The Day of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 5 (ESV)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

What is the Day of the Lord?

What will the Day of the Lord be like?

How should we live in light of the Day of the Lord?

We should live like children of light.

How do we do that?

We should help others live like children of light.

He was saying to the early Christians as he hopes to say to us now: “Brethren, if ever there was an hour when we needed to be serious about our Christian faith, this is the hour! We need to be sober men—and spiritual men!”

1 Thessalonians 5:1–8; 2 Timothy 2:3–4; 2 Timothy 4:1–5; 1 Peter 1:6–9, 13

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A. W. Tozer

The apostle Paul calls faith a shield. The man of faith can walk at ease, protected by his simple confidence in God. God loves to be trusted, and He puts all heaven at the disposal of the trusting soul.

Ephesians 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–8

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A. W. Tozer

It is still one of the tragedies of human history that the “children of darkness” are frequently more determined and zealous than the “children of light.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Encouragement is oxygen of the soul.

Unknown

More people fail for lack of encouragement than for any other reason.

Anonymous