1 THESSALONIANS: OUR HOPE; THEIR DREAD!

WHEN THE GOSPEL IS BELIEVED, PEOPLE CHANGE!

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 PMV - For they themselves show us the impact we had upon you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for His Son from heaven, Whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, Who delivered us from His wrath to come.

YES, THIS SAME JESUS IS COMING BACK FOR US!

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 PMV - But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those believers who have died, that you do not sorrow, even as others who have no hope.  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so the believers who have died, Jesus will God bring with back with Him.  For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not ascend before those who have died.  For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:  and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:  and so shall we ever be with the Lord.  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

A HOPELESS, CHRIST-REJECTING WORLD, WILL EXPERIENCE GOD'S WRATH! 

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 PMV - But of the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write unto you.  For yourselves know perfectly that the Day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night.  For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction shall come upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.  But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.  You are all the children of light, and the children of the day:  we are not of the night, nor of darkness.  Therefore let us not fool ourselves, as do others; but let us watch and be hopeful.  For they that live in sin love the darkness; and they that are drunk with sin, are hide in the cover of night.  But let us who love the light, be alert, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.  For God has not appointed us to suffer His wrath, but to obtain salvation by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we live or have died, we should live eternally, together with Him.  Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and encourage one another, even as you have been doing.

TIME IS SHORT:  TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST TODAY!