(1Th 5:6)  “Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. (7)  For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.”  Because man lives in the moment, he thinks he has gotten away with sin against God:  (Psa 94:7) “Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.”  He has not. Our country has decided not to enforce our laws, but God will enforce His! There is a coming day of judgment. Be not as the lost of this world. Do right before God!  

(1Th 5:5) “Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. (6)  Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.”  Take close notice of what this is saying. The lost are of the night, not the saved. What do people do at night? Sleep. When it come to spiritual things, this world is sleeping. Since you still are in the flesh and live in this world, be careful not to sleep along with them. Watch yourself, live for the Lord, we sober (right thinking).  

(1Th 5:5) “Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”  Is it determination of mind that makes one the children of light and the other the children of darkness? Is it infant baptism and thus the choice of religion? Neither. It is a supernatural work done upon individuals old enough to understand on the cross of Calvary Jesus bore their sin. He died and rose again the third day to give life to those whose hearts leads them to repent. Repentance is a desire not to sin against God any more – period. Nothing held back. He then bestows the Gift of Everlasting Life, spiritual life making them Children of Light.   

 (1Th 5:4)  “But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.”  At the rebirth our spirit is made alive. With it comes the ability to perceive spiritual things as the Holy Spirit speaks to our spirit.  This is what is meant by the phrase “….are not in darkness….”  God’s people know the time of Christ’s return is rapidly approaching, for this world is openly and without shame nor restraint practicing sin. We also know that the longsuffering of God does have its limits. Warn others while you can. Seek to snatch their souls from the fire while you still can!  

(1Th 5:3) “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.”  Notice the words, “shall not escape”. Oh, if only we feared God today. The truth is, most everyone does not. We give Him lip-service and then chose in what ways we will obey. We say I love Him and do as I love me. Because He is gracious and long-suffering men think He will do nothing. We have fooled ourselves. Judgment is coming. I wonder how many of us are truly saved! In light of the cross repent and give Jesus your heart while you still can.

(1Th 5:3) “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.”  As I speak to people today, I find that most of the time their understanding of God is not that which has been revealed as the God of the Bible. Their God is a god of the imagination  – their desire. “He loves me and blesses me though I walk in sin (as revealed in the Bible)” They see “peace and safety” when God is actually ready to come and punish sin. God hates sin so much He judged it on His only Son Jesus Christ on the cross. Open the Bible to the New Testament and begin to learn of the true and living God.  

(1Th 5:1)  “But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. (2 ) For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”  The Day of the Lord is not a day of joy, but of judgment. It is the Lord reigning over, judging, evil. The heart of God’s people have been changed to desire right over wrong; to see the Lord uplifted in holiness over unrighteousness. It will come suddenly, unexpectedly. Even so, Lord Jesus, come!  

 (1Th 4:17) “Then we which 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. (18)  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”  There is no greater comfort in the face of death than to know it is not the end. If that person has been born again spiritually through a time and place of salvation, then we have had such an experience will unite again with them someday! I for one look forward to that day!  

(1Th 4:17) “Then we which 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.”  I often wonder about those who claim to know and love the Lord, yet have trouble being faithful to all the services of the Church. Here we are told of a day when “…..we will ever be with the Lord.” They seem to have no stomach for Him three times a week, how do they think they will be happy with Him forever?

(1Th 4:17) “Then we which 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.”  The phrase that distinguishes this event from the Second Coming of Christ is “…to meet the Lord in the air”…..”  When the Lord Jesus returns to this earth, His feet will first touch the earth of the Mount of Olives. Point: the Lord speaks precisely in the Bible. He Who created words is capable of saying what He means. Pay close attention when reading God’s Word. There is a lot of gold there in the picture of silver.