Summary: Paul outlines for us the events surrounding the coming of the Day of our LORD Jesus Christ.

“THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD”

1 THESSALONIANS 5:1-3

I. SALVATION and the Second Coming (1)

II. SERVICE and the Second Coming (2)

III. STEADFASTNESS and the Second Coming (3)

IV. SANCTIFICATION and the Second Coming (4)

V. SOBERNESS and the Second Coming (5)

1. The COMING Day of the LORD. (5:1-3)

a. Times and Seasons have been APPOINTED by our Heavenly Father (v. 1). Job 24:1; ; Ecclesiastes 3:17; 8:7; Matthew 24:3-4, 36; Mark 13:30-32; Acts 1:7; 2 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; Jude 1:3

b. The Day of the LORD will come without ADVANCE warning. (v. 2). Joshua 11:7; Psalm 64:7; Proverbs 6:15; 28:18; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Isaiah 1:28; 2:12; 13:6; 29:5; 30:13; 47:11; Luke 17:27; Jeremiah 23:20; Matthew 24:42-44, 50; 25:13; Mark 13:34-35; Luke 12:39-40; 17:24; 21:34; Philippians 4:5; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 3:3; 16:15

c. The Destruction will AFFECT everyone who has not believed and there will be no escape. (v. 3). Deuteronomy 29:19-20; Matthew 24:37-39; Luke 17:26-30; 21:34-35; Psalm 73:17-20; Proverbs 29:1; Jeremiah 8:15; 14:19; Romans 13:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Peter 2:4-10; Revelation 18:7-8; Genesis 3:16; Psalm 48:6; Isaiah 13:8; 21:3; Jeremiah 4:31; 6:24; 13:21; 22:23; 30:6; 48:41 49:22; Hosea 13:13; Micah 4:9-10; Job 31:3; Isaiah 20:6; 26:17; Jeremiah 11:11; Matthew 23:33; Romans 2:3; Hebrews 2:3; 12:25; 2 Peter 2:3