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The "Day of the Lord" is a sure, specific, sudden, and secret event of divine intervention, and believers are called to live in a state of preparedness, characterized by knowledge, light, watchfulness, and soberness, in contrast to the ignorance, darkness, sleep, and drunkenness of unbelievers.
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welcome to back to the Bible radio
featuring best-selling author an
internationally known Bible teacher
Warren where's being but concerning the
times and the seasons brethren you have
no need that I should write to you for
you yourselves know perfectly that the
day of the Lord so comes as a thief in
the night when they say peace and safety
then sudden destruction comes upon them
as labor pains upon a pregnant woman and
they shall not escape now there are four
terms in these verses that we've been
looking at the first is the day of the
Lord the day of the Lord is that time
when God intervenes in history to judge
his enemies to deliver his people and to
establish his kingdom good and godly
people have disagreed on their
interpretations of prophecy we don't
make it a test of spirituality or a
fellowship but the day of the Lord is
going to come it is a specific event and
it is a sure event he talks about the
times and the seasons God has his times
and God has his seasons Matthew chapter
24 and verse 42 watch therefore for you
do not know what hour your Lord is
coming and so when somebody gets on the
radio or writes a book or gets on
television and says he or she knows
exactly the day in the hour don't bother
to listen the day of the Lord is a
specific event it is a sure event but it
is a secret event he uses the phrase
here labor pains travail now the Lord
Jesus used a similar kind of language
when he talked about future events and
in fact this phrase a travail a woman in
travail is often used in the Old
Testament as a picture of sudden
judgment coming now it's also a secret
event he talks about the thief verse 2
for you yourselves know perfectly that
the day of the Lord so comes as a thief
in the night by the way the Lord Jesus
used that same phrase in his Olivet
discourse each
about the thief coming if the man had
known when the thief was coming then he
would have watched and would not have
allowed his house to be broken into and
so the day of the Lord the times and the
seasons the thief in the night and the
travail these four terms tell us what
the day of the Lord is like it is a
specific event it is a sure event it's a
sudden event and it is a secret event
when people are in false security then
they are going to say peace and safety
and then sudden destruction is going to
come it's going to catch people by
surprise now he said it's not going to
catch believers by surprise because we
know that these events are coming we
don't know when but we're going to be
prepared for them you see the problem in
Thessalonica was that the people
actually thought they were already in
the day of the Lord
second Thessalonians chapter 2 now
brethren concerning the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering
together to him he says what we're
looking forward to seeing Christ and
being with him we asked you not to be
soon shaken in mind or troubled it's a
picture of a boat going up and down in a
storm either by spirit or by word or by
letter as from us as though the day of
the Lord had come they thought they were
already in the day of the Lord
Paul goes on to explain that before the
day of the Lord can come there has to be
the great apostasy the revelation of the
man of sin however our Lord can return
at any time according to scripture and
therefore we are looking for him to come
knowledge in contrast to ignorance now
in verses 4 and 5 we have a second
contrast that's a contrast between light
and darkness but you brethren are not in
darkness so that this day should
overtake you as a thief you are all sons
of light and sons of the day we are not
of the night nor of darkness the Bible
says there's no gray area there's no
shadow area you're either in the lighter
you're in the door
darkness in Genesis chapter 1 verse 4
God divided the light from the darkness
and God's been dividing the light from
the darkness ever since we like to live
in the shady areas we say well I want
enough light to see where I'm going but
just enough darkness to enjoy some of
the things of the world Paul said we
don't live like that a series of
contrasts here light and darkness for
example God is light first John 1:5 God
is light this is the message that God is
light in him is no darkness at all this
speaks of the holiness of God the glory
of God God is light now without light
there can be no life if the light of the
Sun were to go out we'd all die God is
light now Satan is identified with
darkness in Luke 22 53 Jesus said this
is your hour and the power of darkness
hell is identified with darkness satan
is identified with darkness the devil
always keeps his crowd in the dark Judas
went out and it was night and for Judas
it has still been night God's people
know what is going on so God is light
Satan is identified with the darkness
now saved people are identified with
light 2nd Corinthians chapter 6 and
verse 14 Paul asks the question what
Fellowship has light with darkness it's
a good question
and the answer is none if the darkness
comes in there's no light if the light
comes in there's no darkness I recall
some years ago a pastor friend of mine
illustrating this whole idea of
separation now he wasn't talking about
light and darkness he was talking about
poison and water and he had two glasses
in front of him in one glass was pure
clean water as pure and clean as he
could get in the city and in the other
glass he had put some ink and some other
things and here was a glass full of a
dark liquid and he took a little dropper
a little eyedropper and he took a few
drops of the dark liquid and dropped it
into the white liquid into the pure
clean liquid
we couldn't even see it but it was there
he said now how much does it take to
defile this liquid well of course the
answer is just one drop we'll do it now
light and darkness are the same way in
Ephesians chapter 5 Paul talks about
this verse 8 for you were once darkness
not in darkness but darkness but now you
are light in the Lord now walk as
children of light verse 11 have no
fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness but rather expose them that
doesn't mean go around making a nuisance
of yourself it means reprove works of
darkness when you see them light and
darkness speak not only of God and Satan
and the saved and the unsaved but they
are also symbols of holiness and of sin
this is the message that we give to you
that God is light in him is no darkness
at all in 1st John chapter 1 verses 6 &
7 if we say that we have fellowship with
him and walk in darkness we lie and do
not practice the truth but if we walk in
the light as he is in the light then we
have fellowship one with another and the
blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses
us from all sin there's a contrast
between holiness and sin when you think
of holiness you think of the light when
you think of seeing you think of the
darkness there's also a contrast between
the truth and lies thy word is a lamp
unto my feet a light unto my path psalm
119:105 this is truth God's Word is
truth lies our darkness the light of the
word of God exposes the lies in the
darkness notice verse 6 of 1st john 1 if
we say that we have fellowship with him
and walk in darkness we lie and do not
practice the truth so on the one hand we
have truth which is light on the other
hand we have lies that's darkness
there's also a contrast between love and
hate if we're walking in the light
there's going to be love if we're not
walking in the light there's going to be hatred
hatred
first John chapter 2 and verse 11 well
we should start with verse 10 he who
loves his brother abides in the light
and there's no cause for stumbling in
him but he who hates his brother is in
darkness and walks in darkness and does
not know where he is going because the
darkness has blinded his eyes you see if
we're in the light we're gonna be
practicing love if we're not in the
light we're going to be practicing
hatred of course light speaks of the
glory of God and darkness speaks of the
shame of sin Paul said that in Ephesians
5 didn't he since a shame even to talk
about the things that these people do
and have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness it is
shameful even to speak of those things
which are done by them in secret light
speaks of life in him was life and the
life was the light of men and the light
shines in the darkness Jesus said I am
the light of the world he that follows
me shall not walk in darkness but shall
have the light of Life but darkness
speaks of death doesn't it wherever
there is the light of God's truth the
light of God's word you're going to find
life wherever there's the darkness of
Satan's lies you're going to find death
sin is a killer
the wages of sin is death and of course
ultimately light speaks of heaven
darkness speaks of Hell Jesus compared
Hell to outer darkness Jude verse 13 for
whom is reserved the blackness of
Darkness forever that's quite a
statement isn't it not just darkness the
blackness of darkness and not just the
blackness of darkness occasionally but
forever as hell hell is outer darkness
now heaven is light I don't know how
many times I have read at funeral
services the statement in Revelation
chapter 21 and
- about heaven and there shall be no
night there they need no lamp nor light
of the Sun for the Lord God gives them
light and they shall reign forever and ever
ever
oh how wonderful it is to walk in the light
now we've come to the third contrast in
verse six the contrast between watching
and sleeping therefore let us not sleep
as others do but let us watch and be
sober now what does it mean to watch the
word means to be awake to be like a
watcher back in those days they didn't
have the police forces that we have and
all the different things that we have
for protection and so they had watches
they had Watchmen on the walls on the
towers and they would watch they would
scan the horizon watching for the enemy
well they had to be awake they had to be
alert you see in chapter 4 verses 13
through 18 the word sleep refers to
death but in chapter 5 the word sleep
refers to a moral condition the
condition of those who have never
trusted the Lord Jesus Christ now the
Lord Jesus is coming as a thief he's not
coming a thief he's not a thief Satan is
the thief but Jesus is coming as a thief
a thief does not send you an
announcement telling you he's going to
come and rob your house the thief really
comes when nobody's around nobody's
watching and then he comes in and takes
what he wants
therefore we must be watching we must
watch carefully because the Lord Jesus
is coming as a thief in the night but we
must also watch joyfully you remember in
the parable of the bridesmaids five of
them went to sleep and and when they
woke up they didn't have any oil for
their lamp it's a picture of being ready
when the bridegroom comes we aren't
simply watching for the Lord Jesus to
come we are watching for the bridegroom
to come and claim his bride and so we
watch carefully alertly joyfully and
obediently we're working as we watch and
we're watching as we work and by the way
I can't think of anything that motivates
us to do a better job for the Lord than
the fact that he may come back at any
time this matter of watching is a secret
of victory it's a secret of victory over
the flesh
now Romans chapter 13 beginning at verse
11 and do this knowing the time that now
it is high time to awake out of sleep
for now our salvation is nearer than
when we first believed the night is far
spent the day is at hand therefore let
us cast off the works of darkness and
let us put on the armor of light and let
us walk properly as in the day not in
revelry and drunkenness not in
licentiousness in the lewdness not in
strife and envy but put on the Lord
Jesus Christ and make no provision for
the flesh to fulfill its lusts
you see when you're watching for the
Lord Jesus to come it gives you a
victory over the world it gives you a
victory over the flesh and watching
gives you victory over the devil he
likes us to go to sleep doesn't he be
sober be vigilant for your adversary the
devil goes about as a roaring lion
there's a world out there that needs to
be reached and you and I are the ones
God has chosen to reach it now what are
we going to do are we going to sleep or
are we going to watch and be alert so
that when he comes he can say well done
good and faithful servant now in verses
7 and 8 we have a fourth contrast
between the outsiders and the believers
the others and those of us who are saved
verses 7 and 8 contrast soberness and
drunkenness for those who sleep sleep at
night and those who get drunk are drunk
at night but let us who are of the day
be sober putting on the breastplate of
faith and love and as a helmet the hope
of salvation soberness
he's talking here about an attitude of
mind where we have clear thinking and
controlled living that's what soberness
means just take a person who's drunk he
doesn't know how to think clearly he
thinks he sees all kinds of things and
hears all kinds of things he lives a
life of illusion he lacks sound judgment
and certainly he lacks self-control he
can't walk straight he can't drive
therefore the opposite of drunkenness is
soberness and that means clear thinking
and controlled living the problem was in
Thessalonica that some of the Christians
had gotten into a frenzy over the second
coming of Jesus Christ they'd gone off
on the extremes in prophecy as a
consequence their lives were not what
they ought to be for example some of
them quit work they said well if Jesus
is going to come back there's no sense
working and that we can spend our time
praying and worshipping and perhaps
doing some other things Paul had to warn
them in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 3 get
back to work
the best thing you can do when Jesus
comes is to be faithful now the
illustration is that of a soldier he
talks about the armor doesn't he in
verse 8 let those of us who are of the
day be sober putting on the breastplate
of faith in love and as a helmet the
hope of salvation he said live like a
soldier a soldier is always ready always
ready to move always ready for a new
command always ready for danger always
ready for opportunity and he reminds us
that faith hope and love are the pieces
of the armor that we put on now he
expands this further in Ephesians
chapter 6 by the way it's rather
interesting you take this word sober in
first Peter and see how it relates to
faith hope and love 1st Peter chapter 5
verses 8 and 9 be sober be vigilant
because your adversary the devil walks
about like a roaring lion seeking whom
he may devour resist him steadfast in
the faith now 1st Peter chapter 1 and
verse 13 therefore gird up the loins of
your mind be sober and rest your hope
fully upon the grace that is to be
brought to you at the revelation of
Jesus Christ
soberness leads to faith soberness
encourages hope 1st peter chapter
or verses 7 & 8 but the end of all
things is at hand therefore be serious
and watchful in your prayers that word
be serious means to be sober be sober be
serious and watchful in your prayers and
above all things have fervent love for
one another there's love sobriety is
connected with these great Christian
virtues of faith hope and love when a
person is living by faith living in hope
living in love he's going to have a
sober sensible serious life it's too bad
that many Christians go off the deep end
on these things and don't get sober and
balanced well we've looked at for
contrast between the believer and the
unbeliever with reference to the day of
the Lord
knowledge versus ignorant light in
contrast to darkness watching contrasted
to sleeping soberness contrasted to
drunkenness and now verses 9 through 11
salvation contrasted to wrath for God
did not appoint us to wrath but to
obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus
Christ who died for us that whether we
wake or sleep we should live together
with him therefore comfort each other
that means encourage each other and
edify one another just as you also are
doing the culmination of all of this is
going to be salvation for the believer
condemnation wrath for the unbeliever
now if you have never trusted Christ as
your Savior you are condemned already
right now he that believeth on the son
is not condemned he that believes not is
condemned already because he has not
believed in the name of the only
begotten son of God and the book of
Revelation describes this awful day of
judgment and wrath well what are you
going to do about it if you know Jesus
is your savior then you don't have to
worry about it God did not appoint
to wrath but to obtain salvation through
our Lord Jesus Christ who died for us
that whether we live or die we shall
live together with him whether we die
and go home to be with the Lord and come
with him when he returns whether we are
alive at the coming of the Lord it makes
no difference we're going to live
together with him he died for us and
therefore we are not going to taste of
the wrath of God he lives for us
in 1st Thessalonians chapter 1 verse 10
we have our posture described and to
wait for his son from heaven whom he
raised from the dead even Jesus who
delivers us present tense
he is constantly delivering us from the
wrath to come
and so because Jesus died for us and
because Jesus lives for us and because
Jesus is coming for us we are not going
to taste of the wrath of God we who are
alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet
the Lord in the air and thus we shall
always be with the Lord that is the
Blessed hope but what about the unsaved
well Peter has a word about that turn in
your Bible to 2nd Peter chapter 3 verse
9 but he is long-suffering toward us not
willing that any should perish but that
all should come to repentance the fact
that the Lord is going to come ought to
be a motivation for you to trust Jesus
Christ as your Savior the day of the
Lord will come as a thief in the night
says 3:10 of 2nd Peter therefore what
manner of persons ought ye to be the
Lord Jesus shall come what part of the
verse are you in the salvation part or
the wrath part oh I trust you have
believed on the Lord Jesus Christ
experienced his salvation in your heart
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