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November 15, 20201 Thessalonians 5:1-11
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The Day of the Lord
5 Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Background
In this section of the letter Paul responds to the third question the Thessalonians addressed to him (cf. 4:9, 13 and comments). When would the day of the Lord arrive (vv. 1–2)? This theme continued to dominate the thought of the Thessalonian congregation, as evidenced by their facile adoption of an erroneous teaching about the “when,” an issue addressed in the second letter (2 Thess. 2:1–2). The persecution they suffered motivated their concern about the timing of this event. The apostle replies by assuring them that God will certainly judge their persecutors (v. 3; cf. 2 Thess. 1:3–10). But it is also evident that the brothers and sisters entertained doubts about how they might be prepared for that day and how its advent might affect them (vv. 4–10). Paul answers this concern by teaching that living in faith, love, and hope is the proper way to be prepared so that the day of the Lord will not surprise them “like a thief.”[1]
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[1] Gene L. Green, The Letters to the Thessalonians, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Leicester, England: W.B. Eerdmans Pub.; Apollos, 2002), 229–230.
New International Version
The Day of the Lord
5 Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Background
In this section of the letter Paul responds to the third question the Thessalonians addressed to him (cf. 4:9, 13 and comments). When would the day of the Lord arrive (vv. 1–2)? This theme continued to dominate the thought of the Thessalonian congregation, as evidenced by their facile adoption of an erroneous teaching about the “when,” an issue addressed in the second letter (2 Thess. 2:1–2). The persecution they suffered motivated their concern about the timing of this event. The apostle replies by assuring them that God will certainly judge their persecutors (v. 3; cf. 2 Thess. 1:3–10). But it is also evident that the brothers and sisters entertained doubts about how they might be prepared for that day and how its advent might affect them (vv. 4–10). Paul answers this concern by teaching that living in faith, love, and hope is the proper way to be prepared so that the day of the Lord will not surprise them “like a thief.”[1]
Point 1
Notes from Point 1
Point 2
Notes from Point 2
Point 3
Notes from Point 3
Summary
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[1] Gene L. Green, The Letters to the Thessalonians, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Leicester, England: W.B. Eerdmans Pub.; Apollos, 2002), 229–230.
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