I Thessalonians

In the first and second epistle to the Thessalonians there are twenty distinct references to the second coming of Christ.

At His first coming, Christ was a babe, a servant foretold by John the Baptist. Fishermen were His apostles. He was a mediator, a man, Christ; yet He was spit upon and crucified.

At his second coming, King of kings, heralded by the trump of archangels. Angels and archangels will be His servants and attendants; Judge, Lord of all.

3. Three things: — Work of faith.
Labor of love.
Patience of hope.

6. Followers.

7. Ensamples.

8. Echoes.

10. A coming Saviour, or a coming wrath. Which? If we love the seed of Abraham, if we love the burdened brute creation, if we love the heathen Gentile nations who know nothing of a Saviour, we shall joyfully welcome the hope of Christ’s coming. For it is the hope that shall bring to the Jew his Messiah; to the creature his emancipation from man’s dominion; to mute nature her freedom from thorns and thistles; to the heathen idolater a knowledge of God; to the waiting Bride the personal presence of the Bridegroom; to Jesus his kingdom and throne.

5:23. -’Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost.” 1 Cor. G: 19.

The “outer court” is the body. The” holy place ‘’ is the soul. The” holy of holies” is the spirit. In unregenerate man the holy of holies is dark and untenanted. Man becomes sanctified when the Holy Spirit fills his spirit, and working through the soul, holds the body in obedience.