Does talk about the end times make you anxious? In 1 Thessalonians 5, Paul writes to a church unsettled by questions about the Second Coming. He doesn’t give them dates. He reminds them who they are.
In this teaching, we look at why we don’t need to know the day or the hour, why peace and security built by human hands never last, and what it means to live as children of the light and of the day. Paul calls us to stay alert and sober, to put on faith and love as a breastplate and the hope of salvation as a helmet, and to rest in the promise that God did not appoint us to wrath but to salvation through Jesus Christ.
The day of the Lord isn’t meant to frighten us. For those who belong to Christ, it’s a living hope, and it’s a reason to encourage one another and build each other up.
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11
