{"id":10108,"date":"2022-04-04T05:37:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T10:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-1-thessalonians-5\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T14:43:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T19:43:00","slug":"devotional-on-1-thessalonians-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-1-thessalonians-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional on 1 Thessalonians"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16196\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P7289645.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16196\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P7289645-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P7289645-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P7289645-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P7289645-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P7289645-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/P7289645.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 &#8211; Sweet Creek Hike &#8211; Mapleton, OR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bottom line<\/p>\n<p>1Thessalonians 5: If he said it, he\u2019ll do it.<\/p>\n<p>When Paul first preached the gospel at Thessalonica he made it quite clear to them that not only is Jesus coming back, but that they can be ready for that sure event. Both of these things are absolutely true, facts that can be taken to the bank. He also told them in no uncertain terms that the date of the Lord\u2019s return is quite uncertain. No secret codes reveal the date. We\u2019re sure he\u2019s coming but we\u2019re in the dark as to when. What\u2019s left? In the words of Jesus, we must \u201cbe ready.\u201d Paul reminds them of that as he closes this short letter. As I live my life in the Lord, trusting in him and cooperating with him, he makes me \u201choly and whole\u201d and keeps me \u201cfit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ.\u201d The bottom line in any discussion concerning the Second Coming is that, while we don\u2019t know when it will happen, we can be (and must be) ready for it. So I pay attention to the things that matter: prayer, cooperation with God, showing compassion, staying away from \u201canything tainted with evil.\u201d I don\u2019t know \u201cwhen\u201d but I\u2019m reminded in this passage that I do know \u201chow\u201d to get ready and stay ready for Jesus to come back.<\/p>\n<p>Take Away: The most important thing in life is being ready for the sure return of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bottom line 1Thessalonians 5: If he said it, he\u2019ll do it. When Paul first preached the gospel at Thessalonica he made it quite clear to them that not only is Jesus coming back, but that they can be ready for that sure event. Both of these things are absolutely true, facts that can be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1474,1428],"tags":[1339,340,772,959,1108],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10108"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16198,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10108\/revisions\/16198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}