__________ is short and __________ is real.
1. Move from sinfulness to __________.
...We instructed you how to live in order to please God...It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that yu should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like pagans, who do not know God... For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 3-5, 7
2. Move from confusion to __________.
...We do not want you to uninformed abut those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus dies and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
According to the Lord's word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18
3. Move from passivity to __________.
...About times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you will know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying,"Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly... 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
...You won't be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief. For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don't belong to darkness and night. So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded. 1 Thessalonians 5:4-6 NLT
Question: What would I change if I really believed Jesus could return at any moment?
Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 (Memory Verse)