How to Be Prepared for Jesus to Return – The Return of the King

1 Thessalonians 5:3–11

1. Don’t Be Asleep When Jesus Comes (4-5)

• The believer is not in darkness.
• The believer is a child of light
• The believer is a child of the day.

2. Don’t Be Asleep Before Jesus Comes (6-7)

• To watch means to be alert and on guard to live for Christ.
• To be sober means to be rigid in discipline & control for Christ; to live a life of righteousness & godliness, ever watchful for the return of the Lord.

3. Do Be Awake (8)

• Be Sober and Protected
• Put on the Armor of God

4. Remember why you are to stay awake (9-10)

• Not Appointed to Wrath
• Christ Died for Us

5. Wake up Others (11)

• • Comfort – exhort, encourage, and admonish
  • Edify – strengthen and build each other up