Sermons

When will Jesus Christ come again? We cannot know the day nor the hour when Christ Jesus comes as the glorious King of kings and Lord of lords to destroy once and for all the Devil, Sin and Death, but we do know that two things MUST happen that will precede the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Paul teachers about those two things in today's text.

Jesus Christ is coming again! When He comes this time he will come with vengeance. He will recompense every wrong that has been committed against Christians. This truth about His righteous return should encourage the saints to persevere in faith, abound in love, and endure the hardships of following Christ as a good soldier endures hardships in the fight of faith. Take heart dear saint, be encouraged dear solider of the cross, Jesus is coming and He will make right every wrong that has been committed against you and Him.

Jesus is coming again. How should Christians live in light of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ? Do we isolate ourselves and wait for His coming? A few have done that, but that is not the right response. Do we talk and anticipate His coming so much that His coming is all we talk about and think about? No, that can't be the right respone either. Paul addresses how Christians should live in I Thessalonians 5:1-11. He commands the saints to not get caught up in the times and the seasons of His coming, but to be sober minded and put on the armor of God in order to continue advancing His kingdom by preaching Jesus Christ crucified.

The second coming of Jesus Christ is a tradition that Paul passed on to the church at Thessalonica. After Paul was forced to leave Thessalonica and reside in Corinth, questions arose among the brethern at Thessalonica due mainly to some false teaching about Christ's second coming. Paul devotes a good amount of space in the first and second epistle to the Thessalonians in order to set the record straight about Christ's coming, and how the saints at Thessalonica should live in light of His second coming.