We are Children of Light based on 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

I. Darkness and light.

II. Read 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4 and comment. 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4 states, “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.”

III. Read 1 Thessalonians 5:5-7 and comment. 1 Thessalonians 5 continues, “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” (1 Thessalonians 5:5-7).

IV. Read 2 Corinthians 4:3-6. 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 informs us, “And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

V. Read 1 Thessalonians 5:8-11 and comment. 1 Thessalonians 5 also tells us, “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” (1 Thessalonians 5:8-11).

VI. Encourage and build up others.