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SECURITY OF BELIEVERS READY FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5
Island Glades Gospel Centre 16th October 2016 1
Review:
Thessalonians were Spiritually Well:
Working in faith Laboring in love
&Steadfast in Hope
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Introduction
Chapter 5 The Return of Christ to Judge
V.2 - for you know very well that The Day of the Lord
will come like a thief in the night.
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THE DAY OF THE LORD
A period at the end of time when God’s will & purpose for
mankind & His world will be fulfilled.
When Christ will reign the world.
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The day would be a time of Judgment, Vengeance & Wrath
But it will also be a time of Restoration
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V.1-3 - Suddenness of Jesus’ Coming1Now, brothers & sisters, about times
& dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the
Lord will come like a thief in the night.
3 While people are saying, “Peace & safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly,
as labor pains on a pregnant woman, & they will not escape.
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Mat.16:3
....You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret
the signs of the times
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Verse 3 While people are saying,
“Peace & safety,” destruction will come on them
suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant
woman, and they will not escape:
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Mat.24:15-3119 dreadful
21 great distress 22 no one would survive
24 false messiahs29 sun will be darkened
30 the Son of Man coming 31 gather his elect
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Verses 4 - 54 But you, brothers & sisters,
are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.
5 You are all children of the light & children of the day.
We do not belong to the night or to the darkness
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Verses 6 - 8 Paul’s exhortations:
be awake, sober, and watchful
put on faith & love as a breastplate, &
the hope of salvation as a helmet.
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Verses 9 - 10 The security of our future
9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath
but to receive salvation through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep,
we may live together with Him.
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V.11 - Our privilege to comfort one another
11 Therefore encourage one another & build each other up,
just as in fact you are doing.
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The signs of the coming of the Day of the Lord
Mankind of this generationThe church becoming corrupted
Man-made destruction Nations of the world Mark of the Beast
Plagues, Famine & Disasters
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2 Peter 3:10 10 But the day of the Lord will
come like a thief. The heavens will disappear
with a roar; the elements will be destroyed
by fire, & the earth & everything done in it will
be laid bare
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2 Peter 3:11
11 Since everything will be Destroyed in this way,
what kind of people ought you to be?
You ought to live holy & godly lives.
19God’s Blessings Be With You
His Mercies Are New Every Morning