1 Thessalonians 5 1 11
Now brothers and sisters about times and dates we do not need to write to you for you know very well that the day of the lord will come like a thief in the night.
1 thessalonians 5 1 11. 3 while they are saying peace and safety then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor. 2 1 thessalonians 5 10 11 stand in evident parallelism with chap. Believers grieved by the death of sisters and brothers in christ who died before his return 4 13.
Thanks be to god that we have not be appointed to receive wrath. 1 thessalonians 5 9 10 esv god has not destined us for wrath. 5 but concerning the times and the seasons brethren you have no need that i should write to you.
3 for when they say peace and safety then sudden destruction comes upon them as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. Sleep is a good thing when it brings a long expected. In last week s sermon we learned that christ s death has turned our death into sleep and thus we should not be afraid of death anymore.
Visit our library of inductive bible studies for more in depth inductive studies on this and other books of the bible you can use in your small group. Biblical commentary bible study 1 thessalonians 5 1 11. More correctly it is to be taken as in 1 thessalonians 4 18 to comfort for 1 the exhortation begun in 1 thessalonians 5 6 has already in 1 thessalonians 5 9 10 been changed into words of comfort and consolation.
By rev charles seet. 5 now as to the times and the epochs brethren you have no need of anything to be written to you. The preacher who opts for 1 thessalonians 5 1 11 as this sunday s text can adopt the very strategy of the preacher who wrote it.
In the last half of chapter 4 paul dealt with concerns that thessalonian believers who died prior to christ s second coming would not be part of the resurrection. God did not make the creation so that we would experience his wrath. 1 thessalonians 5 1 11 watch and be sober.
Paul was confronted by thessalonian despair. Whereas 1 thessalonians 4 13 18 concerns the fate of deceased christians at jesus return 1 thessalonians 5 1 11 focuses on the fate of living christians at the same eschatological event 1. 1 thessalonians 5 1 11 new king james version nkjv the day of the lord.
2 for you yourselves know full well that the day of the lord will come just like a thief in the night. Brent kercheville november 26 2017 the. Home bible studies thessalonians 1 thessalonians 5 1 11 these small group studies of thessalonians contain outlines cross references bible study discussion questions and applications.
Preached at life bpc 8am 1045am service 2014 07 24. 1 thessalonians 5 1 11 niv.
