Knowing The End Affects The Now - 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-11
God's word declares that the end will come
to know that Jesus will return
this is for the believer's comfort
believing your pleas, He won't spurn
Living here in the here and now
affects our endeavours to serve
looking upwards to the great day
turns us to follow on full of nerve
Remind ourselves of Jesus' sacrifice
dying in our place for our salvation
rising from death and ascending to heaven
then coming back to fulfil our redemption
So living for Jesus now moves us on
to accomplish here God's perfect will
bringing glory to His great name
brings true peace, be perfectly still
Knowing the end affects the now
to be watchful to run the course
till the hour Jesus finally appears
for the saviour is our constant force
(1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5 For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.)
1 Thessalonians 5: 1-11 (ESV)
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Gordon Mcconnell
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