Darkest Days Won’t Surprise the Prepared
Darkest Days Won’t Surprise the Prepared
Series: 1 Thessalonians
Topic: Encouragement, Firm Foundation, Prepared, Ready
Book: 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
A. Be Prepared for the What without Needing the When (v1-2)
□ I can’t know when, but I can exert myself in personal holiness (2 Pt 3:11).
B. Disbelief Assumes All will Remain Stable,
Belief Responds to God’s Sobering Warning (v3-4)
□ I will spread the Good News that one may be freed from this dire end.
C. Daytime Belief Lives in the Light of God’s Word, No Longer the
Nighttime Debauchery of Human Rebellion (v5-8)
□ Having put on faith, hope, and love, I will put off old escape tricks and fixes.
D. God’s Future Work for Us is Just as Secure as
His Past Work for Us (v9-11)
□ I will refresh discouraged Christians in our past and future salvation.