1 Thess 05.01-10, Living in the Day of the Lord (sermon)

1 Thessalonians 5:1-10

Living in the Day of the Lord

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1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 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. 4 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5 For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. 8 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. 9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.

I. The Day of the Lord (5:1-3) A. Illustration: D-Day to V-Day.1. One Event2. Two Episodes3. Time between the episodesB. Joel 2 – What is Meant by the Day of the Lord?1. Judgment (2:1-11)a) All Consumingb) Inescapablec) Sudden2. God’s Call to Repentance (2:12-17)a) Circumcision of the Heart (Dt. 10:16, 30:6)b) Covenant Renewal (Relationship with God)3. God’s Provision for His People (2:18-27)a) Covenant Blessingb) God Demonstrates His Faithfulness to His Covenant (viz. outpouring of HS)4. Outpouring of the Holy Spirit a) Heaven/Earth Reunited (First Fruits, Immanuel, Guarantee)b) Evidence that the Fires of Judgment are Quenched for BelieversC. Paul is now looking from the beginning of this event towards its final episode.II. In the Time Between D-Day and V-Day (1 Thess 5:4-5) A. Identity Transfer (from death to life, darkness to light)B. Exodus: from bondage to libertyC. We are being remade, reformed, re-created1. Sleep as others: a) Positively: To live in a way that suggests that we are not created by God and thereby not accountable to him.b) Negatively: to not live according to the purpose for which God created us.2. We live knowing the outcome. How shall we then process towards the goal?III. How Sure Can We Be? A. New Identification gives us goal and purposeB. Warfare language: we march out against resistance to complete in Christ the mandate given AdamC. We Go Assured of Victory1. Decree Sovereign2. Outcome Guaranteed in Christ3. We are united to the Victor