Introduction

• I Thessalonians 4:13-17

The day of the Lord will come.

• I Thessalonians 5:1-3
• This fact greatly impacts our lives!
• We need to prepare for this.
• II Peter 3:10
• We don’t know when this will happen.

Wake up!

• I Thessalonians 5:4-8
• We are children of light – not of darkness.
• We must not be spiritually asleep.
• Sober here is in a spiritual sense – be rational and clearminded.
• I Peter 5:8
• Romans 13:11-14
• I Thessalonians 1:2; 4:1
• II Thessalonians 3:11

We will live together with Him.

• I Thessalonians 5:9-10
• II Thessalonians 2:13-17 – What does it mean that they were chosen? God had planned to save people through Jesus before the creation of the universe.
• Acts 17:1-2
• I Thessalonians 4:18; 5:11 – The end of the world should be a day of rejoicing for Christians.