How to Prepare for Christ’s Return

1 Thessalonians 5:1 Now concerning the times and the seasons,
brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you
yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a
thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “There is peace and
security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor
pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4 But
you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a
thief. 5 For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are
not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then let us not sleep, as
others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. 7 For those who sleep,
sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. 8 But
since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the
breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through
our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we are
awake or asleep we might live with him. 11 Therefore encourage one
another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

· Jesus will return in his time (1-3)

· The best preparation for Jesus’ return is godliness (4-8)

· The greatest treasure we can receive is life with Christ (9-10)

· Encourage one another with these things (11)