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Southview Baptist Church
Letters to the Church — Anticipation: It's Worth the Wait
Pastor Nathan Wakefield concludes 1 Thessalonians in our Letters to the Church sermon series, which will return after the Christmas season with 2 Thessalonians. This week in 1 Thessalonians 4 and 5, we eagerly wait for the day when Christ comes to take his own out of this world and reunites us with those who have gone before. But, as we wait, we must still live for Jesus. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. Divinely appointed words of comfort are worth repeating (4:13‑18).
• The grief that comes from the loss of a loved one does not need to be without hope (13‑14).
• The greatest reunion of all time is already scheduled (15‑17).
• The anticipation of this reunion should be a source of great comfort (18).
Action: Copy down this passage of Scripture and put it somewhere where you will be reminded and comforted.
• The grief that comes from the loss of a loved one does not need to be without hope (13‑14).
• The greatest reunion of all time is already scheduled (15‑17).
• The anticipation of this reunion should be a source of great comfort (18).
Action: Copy down this passage of Scripture and put it somewhere where you will be reminded and comforted.
2. The divinely appointed Day of the Lord is worth our patience (5:1‑11).
• The Day of the Lord is a future time period when God directly and definitively intervenes in the world.
• The Day of the Lord is coming but the specific date is not something for us to know (1‑3).
• The Day of the Lord is not something Christians should worry about (4‑7).
• The coming Day of the Lord should motivate us to live the life God has given us (8‑11).
Action: Ask yourself, what does it look like to be busy in anticipation of Christ's return?
• The Day of the Lord is a future time period when God directly and definitively intervenes in the world.
• The Day of the Lord is coming but the specific date is not something for us to know (1‑3).
• The Day of the Lord is not something Christians should worry about (4‑7).
• The coming Day of the Lord should motivate us to live the life God has given us (8‑11).
Action: Ask yourself, what does it look like to be busy in anticipation of Christ's return?
3. The divinely appointed way of life is worth living (5:12‑28).
• God's way of life mandates honor be given to His servants (12‑13).
• God's way of life mandates mutual edification with other brothers and sisters in Christ (14‑15).
• God's way of life mandates the continual exercise of three actions (16‑18).
• God's way of life mandates the rejection of four actions (19‑22).
• God's way of life mandates that we depend on God for real living (23‑24).
Action: Pick one of the five mandates; pray that God will grow you in this area.
• God's way of life mandates honor be given to His servants (12‑13).
• God's way of life mandates mutual edification with other brothers and sisters in Christ (14‑15).
• God's way of life mandates the continual exercise of three actions (16‑18).
• God's way of life mandates the rejection of four actions (19‑22).
• God's way of life mandates that we depend on God for real living (23‑24).
Action: Pick one of the five mandates; pray that God will grow you in this area.
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