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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-8

DISCOURSE: 2203WATCHFULNESS ENJOINED1 Thessalonians 5:1-8. Of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 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. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:6

'Awake! Awake!'; 'The Enchanted Ground'; and 'Sleep Not' Awake! Awake! A Sermon (No. 163) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 15, 1857, by the REV. C. H. Spurgeon at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Therefore let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober." 1 Thessalonians 5:6 . WHAT SAD things sin hath done. This fair world of ours was once a glorious temple, every pillar of which... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28

Chapter 5But of the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 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. But ye, brethren, [and here's the key] are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief ( 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4 ).The day of the Lord is coming. Jesus... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28

1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 . Of the times and seaso n s, ye have no need that I write to you. Paul as a prophet might have said much concerning the dispensations of providence which should attend the church, but it is best to wait till the Lord shall open the sealed book. The seasons, or opportunities to correct the wicked, and reveal righteousness to the saints, are divided here, and given in the plural number, for heaven will meet the multifarious states and wants of the church with a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11But of the times and seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you--Perhaps because the apostle had told them, or because the sudden coming of Christ was a universal belief.So in modern times a preacher might say, “There is no need for me to speak to you of the uncertainty of life.” (Prof. Jowett.)The attitude of the Church towards the Second Advent of ChristAs when we ascend a winding river some well-known landmark appears to alter its position seeming now... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Thessalonians 5:6

1 Thessalonians 5:6Therefore let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober SleepI.The sleep of sin--Scripture teaches us, with the utmost explicitness, that a state of sin is a state of slumber. Sleep is a figure which is commonly employed to illustrate man’s natural and unrenewed state. Sin is the sleep of the soul--the spirit.1. Both natural and spiritual sleep are characterized by forgetfulness. We speak, and not without reason, of the oblivion of sleep. A man falls into a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:6

6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. Ver. 6. As do others ] What wonder that the Grecians live loosely? saith Chrysostom; but that Christians do so, this is worse, yea, intolerable. But let us watch and be sober ] We must not be like Agrippa’s dormouse that would not awake till cast into boiling lead, or Matthiolus’s asses fed with hemlock, that lie for dead, and are half hilded ere they can be aroused. (Comment. in Dioscor.) But rather we should... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Thessalonians 5:6

let us not: Proverbs 19:15, Isaiah 56:10, Jonah 1:6, Matthew 13:25, Matthew 25:5, Mark 14:37, Luke 22:46, Romans 13:11-2 Chronicles :, 1 Corinthians 15:34, Ephesians 5:14 watch: Matthew 24:42, Matthew 25:13, Matthew 26:38, Matthew 26:40, Matthew 26:41, Mark 13:34, Mark 13:35, Mark 13:37, Mark 14:38, Luke 12:37, Luke 12:39, Luke 21:36, Luke 22:46, Acts 20:31, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Ephesians 6:18, Colossians 4:2, 2 Timothy 4:5, 1 Peter 4:7, Revelation 3:2, Revelation 16:15 sober: 1... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Thessalonians 5:6

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.Awake, and keep awake — Being awakened, let us have all our spiritual senses about us. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:6

6. Let us not sleep That deeper than bodily sleep, which is slept in that deeper than natural darkness and night which render the advent a destruction. Others Οι λοιποι . The rest; the unbelievers. Note, Ephesians 2:3. Watch Of which word wake is another form, the opposite of sleep. Sober The opposite of drunken in the next verse. read more