Because The Day of the Lord is Coming Encouraging each other daily until His coming. 1 Thess. 5:1-11

Introduction Until we are faced with the urgency for the coming “Day of the Lord” it is all too easy for God’s children to become complacent in His work. It is not that we are complacent with life: many work and are productive for the things of this life. We need more of an urgency to live “as children of the day” that find many Christians deficient today .

Until we are faced with the urgency for the coming “Day of the Lord” it is all too easy for God’s children to become complacent in His work.

It is not that we are complacent with life: many work and are productive for the things of this life.

We need more of an urgency to live “as children of the day” that find many Christians deficient today .

Introduction This lesson is aimed at encouraging each other: To gain a greater sense of urgency for the coming Day. To live with that urgency in our relationship with God and man.

This lesson is aimed at encouraging each other:

To gain a greater sense of urgency for the coming Day.

To live with that urgency in our relationship with God and man.

The Day is Coming We don’t need a reminder about the teaching of the Lord’s return. V. 1-3 Since the first century, Christians have been expecting the Lord’s return. V. 2 Even today, there are those who fully expect the Lord to come “at any moment.”

We don’t need a reminder about the teaching of the Lord’s return. V. 1-3

Since the first century, Christians have been expecting the Lord’s return. V. 2

Even today, there are those who fully expect the Lord to come “at any moment.”

The Day is Coming Yet, too many Christians today have lost that urgency and expectation. Matt. 25:14ff Many live for the pleasures of this life… not really expecting the Lord’s return. The teaching of the Lord’s return means nothing if it does not translate into a lifestyle of service to Him. Matt. 25:19 Our lives – the daily activities we engage in – reflect on whether we are expecting the Lord’s return. Cp. Lk. 12:16-21

Yet, too many Christians today have lost that urgency and expectation. Matt. 25:14ff

Many live for the pleasures of this life… not really expecting the Lord’s return.

The teaching of the Lord’s return means nothing if it does not translate into a lifestyle of service to Him. Matt. 25:19

Our lives – the daily activities we engage in – reflect on whether we are expecting the Lord’s return. Cp. Lk. 12:16-21

Be Sober Brethren, we are not in the dark, so that the Lord’s judgment overtakes us. V. 4-7 It is not merely a life of sloth and carousing that God condemns. Contextually, the apostle is providing a complete contrast to drive home his message of being children of the day. It is just as destroying for us to live a life of the flesh: work and recreation…for this life.

Brethren, we are not in the dark, so that the Lord’s judgment overtakes us. V. 4-7

It is not merely a life of sloth and carousing that God condemns.

Contextually, the apostle is providing a complete contrast to drive home his message of being children of the day.

It is just as destroying for us to live a life of the flesh: work and recreation…for this life.

Be Sober Instead, we are children of the day: alert to the issues of eternal life. V. 8 We are a people who wear a life of faith and love like a breastplate of protection. We are a people who live with the hope of salvation.

Instead, we are children of the day: alert to the issues of eternal life. V. 8

We are a people who wear a life of faith and love like a breastplate of protection.

We are a people who live with the hope of salvation.

Encourage Each Other God did not appoint us to wrath, but to salvation. V. 9-10 God graciously and patiently desires our salvation. 2 Pet. 3:9 But, if we live for this world, and not as ones who wait for the coming day, the Lord’s return will be as a thief in the night…even for us. 2 Pet. 3:10

God did not appoint us to wrath, but to salvation. V. 9-10

God graciously and patiently desires our salvation. 2 Pet. 3:9

But, if we live for this world, and not as ones who wait for the coming day, the Lord’s return will be as a thief in the night…even for us. 2 Pet. 3:10

Encourage Each Other Build each other up more and more. V. 11 Our souls are much too precious to simply live for only ourselves (follow Jesus’ example). Spend time communicating, sharing, encouraging one another each day.

Build each other up more and more. V. 11

Our souls are much too precious to simply live for only ourselves (follow Jesus’ example).

Spend time communicating, sharing, encouraging one another each day.

Conclusion With the Lord’s day coming as a thief there must be a sense of urgency about the way we lives each day. Brethren, sober up and encourage each other as the Day approaches.

With the Lord’s day coming as a thief there must be a sense of urgency about the way we lives each day.

Brethren, sober up and encourage each other as the Day approaches.