Sunday Morning: April 30, 2000
Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:8-9
"But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.9.
2 Timothy 2:10 "Therefore I endure all things for the elect's [eklektov] sakes, that they may also obtain [tugcavw, attain] the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal [ glory."
1 Peter 1:9-10 "Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls (life for the age).
10. Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:" (faith not in OT)
1 Thessalonians 5:5 "Ye are all the children [uios, sons] of light, and the children [uios, sons] of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness."
1 Thessalonians 1:4 "Knowing, brethren beloved, your election [eklogh] of God."
1 Thessalonians 5:8-9 "But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
Luke 12:45-48 "But and if that (drunken) servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46. The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers [apistos, faithless and not pleasing God].
47. And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. (judgment)
48. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more."
1 Thessalonians 5:9 "For [oti, because] God hath not appointed [destined, assigned] us to wrath, but to obtain salvation (deliverance and victory) by our Lord Jesus Christ,"
1 Thessalonians 1:10 "And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered [present middle, a process not an event] us from [ek, out from] the wrath to come [present middle participle]."
Mark 3:5 "And when he had looked round about on them with anger [wrath], being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, . . ."
2 Corinthians 5:10-11 "For we must all (2 Cor. 1:1, church, ekklhsia, out, ek + called, kalew;) appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 11. Knowing therefore the terror [fobov, fear] of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences."
THE HEARING ARE ACCOUNTABLE
Matthew 13:9-11 "Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10. And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11. He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given (that are not called)."
CALLED TO THE KINGDOM
1 Thessalonians 2:12 "That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory."
ONLY SAVED ARE CALLED
2 Timothy 1:9 "Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,"
MANY, NOT ALL, ARE CALLED
Matthew 22:14 "For many (of the saved) are called, but few (of the called) are chosen."
Romans 2:5-8 "But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
6. Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7. To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
8. But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,"
Hebrews 3:10-11 "Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)"
Hebrews 4:9-11 "There remaineth therefore a [seventh day] rest to the people of God.
10. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief."