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From Comfort to Coming
We have looked at the comfort of Christ coming (1The4:13-18) to the certainty and method of His coming, now to what we need to do to be prepared for His coming, and, yes, the warnings about not being prepared for His coming.
Don’t be uninformed; be comforted that He is coming (1The4:13, 18)
Don’t be uninformed or grieve like those with no hope, know the assurance of His coming and comfort one another with these truths
Know as He went, He will return (Act1:9-11; 1The4:16-17)
As He went into the clouds, He will return in the clouds for us to meet Him in the clouds
It will be a glorious event in heaven and here, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and the trumpet of God!
Comfort for those who were in christ, should be comfort for those who are in Christ now (1The4:14, 17)
Whether we are among those who have fallen asleep prior to His coming and return with Him or alive when He comes, we are looking at some things today about being prepared and things we should know.
Will He find us ready (prepared) when He comes?
Will we be ready should we die before He comes?
Coming like a thief in the night
Paul brings a message of remembrance of things they already know which is interwoven with warning for those who are unprepared for His return.
(When will Lord Return)
Paul is reminding them what they already know, the time (Chronos) and the epochs (Chairos) they need not be informed, they know, but He is coming like a thief in the night.
Times = Chronos - Chronology of events, or sequence of events (i.e.
dead in Christ will rise first)
Epochs = Chairos - right time for a thing to take place
The coming will be a surprise to many (1The5:2; 2Pt3:10)
To those who are prepared, the day will not overtake them (1The5:1-2, 4)
This is Day of the Lord event (1The5:2; Isa13:6-13; Joel2:1; Mal4:5)
Sounds like what we read in 1The4:16
A great and terrible day, great for those who are in Christ, terrible for those who are not prepared.
Be ready He is coming when they are proclaiming peace (1The5:3)
Not in times of tribulation, but in peaceful times
When he comes it will be a time of destruction (1The5:3; 2The1:7-10)
suddenly like a woman in labor, and cannot escape
There will be no time to get away, no way of escape; a time of retribution to those who do not know God as it says in (2The1:7-10); a day of glory to the saints who are prepared!
We need to be ready, to walk in our belief, by our faith we are to live right, life in the light (1The5:5)
Be ready, know you are not in darkness (1The5:4)
Live in the light of His return, the assurance and the manner in which He will come in which we can find comfort and comfort others
Live in the Light as sons of light
Day of destruction or day of delight will depend on if we are prepared for the day of the Lord.
Here are some things to know to be prepared.
You are sons of light, sons of day, not night (1The5:5; Jn8:12; Jn12:35-36)
Because we follow Jesus and He is the light (Jn8:12)
A good reminder about darkness and light is found in (Jn12:35-36)
So walk in the Light (1Jn1:5-7; Eph4:8; Rom13:11-14; 1Pt4:7)
Don’t walk in darkness for it is the absence of light and you will just stumble around
For you are light now according to (Eph4:8)
Salvation is near, so awaken from your sleep, put on the armor of light (Rom13:11-14) put on Jesus
Be ready, be prepared for when we put on Jesus we still need to be watchful (1The5:6)
the sleep mentioned here is laxity in being prepared for His coming.
This is also see as moral indifference, so don’t be a sleep walker, but a light walker!
Be Sober (1The5:6-9)
Sober here is to be temperate or abstinent, sober-minded, watchful, circumspect, looking for his coming (1The5:9)
Be on guard (Lk21:34-36)
Jesus told them to be on guard, to keep alert, and pray for strength until his return for next would come standing before God.
May we take the promise of Jesus seriously and not frivolously for we are talking about being prepared for eternity!
Be armed (1The5:8; Ro10:17; 1Jn3:16; Rom15:4; Eph6:11-18)
be armed by the short version of the armor of God here, Breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of the hope of salvation)
For faith comes by hearing (Rom10:17)
We should be willing to know His love, share His love and lay down our lives for others because of His love.
Hope comes from the Word of God; from the things written before are for our hope (Rom15:4)
Be encouraged (1The5:9-10; 1The4:16-17; Rom2:4-11; 1The1:10; Rom5:8-10; Php1:21-23)
We are to live in light of our salvation (1The5:9); our future salvation will not just be by faith, it will be seen, in the clouds of the sky!
Not quietly, but will be quickly (1The4:16-17)
Also, live in the light to be seen, by our faith others may see it!
Live in the light of His return be we dead or alive we will be with Him!
Live in the light of His return, being prepared for judgment is coming as it says in Rom2:4-11!
for Jesus came to spare us, deliver us from that (1The1:10)
Live in the light of His return under the blood of Christ (Rom5:8-10); so whether we live or die, we will live together with Christ
Be comforted (1The5:11; 2Cor1:3-4; 1The4:18)
Since we are comforted by being ready, we are to help others to be comforted too by comforting them (1The5:11) and what he said in (1The4:18)
We can learn from the apostles words too for us
Be edifying (1The5:11; Rom14:19; Rom15:2; Eph4:11-12; Eph4:15-16)
From encouraging to edifying, make peace by building up each other, and living to please our neighbor (Rom15:2) for that is why the gifts were given to the church (Eph4:11-12)
Our proper working is helping it is helping each other to be fully prepared for Christ return, working together in love for one another and with one another, for we are all needed.
(Invitation slide-Living in the light of His return)
Paul reminded them, and we can learn from it what we need to know to live in the light of Christ return.
He instructed them to walk in the light as children of light and what to do to be prepared.
Put on your armor, be self-controlled, be vigilant to preserve the faith, hope and love, for there are those who are not prepared and walk in darkness, Darkness they do not need to walk in.
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