

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

4But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

5For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

6So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

8But 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 5:1-11

8But 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.

III. Can we be assured?

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

9For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

10who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

11Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.