Jonathan Edwards – Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Godīut the foolish children of men do miserably delude themselves in their own schemes, and in their confidence in their own strength and wisdom they trust in nothing but a shadow. You just wake up and see you have been victimized. He does not give signs when he plans to strike. A good thief does not telegraph his robbery. It does not fit on a timeline where his arrival is expected. One moment they are going about their business and the next they are overwhelmed and crushed. Suddenly agony and terror will overwhelm them. It will not be a day of deliverance and bliss. For most, it will not be a day of celebration and glorification. The day is coming! It will come like a thief and many are asleep. 11Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.(NIV) 10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 9For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 8But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 6So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 5You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. 4But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 3While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 1Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
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