How Jesus' Future Return Should Influence Your Life Today

Everyone Will Stand Before God’s Judgment

At the end of 1 Thessalonians 3, Paul summarizes his prayer for the small church in Greece by asking that the Lord would make them “increase and abound in love”. The reason he prays this is “so that [their hearts may be] established blameless in holiness … at the coming of our Lord Jesus”. In other words, Jesus’ future return is a motive for growing in love right now.

An Outward Badge Demonstrating An Inward Reality

While Jesus’ atoning death completely bore God’s wrath for anybody who has believed in Him, genuine love for others demonstrates that one has actually believed. It’s an outward badge confirming an inward reality. Listen to last week’s sermon to learn more about this and to learn what it means to “increase and abound in love”.

Listen to this week’s sermon here.