WE SHOULD LIVE AS SONS OF THE DAY

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: WE SHOULD LIVE AS SONS OF THE DAY

TEXT: Thess 5: 5-11

WATCHFUL AND SOBER...
1. We are "children of light" and "children of the day" - 1Th 5:5
a. Because we follow Jesus, the "light of the world" - Jn 8:12; 12:35-36

b. Because we are now in Jesus, and walk in the light - Ep 5:8; 1Jn 1:5-7

c. Because we cast off works of darkness, and seek to walk properly - Ro 13:11-14

2. We are to be watchful for His coming - 1Th 5:6
a. For no one knows the day nor hour - cf. 1Th 5:2; Mt 24:36, 42

b. Watchfulness includes prayer - cf. 1Pe 4:7

c. Watchfulness includes repentance, and strengthening what we have - cf. Re 3:2-3 On the other hand, "sleep" in our text refers to spiritual laxity - 1Th 5:6-7

3. We are to be sober - 1Th 5:6-8a
a. The word "sober" means to be temperate or abstinent, especially in regards to wine

b. It usually used in a more general sense to be sober-minded, watchful, circumspect - Barnes

c. Note how Jesus relates this to watching for His coming in Lk 21:34-36 We should certainly take the promise of Jesus' coming seriously, not frivolously

LET US PRAY
FATHER LORD JESUS HELO ME TO BE WHOM YOU WANT ME TO BE FOR YOUR GLORY IN JESUS NAME

GOOD MORNING BRETHREN