Will You Be Sleeping?

Will You Be Sleeping?

Sermon by Pastor Brent Snook / Dec 26, 2021

Main Bible Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:11

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

I. REASSURANCE

Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13

II. RESURRECTION

Read 1 Thessalonians 4:14-15

Other texts: 2 Corinthians 4:14, Romans 8:11

III. RETURN

Read 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Three Unique Sounds Involved At The Rapture

1. The Lord’s

2. The Sound of a

3. The Voice of the

IV. REUNION

Read 1 Thessalonians 4:17-18

V. REGRET

Read 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

And this know, that if the good men of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 

Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.  Luke 12:39-40

VI. READY

Read 1 Thessalonians 5:4-11

We must be personally alert

We must be properly armed 

“Be Sober”

“Putting on the breastplate of faith & love”

“Putting on the helmet of salvation

“Wherefore comfort yourselves together and edify one another “