Let Your Light Shine

Let you light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16

Today’s Daily Bible Reading is from 1 Thessalonians 5:1-18. Paul tells the Thessalonians that they don’t need him to tell them about the times and the seasons. What does Paul mean by that statement? He says they know the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. Paul taught the Thessalonians about these things previously. They weren’t ignorant of the things which are to come to pass in the future.

We should study the Bible and keep up with the events going on in our world so we’ll be aware. Paul warns when the world says peace and safety, then will sudden destruction come. It will be like a woman in labor having a child; they won’t be able to escape it. He reminds them that they’re children of the light; they’re not in darkness. As Christians, we’re considered children of the light or of the day. Those without Christ are in darkness. They are without salvation and without hope.

Paul says Jesus will come like a thief in the night. A thief doesn’t announce when he is coming; neither will Jesus. Jesus reminds us that no man knows the day or the hour of His return, only His Father (God) in this Scripture from Matthew 24:36: “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.”

Paul warns them to be sober and keep watch, so they won’t be caught off guard. He tells them to robe themselves with the armor of God, as a soldier who prepares for battle. Paul reminds them to put on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. God hasn’t chosen us for His wrath, which is actually, what we deserve because of our sins. God chose us to attain salvation through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus died for us so that whether we live or die we’ll live together with Him.

 

Daily Bible Reading:

1 Thessalonians 5:1-10

1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

 

Things to think about:

• What does Paul say the day of the Lord will be like?

• How does Paul say we should arm ourselves?

• What makes you a child of the light?

 

Prayer of the Day:

Dear Heavenly Father,

We thank You for this Scripture in the book of 1 Thessalonians. Paul reminds us to be on guard watching and waiting for the return of Christ. Help us to be sober and watchful awaiting His return. Help us to robe ourselves as soldiers in the army of God. Help us to study Your Word so we won’t be caught unaware. Convict those who aren’t yet children of the light so they might repent and turn to You before it’s too late. In Jesus’ precious name, we pray. Amen.

 

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Paul established the church of Thessalonica on his second missionary journey. It was known throughout the land that the Thessalonians had great faith in God and in the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul loved the Thessalonians. He had a great concern for the Thessalonians and desired to see them again. But, since Paul couldn’t go see them he sent Timothy to encourage them in the faith.

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