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 And children, you are dismissed to your King's Kids class.

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! And if y'all would open up your Bibles to 1 Thessalonians 5,

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! I am going to read verses 1-11.

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 We've only got three more sermons left, counting today, in 1 Thessalonians.

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 And then we're going to get into the Gospel of John.

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 It's page 1174.

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 1 Thessalonians 5, 1-11.

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 Hear God's Word.

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 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters,

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 you have no need to have anything written to you,

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 for you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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 While people are saying, there is peace and security,

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 then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman,

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 and they will not escape.

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 But you are not in darkness, brothers and sisters, for that day to surprise you like a thief.

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 For you are all children of light, children of the day.

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 We are not of the night or of the darkness.

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 So then let us keep awake and be sober.

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 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

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 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love,

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 and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

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 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep, we might live with Him.

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 Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

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 May God bless the hearing of His Word.

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 Knock, knock, knock.

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 Knock, knock, knock, knock.

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 Ah.

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 You have an unexpected visitor at your front door.

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 What would be the first thing you do?

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 Here's what I would do.

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 I would sneak a peek out the side window.

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 Who is this visiting our house unexpectedly?

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 And lo and behold, let's just say it is a bill collector.

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 I'm guessing many of you may say something like,

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 Okay, family, let's just pretend no one's home.

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 Or maybe it's a police officer.

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 You might be thinking, uh-oh.

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 What's going to happen?

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 But if it is your best friend, with a smile, unexpected, with a four-pack of Sprecher root beer,

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 you're going to be like, Oh, yeah!

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 Come on in!

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 Surprise visitors have a way of revealing our hearts, don't they?

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 One of the themes of 1 Thessalonians is the unexpected coming, second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And in the passage I just read, it's referred to as the day of the Lord, verse 2.

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 On that day of His coming.

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 On the day of Christ's coming.

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 And by the way, all the world will know.

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 It will be a glorious, highly public event when Jesus comes back.

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 On that day, what will be happening inside of you if you're here on that day?

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 What will be going on?

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 Will you be saying, Oh, no!

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 Or will you be saying, Oh, yeah!

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 For many Christians, including the Thessalonians who Paul wrote this letter to,

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 the unexpected, the second coming of Jesus Christ can make you nervous.

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 It can unsettle you.

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 Even make you fearful.

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 Christian, if the second coming of Jesus Christ is unsettling to you,

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 you are in the right place.

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 Because 1 Thessalonians 5, 1 through 11, it's designed to assure you.

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 It's designed to comfort you.

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 To put courage into your heart.

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 In a one-sentence nutshell,

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 here's what God is telling us this morning from this passage.

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 Christian, don't fear that day.

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 Be ready for it.

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 Christian, don't fear that day,

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 the coming of the Lord.

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 Be ready for it.

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 And this passage is intended to assure us that we have nothing to fear at Christ's coming on the day of the Lord.

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 And it's going to do it by making an extended contrast.

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 It contrasts between two peoples and two lifestyles and two destinies.

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 And so here are the four points this morning that I'm going to walk you through.

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 That coming day, what you need to know about it.

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 Two contrasting people, point two.

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 Point three is two contrasting lifestyles.

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 And point four is two contrasting destinies.

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 Christian, you don't need to fear that day.

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 You need to be ready for it.

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 So let's hear what Paul has to say about this coming day of the Lord.

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 In verses one and two, we read this.

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 Now concerning the times and the seasons, or as Jesus would say, the day and the hour.

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 Concerning the times and seasons, brothers and sisters,

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 you have no need to have anything written to you,

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 for you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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 Now, Paul is essentially saying here that with regard to the timing of Christ's return,

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 he has nothing new to write them.

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 He already covered that ground when he was with them,

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 when he visited them for a few weeks, maybe a month, maybe two.

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 We can read that back in Acts 17.

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 When he was there, not only did he lead them to Christ,

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 he explained to them what to expect when it comes to the second coming of Christ.

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 But there's two things in verses one and two I just want you to see, help you understand.

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 The first one is the phrase, the day of the Lord.

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 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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 That's a significant phrase because it shows up frequently in the Old Testament.

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 And what I want to do is just very briefly help you understand the scope of that phrase,

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 what that's getting at.

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 And we could look at a variety of Old Testament passages,

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 but just to give you a sense,

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 if you looked at Isaiah chapter 13, verses 6 through 16,

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 you would see that the day of the Lord is a terrible thing,

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 is a frightful thing.

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 That it's a day when God comes and he brings with him full and final judgment

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 upon those outside of the people of God, unbelievers.

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 It's a terrible day.

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 But we also read in Isaiah 27, 1 through 13,

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 that the day of the Lord, for those who belong to God,

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 for who are of his people, who are believers in him,

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 that day is not a terrible day.

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 That's a joyful day.

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 That's a day of salvation.

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 That's when he comes back and he makes all things right.

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 One, if you are an unbeliever on the day of the Lord,

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 it's going to be a horror.

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 But if you are a believer on that day of the Lord,

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 it is going to be a day of rejoicing.

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 So the day of the Lord carries that full sense.

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 And we see it in our passage.

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 In verse 3, while people are saying there is peace and security,

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 then sudden destruction will come upon them

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 as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman

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 and they will not escape.

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 The day of the Lord is going to bring sudden destruction.

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 We also read in verse 9 that that day is going to be a day

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 in which those who believe in Christ obtain salvation

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 through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 A day of sudden, inescapable destruction for unbelievers

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 and a day in which we will begin to live with him

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 with all of the blood bought forever.

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 So the day of the Lord is a future coming of God

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 in which he brings with him full and final destruction

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 for unbelievers and full and final salvation for believers.

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 So what Paul is doing here is he's actually equating

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 the day of the Lord with the second coming of Jesus Christ.

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 The day of the Lord is the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 If you were to open up your Bible to Revelation 19.15,

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 it's a great passage when Jesus is pictured on a great white war horse

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 coming back and he's got four names.

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 But in verse 15, we read this, that when he comes,

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 he will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.

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 It's a horrific picture.

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 But we also read in Revelation 21.3-4 that when he comes back,

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 when the new Jerusalem descends,

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 God will wipe away every tear from our face of believers.

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 It's quite a contrast.

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 We also read that the day of the Lord in verse 2

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 is coming like a thief in the night.

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 Thiefs come unexpectedly.

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 They don't text you to let you know at what hour they're coming.

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 And what Paul is doing here is he's just simply reiterating

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 what Jesus taught in Matthew chapter 24.

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 And you can read what Jesus taught about the day and the hour of his return

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 in verses 36-34.

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 He says,

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 And what Jesus is referring to is the day in which he will come back

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 and he will bring with him destruction for those who do not believe

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 and he brings salvation for those who do believe

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 and nobody knows when.

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 No one in this room knows when Jesus is coming back.

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 And so, we're not to try to guess.

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 We're not to try to speculate.

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 Here's the closest thing we can do

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 when it comes to trying to anticipate the coming day of the Lord.

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 It's this.

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 By the end of today, we can, Lord willing,

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 say, well, we're one day closer.

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 You see, the window isn't lengthening to Christ's return.

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 The window's closing.

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 We're one day closer.

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 We can say that.

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 And what that does is put us in a state of readiness.

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 We need to be ready.

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 Like a thief who comes in the night.

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 We gotta be ready.

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 Does anybody remember Y2K?

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 If you are young and never heard of that before,

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 Google it.

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 You'll find it interesting.

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 But for those of us who lived through it,

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 there was a lot of people prepping,

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 getting ready for a global computer glitch,

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 which never really happened.

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 We knew the day and the hour,

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 and we were getting ready for it.

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 What we're being told here is,

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 hey, we don't know the day or the hour.

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 But we need to be ready for it.

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 And it raises the question,

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 how do we get ready for that day?

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 A day we don't know.

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 Well, we're not to fear that day.

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 We're to be ready for it.

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 So let me ask you two questions before I move on.

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 Have you considered that Jesus Christ may return in your lifetime?

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 Have you considered that?

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 And then, does that strike fear into your heart?

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 Or does that stir longing in your heart?

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 That day.

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 That coming day is one day closer.

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 So now let's move on to the next point,

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 two contrasting people.

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 And this passage uniquely assures us

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 that we don't need to fear that day

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 by way of a running contrast.

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 And the first contrast I want you to see

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 is a contrast between two people.

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 The day people and the night people.

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 Let's look at the day people.

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 In verses four and five,

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 Paul says to these Christians,

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 but you are not in darkness,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 for that day to surprise you like a thief.

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 It's interesting that he says you're not in darkness.

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 You're not like those in whom sudden destruction will fall upon

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 and they cannot escape it.

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 But brothers and sisters,

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 family of faith is how he addresses them.

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 These are the day people.

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 And look at verse five.

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 For you are children of light,

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 children of the day.

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 It's a contrast between day and night.

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 Children of the day are Christians

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 who have by God's grace

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 been delivered from the domain of darkness

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 and transferred into the kingdom of the beloved son,

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 the kingdom of light.

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 We who were once dead to God,

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 following the prince of the power of the air

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 in the domain of darkness,

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 have now by God's grace been made alive to God,

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 are following King Jesus,

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 and are in God's kingdom citizens of the kingdom of light.

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 That's who we are right now.

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 If you're a child of the day,

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 you're a child of the light,

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 which means you are a child of the living God.

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 He has adopted you by his grace

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 into his family.

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 And it's not on the basis of anything

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 that you have done, John 1.12.

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 And because God is light,

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 I mean Jesus said,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 We now bear the family resemblance.

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 If you're a Christian,

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 you have been lit up by God's grace,

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 and God will not abandon you.

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 He will not unadopt you.

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 We have all the legal rights and privileges

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 of being sons and daughters of the living God,

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 and that means an eternal inheritance

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 for which we are waiting and long for,

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 and Jesus is bringing back with him.

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 Christians,

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 don't fear that day.

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 Because of who you are,

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 by God's grace.

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 And that's contrasted with those

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 who belong to the night.

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 In 5.3, they're described as people

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 who are saying there is peace and security,

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 peace, peace.

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 When there is no peace,

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 they think all is well.

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 When in fact it's not,

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 then sudden destruction will come upon them

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 as labor pains upon a pregnant woman.

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 I am not a woman,

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 nor am I pregnant.

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 But my understanding is,

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 you don't really kind of set a date

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 for contractions to arrive,

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 and they're inescapable.

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 These are people who will experience

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 sudden, inescapable,

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 eternal destruction

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 on the day of the Lord.

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 They're of the night.

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 In verse 9,

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 we infer that those in darkness

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 will be objects of God's wrath

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 on that day.

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 And what Paul says is very clear

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 in 5.5 regarding Christians.

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 We are not of the night.

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 We are not of the darkness.

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 That is not who we are anymore.

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 What we have here is a contrast of identity.

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 Those who are children of the day,

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 children of God,

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 and those who belong to the night.

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 Unbelievers.

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 Who you are.

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 One of the great assurances

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 that you don't need to fear that day

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 is who you are in Christ.

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 You know what an ID card is, don't you?

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 Driver's license.

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 Student ID.

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 Passport.

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 Just imagine every Christian

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 carrying a grace ID card.

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 You can pull that card out.

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 I don't have my wallet on it,

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 but you pull that card out.

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 Your name's on it.

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 It's state,

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 sinner saved by grace.

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 Adopted by the living God.

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 Under my name,

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 it would say,

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 son of the living God.

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 If you're a lady,

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 you'd be daughter of the living God.

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 It would have your rebirth date on it.

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 The day that God,

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 he gave you new life.

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 And if you smelled it,

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 if you smelled that card,

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 do you know what it smelled like?

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 Do you know what the fragrance it carries?

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 It's the fragrance of Jesus.

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 Because your identity

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 is in Christ.

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 It's your grace ID card.

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 It's who you are.

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 The argument here,

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 where Paul starts with these contrasts,

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 is you don't need to fear that day

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 because of who you are in Christ.

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 Christ.

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 That's the point of these contrasting people.

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 You don't fear that day

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 because you carry a grace ID card.

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 It's who you are.

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 Which brings us to the next point.

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 Two contrasting people

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 have two contrasting lifestyles.

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 We see this is in verse 6 and 8.

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 And the principle is this.

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 Who you are

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 determines how you live.

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 And we have two different lifestyles.

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 We have the day life,

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 children of the day.

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 And we've got the night life,

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 those in darkness.

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 The day life,

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 you can see in verse 6,

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 are those who are to keep awake

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 and be sober.

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 And the night life,

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 in verse 7,

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 are those who are asleep and drunk.

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 Children of the day have a lifestyle

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 of wakefulness and sobriety.

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 And those of darkness,

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 of the night,

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 have a lifestyle of sleeping

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 and of drunkenness.

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 Let's look at the night life.

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 Notice in verse 7

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 that both activities of sleeping

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 and getting drunk

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 happen at night.

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 For those who sleep,

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 sleep at night.

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 And those who get drunk

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 are drunk at night.

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 Now,

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 I hope you can tell

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 that Paul is using

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 this sleep

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 and getting drunk,

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 he's using these things

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 metaphorically.

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 He's describing

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 a way of being.

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 So what does

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 this being asleep mean?

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 Well,

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 you know what it's like

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 to be asleep.

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 You become unconscious

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 of the things around you.

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 You're unaware

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 of reality.

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 Unless you're like my dad

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 who doesn't sleep that well.

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 And when I was a boy

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 and I'd come into his room,

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 he'd like,

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 pop out of bed!

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 You get the point.

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 Being asleep means

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 being unawares.

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 The description

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 of a non-Christian's

00:20:57.620 --> 00:21:00.080
 posture towards God.

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 Unawares of God.

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.500
 Doesn't care.

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 Doesn't care about God.

00:21:08.560 --> 00:21:09.460
 Doesn't care about

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:11.160
 what God has accomplished

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:11.900
 through Christ

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.700
 in our salvation.

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 And specifically,

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:16.200
 they are asleep

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 with regard

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 to the coming

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.680
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 That's the sleep metaphor.

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 What's the getting drunk metaphor?

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 Well, let me just state this

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 to just state the obvious.

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 When it comes to

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.820
 literally drinking,

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 the Bible permits

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 drinking alcohol,

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 but it forbids

00:21:35.800 --> 00:21:36.900
 drunkenness.

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 Because when you get drunk,

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 you're no longer

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:42.100
 thinking clearly.

00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:45.100
 You know what a DWI is?

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 Driving while intoxicated.

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 There is an LWI.

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 Living while intoxicated.

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 What Paul is raising here

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 is living under the influence

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 of sinful intoxicants

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:04.180
 of the world

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:05.779
 that just take over.

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.559
 In 1 John 2.16,

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.740
 John describes

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.779
 the lifestyle

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 lifestyle

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 of the darkness.

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 Of the desires

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.379
 of the flesh.

00:22:19.899 --> 00:22:21.980
 Desires of the eyes.

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 In the prideful

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:26.160
 way of life.

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 Pride of life.

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 These are the

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 anti-virtues

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 of darkness.

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 And those who are

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:33.119
 living in the darkness

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 are living

00:22:34.639 --> 00:22:36.319
 while intoxicated,

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 are being ruled

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 by these things.

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 darkness.

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 And we all

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.419
 once lived there,

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.819
 didn't we?

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.799
 Who you are

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.799
 determines how you live.

00:22:47.919 --> 00:22:48.839
 And so if you're

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.559
 of the darkness,

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.839
 you're going to be

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:52.460
 living these

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:55.399
 virtues of darkness.

00:22:56.659 --> 00:22:57.559
 Anti-virtues,

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.319
 better said.

00:23:00.419 --> 00:23:01.639
 Contrast these things

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.799
 to the day life

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:04.000
 in 5.6.

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.779
 So then let us

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.379
 not sleep.

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:09.740
 as others do,

00:23:10.020 --> 00:23:10.700
 non-Christians.

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.000
 But let us

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.520
 keep awake

00:23:12.520 --> 00:23:13.340
 and be sober.

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.180
 Keep awake

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:16.780
 is to be

00:23:16.780 --> 00:23:17.760
 conscious of God.

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.400
 You're living

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:20.080
 in reality.

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:20.760
 It's what the

00:23:20.760 --> 00:23:21.760
 Proverbs talk about

00:23:21.760 --> 00:23:22.780
 as living

00:23:22.780 --> 00:23:23.200
 in the fear

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.680
 of the Lord.

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:25.100
 Where you

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:26.220
 take God

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.880
 seriously

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:28.100
 in every

00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:29.120
 area of your

00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.500
 life.

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.400
 You are

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.660
 aware of

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.040
 Him.

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.180
 You are

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.780
 seeking to

00:23:33.780 --> 00:23:34.260
 live with Him

00:23:34.260 --> 00:23:34.520
 as the

00:23:34.520 --> 00:23:34.920
 controlling

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.600
 center of

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.060
 your life.

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.899
 your one

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.319
 consuming

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:37.799
 passion.

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.379
 You're all

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:38.740
 governing

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.399
 reality.

00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:40.279
 When Jesus

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.899
 becomes the

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.399
 controlling

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:42.480
 treasure of

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.179
 your life.

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.559
 That's the

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.179
 day life.

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.980
 That's being

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.460
 awake.

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.639
 It's living

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.440
 in light of

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.059
 the salvation

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.539
 that as a

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.299
 God has

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.759
 accomplished

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.519
 in Christ.

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.039
 And it

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.579
 means keeping

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.179
 a clear

00:23:56.179 --> 00:23:57.639
 head to

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:58.639
 that day

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.359
 that is

00:23:59.359 --> 00:23:59.799
 one day

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.220
 closer.

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.759
 We live

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:03.099
 this day

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.980
 in light

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.380
 light of

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.519
 that day.

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.299
 And that's

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.559
 what it

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.880
 means to

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.380
 be sober.

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.259
 Not just

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.819
 living,

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.200
 being awake,

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.460
 but being

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.779
 sober means

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:16.200
 being clear

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.700
 headed.

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.319
 Not being

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:22.660
 distracted or

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:24.240
 disabled by the

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:26.140
 intoxicating desires

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:27.059
 of the world.

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.119
 old.

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.440
 I doubt

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.059
 anybody's

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.539
 heard this

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.279
 phrase before.

00:24:33.179 --> 00:24:33.500
 Have you

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.819
 ever heard

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.200
 the phrase

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.599
 beer

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.079
 goggle?

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.919
 It's when

00:24:37.919 --> 00:24:38.379
 someone gets

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.919
 drunk on

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.859
 beer and

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.799
 their vision

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.799
 is distorted

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.740
 and they

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.720
 see people

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.940
 in a

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.339
 distorted

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.779
 way.

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:49.779
 those who

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:51.819
 are in

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.240
 the night

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.779
 life

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:54.059
 have a

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.460
 distorted

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:54.980
 view of

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.579
 all things.

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.240
 But those

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.539
 who are

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.240
 living in

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.539
 the day

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.079
 life who

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.019
 are sober,

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.339
 we word

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.779
 goggle.

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:04.319
 We see

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.039
 with eyes

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.740
 of faith.

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.160
 We see

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.920
 clearly.

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.639
 We keep

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.079
 our

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:11.279
 minds

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.639
 sober,

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.980
 self-controlled.

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:16.599
 it's how

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.319
 we live

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:20.920
 in the

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.299
 light.

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.240
 What's

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.539
 interesting

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.559
 here is

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.160
 that Paul

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.599
 in verse

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.620
 8 then

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:26.240
 mixes his

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.799
 metaphors.

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.440
 He's talking

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.059
 about sobriety

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.360
 in verse

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:29.539
 8.

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.579
 He reiterates

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:30.880
 what he's

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.299
 just said.

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.120
 But since

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.539
 we belong

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.819
 to the

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.099
 day,

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:33.759
 let us

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.160
 be sober.

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.519
 Okay,

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.160
 got it,

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.740
 clear headed.

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:36.579
 But then

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:36.900
 he mixes

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.140
 his

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.599
 metaphors.

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 Having

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.620
 put on

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.160
 the breastplate

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.740
 of faith

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.559
 and love

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.440
 and for

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:42.799
 a helmet

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.460
 the hope

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:43.960
 of salvation.

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.259
 salvation.

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.440
 You might

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.680
 think

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.140
 immediately

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.960
 of Ephesians

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.660
 chapter 6

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.000
 of the

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.099
 armor of

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.380
 God,

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.880
 of standing

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.519
 firm.

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.279
 But this

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.519
 is not

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.240
 the breastplate

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.920
 of righteousness.

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.539
 What he's

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.980
 talking about

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.620
 is the

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.480
 breastplate

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.599
 of faith

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.279
 and love.

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.720
 And then

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.079
 he talks

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.799
 about putting

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.099
 on the

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.380
 helmet.

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.059
 We're to

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.799
 be military

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.140
 ready.

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.599
 We're to

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.519
 gear up

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.759
 with gospel

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.180
 armor.

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:10.740
 We're to

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.279
 put on the

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.579
 helmet

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.680
 the hope

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.360
 of salvation.

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.579
 And that

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.039
 hope of

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.539
 salvation

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.740
 is the

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.240
 anticipation

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.920
 of the

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.440
 coming of

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.740
 the Lord

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.099
 Jesus

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.819
 who will

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.160
 bring a

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.539
 full and

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.360
 final salvation

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:21.860
 with him.

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.640
 What you

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.339
 have here

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:27.240
 is a

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.860
 triad.

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.079
 Faith,

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:30.900
 love,

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.380
 and hope.

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.980
 Maybe that

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.460
 rings a bell

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.220
 from 1 Corinthians

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.799
 13.

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.940
 Faith,

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.200
 hope,

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.539
 and love,

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:38.900
 the greatest

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.339
 of which is

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.579
 love.

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.200
 He's writing

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.500
 to the

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.900
 Corinthians.

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.779
 You guys

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.259
 need to

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.559
 love each

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:42.740
 other.

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.099
 Let me

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.440
 emphasize

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.920
 love.

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:44.819
 Here,

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.579
 he's

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.140
 emphasizing

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.700
 hope.

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.839
 Put on

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.759
 the breastplate

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:51.119
 of faith

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.779
 and love.

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.400
 Faith in

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:53.980
 God's word,

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.859
 love for the

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.220
 brothers,

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.220
 and put on

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.660
 the helmet

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.140
 the hope

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.940
 of salvation.

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.019
 Be

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.740
 controlled.

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.079
 Live in

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.920
 light of

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.339
 the coming

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:03.880
 of Jesus

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.339
 because we're

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.720
 one day

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.119
 closer.

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.220
 You're to

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.559
 gear up

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.019
 that way.

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:08.160
 That is

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.639
 a way

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.139
 by which

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.660
 we are

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.319
 to be

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.900
 sober-minded.

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.660
 What's

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.079
 interesting

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.539
 here is

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:12.859
 Paul,

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.160
 what he

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.079
 prescribes

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.759
 in light

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.000
 of the

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.240
 coming

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.720
 of Jesus

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.500
 is not

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.139
 necessarily

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:18.079
 to open

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.379
 up your

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:18.859
 newspaper

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.259
 and open

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.599
 up your

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.039
 Bible.

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.740
 He's

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.139
 telling us

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:21.559
 to prep

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:21.960
 a different

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.279
 way.

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:23.839
 He's

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.680
 saying prep

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:26.660
 by storing

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.859
 up faith

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.879
 and hope

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.920
 and love.

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.779
 That's how

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.400
 we live

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.160
 ready

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:34.799
 for the

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.240
 coming of

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.539
 Jesus.

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:39.339
 let me

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:39.660
 ask you

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.139
 a question.

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.160
 The

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.379
 night

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:45.740
 life

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.000
 and the

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.160
 day

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.559
 life.

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.859
 Of those

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.139
 two,

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.420
 which

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.220
 characterizes

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.799
 your life

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.379
 right now?

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.400
 Who you

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:53.940
 are determines

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.279
 how you

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.539
 live.

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.779
 If you

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:59.200
 are living

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.859
 awake

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.740
 and you

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.200
 are living

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.940
 sober,

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.779
 you are

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.460
 geared up

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.119
 with gospel

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:04.619
 armor,

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.879
 you don't

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.200
 need to

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.660
 fear that

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.500
 day because

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:09.200
 how you

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.600
 are living

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.240
 reveals who

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.840
 you are.

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.300
 You can

00:28:13.300 --> 00:28:13.980
 be assured.

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:17.960
 But if

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.580
 you're trying

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.060
 to live

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:19.500
 the night

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:21.700
 life while

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:23.040
 being a

00:28:23.040 --> 00:28:23.860
 child of

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.279
 the light,

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.720
 do you know

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.019
 what that's

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.180
 going to

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.720
 result in?

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.140
 You're

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.440
 going to be

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:28.940
 miserable.

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:32.160
 What does

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:33.200
 light have

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.720
 common with

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.040
 darkness?

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.240
 this?

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.339
 You're

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.559
 going to be

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:35.920
 miserable.

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.519
 I lived

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.839
 that way

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.279
 for a long

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.119
 time and

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.480
 I was

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.200
 miserable.

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.599
 God be

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.099
 praised.

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.740
 Here's the

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.240
 question I

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.839
 have for you.

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.119
 Do you

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:51.200
 want to

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.759
 walk in

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.180
 the light?

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.399
 Do you

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:56.240
 want to

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.659
 live by

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.220
 faith?

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.379
 Do you

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.180
 want to

00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.519
 love your

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.079
 brothers and

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.379
 sisters?

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.340
 sisters, do

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:02.380
 you want

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:03.480
 Jesus to

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.240
 come back?

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:08.020
 In Y2K,

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.520
 people were

00:29:08.520 --> 00:29:09.100
 prepping by

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.620
 putting all

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:09.960
 sorts of

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.260
 food in

00:29:10.260 --> 00:29:10.380
 their

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:10.820
 basements.

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:13.060
 We prep

00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:14.400
 by putting

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.780
 on the

00:29:14.780 --> 00:29:15.300
 armor of

00:29:15.300 --> 00:29:15.700
 God,

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.020
 faith,

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.480
 love,

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:19.940
 hope.

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.560
 That's how

00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:21.840
 we get

00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:22.080
 ready.

00:29:24.780 --> 00:29:25.320
 We've

00:29:25.320 --> 00:29:25.920
 seen two

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.500
 contrasting

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.860
 people.

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.180
 We've seen

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.040
 two contrasting

00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:29.880
 lifestyles.

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.220
 Who you

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.160
 are determines

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.640
 how you

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:34.000
 live and

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.580
 it also

00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.180
 determines

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:36.140
 your destiny.

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:37.700
 Two

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.560
 contrasting

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:39.260
 destinies.

00:29:40.300 --> 00:29:40.800
 They're so

00:29:40.800 --> 00:29:41.560
 contrasting,

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:43.260
 they are as

00:29:43.260 --> 00:29:44.060
 different as

00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:45.240
 day and

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.460
 night.

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:49.180
 The first

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:51.720
 destiny is

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.220
 that of those

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.860
 who belong to

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.220
 the night.

00:29:55.060 --> 00:29:55.980
 These are the

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.520
 people who are

00:29:56.520 --> 00:29:57.160
 dead to God.

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.620
 They're

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.800
 oblivious to

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.639
 him.

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.599
 They don't

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:01.879
 take him

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:02.419
 seriously.

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.720
 They don't

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.319
 really care

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.779
 about the

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.440
 salvation that

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.059
 he's accomplished

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.720
 in Christ.

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.460
 Christ's return

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.180
 is just maybe

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.859
 an interest,

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.519
 but they

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.759
 really don't

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.319
 care much

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.980
 more about it

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.440
 than that,

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:13.960
 if anything.

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.039
 They are

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.740
 drunk on

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.220
 worldly

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.819
 toxins.

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.379
 Their destiny

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:19.200
 is clear,

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:20.240
 verse 3 of

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.159
 chapter 5,

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.919
 while they're

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:22.539
 saying,

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.379
 peace,

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.379
 insecurity,

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.940
 sudden destruction

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.720
 will come upon

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.480
 them as labor

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.079
 pains,

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:29.100
 and they

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:29.640
 will not

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.059
 escape.

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.640
 Inescapable

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.259
 destruction,

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.319
 an endless

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.420
 pouring out

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.420
 of the wrath

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.180
 of God.

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.740
 Do you know

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.299
 what Revelation

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.360
 1-7 says?

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:43.220
 That when Jesus

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.980
 comes back,

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:45.100
 all of the

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.799
 non-Christians

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.700
 on the planet

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:49.000
 will wail,

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.140
 they'll

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.860
 wail,

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:55.519
 because when

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.399
 Jesus comes

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:57.059
 back,

00:30:57.439 --> 00:30:58.099
 it will be

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:59.919
 obvious there's

00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:01.319
 no escaping

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.379
 the destruction

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:03.419
 he brings with

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:03.740
 him.

00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.819
 He is going

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.559
 to tread

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:08.539
 the winepress

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.599
 of the fury

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.479
 of the wrath

00:31:10.479 --> 00:31:11.219
 of God

00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:11.879
 Almighty.

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.039
 Now,

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.479
 you may be

00:31:14.479 --> 00:31:15.019
 in your seat

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.299
 saying,

00:31:15.459 --> 00:31:15.699
 wait,

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.019
 wait,

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.259
 wait,

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.959
 time out.

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.679
 I thought

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:19.139
 God was a

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.799
 God of love.

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:21.859
 what's all

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.759
 this wrathful

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.339
 stuff?

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.500
 Fury

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.339
 winepress,

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.139
 violent

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.619
 treading

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.180
 business.

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.220
 You might

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.700
 be thinking,

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:30.899
 what's

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.500
 God's

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.059
 problem?

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.440
 Let me

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.940
 just humbly

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.680
 say this.

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:40.119
 That's the

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.819
 wrong question.

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:45.139
 The real

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:45.619
 question

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:47.519
 has to do

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.059
 with us.

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:52.359
 the everlasting

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.240
 fury of

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.960
 God's wrath

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:55.460
 points to

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.559
 our problem.

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.720
 The sinfulness

00:31:58.720 --> 00:32:00.099
 of our sin

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:01.139
 against a

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:01.500
 holy,

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.099
 just,

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:03.039
 eternal God

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.879
 who is

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:05.039
 bound by

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.259
 his righteous

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.960
 character

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:08.159
 to execute

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.879
 holy,

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.639
 just,

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.299
 and eternal

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.859
 judgment

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:12.180
 on our sin.

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.740
 He is

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.740
 bound to it.

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.359
 You don't

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.839
 want an

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.539
 unjust God.

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.599
 God,

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:19.359
 the destiny

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:21.079
 of those

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.519
 who belong

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.859
 to the

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.119
 night,

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.980
 apart from

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.700
 Christ,

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.940
 unexpected,

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.519
 inescapable,

00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:28.379
 eternal wrath

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:29.180
 of God

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:30.359
 poured out,

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.099
 and I just

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.500
 need to add

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.859
 one more

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.159
 thing.

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.420
 God will

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.639
 be glorified

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.440
 in that.

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.559
 God

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:35.599
 will be

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:35.539
 glorified

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.460
 in that.

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.519
 It's

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.059
 the destiny

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.500
 of those

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.759
 who do

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:41.940
 not

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.279
 repent,

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:44.599
 but for

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:45.200
 those

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.940
 who by

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.299
 God's

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.720
 grace

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:48.220
 do

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.619
 repent

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.119
 and believe

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.720
 in Christ,

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:52.099
 their destiny,

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.200
 our destiny,

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:55.240
 is as

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.940
 different as

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.299
 the day

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.660
 is from

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.039
 the night.

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.200
 In

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.779
 verse 9,

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.460
 we read,

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.519
 for God

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.980
 has not

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:03.240
 destined us

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.039
 for wrath,

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.980
 but to

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:07.059
 obtain salvation

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.639
 through our

00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:08.200
 Lord Jesus

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.759
 Christ.

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.680
 That

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.660
 is our

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.440
 destiny.

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.899
 salvation

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:15.700
 through Jesus

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.379
 Christ.

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.759
 Wait a

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.059
 second,

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.700
 you say?

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.960
 Aren't

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.660
 Christians

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.240
 sinners

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.819
 too?

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.839
 Yes,

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.680
 Christians

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.079
 are sinners

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.500
 saved by

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.920
 grace.

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.579
 Why

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.339
 isn't

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:30.240
 God's

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.720
 wrath

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.379
 our

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:32.119
 destiny?

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.839
 What's

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.480
 the difference?

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.799
 What's

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.299
 the difference

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.059
 between the

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.399
 two?

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.019
 We see

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.339
 in verse

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.599
 10.

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.859
 But to

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.619
 obtain salvation

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:44.019
 through our

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.480
 Lord Jesus

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.079
 Christ,

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.759
 who died

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.319
 for us.

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.399
 Who died

00:33:50.399 --> 00:33:51.139
 for us?

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.500
 Christ

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.619
 died as

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.299
 a substitute

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.339
 for all

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.700
 who would

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.200
 believe in

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.379
 him.

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.119
 For us,

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.279
 he died

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.720
 in our

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.240
 place.

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.220
 Christ's

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:01.139
 finished work

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:01.539
 on the

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.480
 cross has

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.319
 secured our

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.960
 salvation,

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:04.579
 past,

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.039
 present,

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.500
 future.

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.160
 Past,

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:06.619
 we've been

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.039
 justified,

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.660
 we've been

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.019
 adopted.

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.800
 Present,

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.380
 we are being

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.159
 sanctified,

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.800
 we are being

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.340
 conformed into

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.720
 the image

00:34:11.720 --> 00:34:12.120
 of Christ.

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.700
 And for

00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:13.420
 the future,

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.220
 we will

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:14.840
 one day

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:16.079
 be glorified.

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.400
 That is

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.700
 coming.

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.120
 When we

00:34:20.120 --> 00:34:20.420
 will

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.880
 experience,

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.500
 we will be

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.920
 in God's

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.200
 presence,

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:23.700
 with God's

00:34:23.700 --> 00:34:24.000
 people,

00:34:24.140 --> 00:34:24.519
 in God's

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.920
 place,

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.960
 experiencing

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.420
 God's

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.860
 everlasting

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.460
 peace.

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.700
 You see,

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.220
 what the

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:31.780
 cross has

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.160
 done,

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.880
 it has

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.240
 secured

00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:35.840
 our destiny.

00:34:38.680 --> 00:34:39.400
 If Christ

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:39.880
 died for

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.120
 you,

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.859
 instead of

00:34:41.859 --> 00:34:42.480
 a destiny

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.039
 of just

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.659
 wrath of

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.039
 God,

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.059
 we await

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.699
 a destiny

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.400
 of God's

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.599
 good

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.519
 presence.

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.219
 Christian,

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:53.179
 you don't

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.460
 need to

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.839
 fear that

00:34:53.839 --> 00:34:54.119
 day.

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:57.059
 It's not

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.380
 who you

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.699
 are.

00:34:58.859 --> 00:34:59.179
 It's not

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.539
 how you're

00:34:59.539 --> 00:34:59.819
 living.

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.759
 It's not

00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:02.359
 your destiny.

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.460
 destiny.

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.240
 In fact,

00:35:08.640 --> 00:35:09.320
 our destiny,

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.740
 did you

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:10.280
 see that?

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.720
 Whether we

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.180
 are awake

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:13.620
 or asleep,

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.000
 that goes

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.380
 back to

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.059
 the last

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.420
 week's

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.860
 passage.

00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:16.559
 If you

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.059
 are awake,

00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:17.400
 if you're

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.900
 alive when

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.640
 Jesus returns,

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.360
 or if you've

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.200
 fallen asleep,

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.660
 if you've

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:21.240
 died before

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:21.680
 Christ's

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:21.920
 return,

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:23.039
 whether you're

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.420
 awake or

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.700
 asleep,

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.140
 we might

00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:24.519
 live with

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.680
 him.

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:26.140
 The end

00:35:26.140 --> 00:35:26.700
 of this

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.500
 obtaining of

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.000
 salvation,

00:35:28.140 --> 00:35:28.340
 and when

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.980
 Christ comes

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.360
 back,

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.019
 we will

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.539
 all be

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.059
 united,

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.800
 and from

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.400
 that point

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:32.740
 on,

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.159
 we will

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.860
 live with

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:35.820
 him in

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.740
 his presence.

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:39.019
 Two very

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.360
 different

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.000
 destinies.

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:47.119
 1 Thessalonians

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.559
 5, 1

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.039
 through 11

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:50.740
 is in

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.260
 your Bible,

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.699
 Christian,

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:54.079
 to assure

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.460
 you,

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.480
 you need

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.840
 not fear

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.360
 that day.

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:59.180
 but you

00:35:59.180 --> 00:35:59.480
 do need

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.680
 to be

00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:00.140
 ready for

00:36:00.140 --> 00:36:00.360
 it.

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:03.000
 That day

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.280
 of the

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:04.800
 Lord is

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.260
 one day

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.700
 closer.

00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:06.300
 Okay,

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.800
 everybody,

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.220
 get your

00:36:08.220 --> 00:36:08.700
 watch out,

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.539
 synchronize

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.059
 your watches,

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:12.660
 mark one

00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:13.200
 day closer.

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.200
 And of

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:18.220
 those two

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:19.099
 contrasting

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.519
 people,

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:20.019
 if you're a

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.320
 Christian,

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.559
 you're a

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.160
 child of

00:36:22.160 --> 00:36:22.539
 the day.

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.920
 You have

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.940
 been blood

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.400
 bought.

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:27.900
 And brought

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.440
 into God's

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.780
 family,

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.380
 so you

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.400
 stand

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.180
 assured.

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.420
 And of

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.860
 those two

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.180
 different

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:34.180
 lifestyles,

00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:35.539
 the lifestyles,

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:36.519
 night life,

00:36:36.640 --> 00:36:36.820
 and the

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.400
 day life,

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:38.240
 if you are

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:39.180
 awake and

00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:39.559
 sober,

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.260
 if you are

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:41.079
 growing in

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.840
 those things,

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.640
 if you're

00:36:42.640 --> 00:36:43.599
 gearing up

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:44.579
 with gospel

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.099
 armor,

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.079
 and you are

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.500
 saying,

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.099
 I want to

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.500
 walk by

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:47.960
 faith,

00:36:48.160 --> 00:36:48.640
 I want to

00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:49.059
 love the

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.400
 brothers,

00:36:49.640 --> 00:36:50.640
 I want to

00:36:50.640 --> 00:36:51.099
 keep on

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:52.000
 hoping in

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.640
 that coming

00:36:52.640 --> 00:36:53.240
 day,

00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:54.780
 be assured.

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:54.880
 Lord,

00:36:55.640 --> 00:36:57.860
 and of

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.180
 these two

00:36:58.180 --> 00:36:58.460
 different

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.120
 destinies,

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:04.780
 one of

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:06.600
 God's

00:37:06.600 --> 00:37:07.019
 everlasting

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.860
 judgment and

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.400
 one of

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.700
 God's

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:09.080
 everlasting

00:37:09.080 --> 00:37:09.720
 peace,

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.720
 for those

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.160
 of us who

00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:12.700
 belong to

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:13.120
 the day,

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.720
 Christ's

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:15.400
 death has

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.680
 also secured

00:37:16.680 --> 00:37:18.420
 our future.

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:20.240
 we don't

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:20.599
 need to

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.059
 fear that

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.360
 day.

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 What we

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.440
 have is to

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.960
 anticipate

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:25.039
 eternity in

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.599
 his presence,

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.280
 with his

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.680
 people,

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.500
 in his

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.039
 place,

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.039
 experiencing

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.740
 his peace.

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.920
 So if you

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.440
 are in the

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.960
 room this

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.300
 morning,

00:37:35.180 --> 00:37:36.539
 and you're

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:38.700
 fearing the

00:37:38.700 --> 00:37:39.220
 day of

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:39.860
 Christ's

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.280
 coming,

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:42.119
 because you

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:43.460
 know you

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:44.019
 are not a

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.340
 Christian,

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.760
 today is the

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:47.079
 day of

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.519
 salvation.

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.880
 put your

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.780
 trust in

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:52.119
 Christ alone.

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:53.360
 Romans 10

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 says,

00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:54.380
 if we

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 confess Jesus

00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:57.440
 is Lord,

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 and believe

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:58.920
 in your

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.480
 heart that

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.119
 God raised

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:00.400
 him from

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.920
 the dead,

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 you will

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.280
 be saved,

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.579
 you will

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.220
 be delivered

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:05.380
 from the

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 domain of

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 darkness,

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:06.820
 transferred into

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.180
 the kingdom

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:07.680
 of the beloved

00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:08.099
 son,

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 and on that

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:09.800
 day you

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.139
 can be

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 assured of

00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:11.840
 welcome.

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 come.

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 And if you

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 are looking

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:17.680
 forward to

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.140
 that day,

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.640
 if you

00:38:21.640 --> 00:38:22.059
 long for

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.380
 the day,

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 if you're

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:24.840
 saying,

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 come Lord

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.700
 Jesus,

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 you don't

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 need to fear

00:38:30.100 --> 00:38:30.680
 knock,

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:30.940
 knock,

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.360
 knock at

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.640
 the door.

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:33.860
 You don't

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.820
 need to fear

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.440
 the glorious

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.059
 return of

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.559
 Jesus when

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 he comes

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 back on a

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 white horse.

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 You look

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:42.579
 forward to

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:42.840
 that.

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.400
 You long

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:44.780
 for that.

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 And what

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.539
 we're being

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.119
 called to do

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.440
 here in

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.940
 verse 11 is

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.659
 to encourage

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.199
 one another

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:49.639
 in light of

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:49.800
 that.

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.539
 And this is

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:51.900
 how you can

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:52.179
 do it.

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:53.800
 I'm going

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.139
 to have

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:56.019
 the congregation

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.699
 on my left.

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.059
 You say

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.460
 this.

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.739
 Child of the

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.300
 day, say

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:01.519
 it.

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:03.619
 And the

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.039
 people on

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.480
 my right,

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.099
 you say,

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:06.800
 we're one

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.340
 day closer.

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:11.440
 child of

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:11.780
 the day,

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:14.820
 we're one

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.360
 day closer.

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.920
 You ready?

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.360
 I'm going to

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:17.920
 point to you

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.380
 and now you

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:18.780
 say it.

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.519
 So when you

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:24.139
 bump into a

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:24.699
 fellow brother

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.400
 or sister this

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:27.019
 week, you

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.199
 know what you

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.559
 can say to

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:27.699
 them?

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.380
 Christian,

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:33.940
 don't fear

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.440
 that day.

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.219
 Be ready

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:36.719
 for it.

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:39.059
 We just

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.539
 sang it.

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.539
 Fear is

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:43.280
 gone and

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:43.719
 hope is

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.159
 sure.

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.059
 Christ is

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:47.860
 mine forever

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.300
 more.

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:49.940
 Will you

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.260
 pray with

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.440
 me?

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.420
 Three times

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:58.000
 in Revelation

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:59.019
 22, the Lord

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.639
 Jesus, you

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:00.059
 say,

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:01.940
 behold, I'm

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.619
 coming soon.

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:05.519
 to which we

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.119
 say to you

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:07.960
 now, come

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.460
 Lord Jesus.

00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:11.279
 Come.

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:13.359
 We long

00:40:13.359 --> 00:40:13.839
 for you.

00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.279
 We're ready

00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:15.799
 for you.

00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:18.099
 God, would you

00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:20.059
 bless us, your

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.679
 people, and

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:22.299
 would you help

00:40:22.299 --> 00:40:23.199
 us to live

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:25.000
 ready for

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.539
 that day?

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.299
 In your name

00:40:28.299 --> 00:40:28.739
 we pray.

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:30.019
 Amen.

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.159
 Amen.

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.219
 Amen.

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