WAIT 'TIL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME (12 OF 16)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:5-12
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Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home (12 of 16)
Series: Ready
Tim Badal
1 Thessalonians 5:5-12
Please take God's Word in your hands and turn to the book of 2 Thessalonians. We're in a series titled ''Ready.'' For the first part of this year we've been looking at the letters of 1 and 2 Thessalonians under the heading of being ready, learning what the Apostle Paul was telling a first- century church of new believers who were enduring great affliction and persecution what it means to be ready. He taught them not only about the present, but also how to be ready as they look forward to the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The Second Coming of Christ Involves Two Options
As we've opened up this second letter, we've been learning that this life at times will be difficult. We're also learning from the example of the Thessalonians that they were a church on a mission for God. They were serving and honoring God in a way that allowed the Apostle Paul and his associates to brag about the good things they were doing. We should be ready to do the same, because we are called to be ready to serve in such a way that other Christians might be able to brag about us-not for our own sake, not for our own renown, but so the Word of the Lord may be received as a life-change agent in this world and that God may be glorified. Paul has been telling the Thessalonians that amidst their circumstances, hardships and struggles, things will not always be pleasant and that they are to endure these difficulties, because there's a day coming when Christ is going to right every wrong and wipe away every tear.
What we're going to learn is that the day of Christ's return will impact two groups of people in very different ways. While believers look forward to this day with great anticipation, it will be a time of great apprehension for unbelievers. So Paul reminds Christ followers to be ready for the second coming of Jesus Christ, but in doing so, he reminds unbelievers t ...
Series: Ready
Tim Badal
1 Thessalonians 5:5-12
Please take God's Word in your hands and turn to the book of 2 Thessalonians. We're in a series titled ''Ready.'' For the first part of this year we've been looking at the letters of 1 and 2 Thessalonians under the heading of being ready, learning what the Apostle Paul was telling a first- century church of new believers who were enduring great affliction and persecution what it means to be ready. He taught them not only about the present, but also how to be ready as they look forward to the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The Second Coming of Christ Involves Two Options
As we've opened up this second letter, we've been learning that this life at times will be difficult. We're also learning from the example of the Thessalonians that they were a church on a mission for God. They were serving and honoring God in a way that allowed the Apostle Paul and his associates to brag about the good things they were doing. We should be ready to do the same, because we are called to be ready to serve in such a way that other Christians might be able to brag about us-not for our own sake, not for our own renown, but so the Word of the Lord may be received as a life-change agent in this world and that God may be glorified. Paul has been telling the Thessalonians that amidst their circumstances, hardships and struggles, things will not always be pleasant and that they are to endure these difficulties, because there's a day coming when Christ is going to right every wrong and wipe away every tear.
What we're going to learn is that the day of Christ's return will impact two groups of people in very different ways. While believers look forward to this day with great anticipation, it will be a time of great apprehension for unbelievers. So Paul reminds Christ followers to be ready for the second coming of Jesus Christ, but in doing so, he reminds unbelievers t ...
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