1. 1 Thes. 5:4-11
A Shielded Church, Pt. 2

2. A Shielded Church, Pt. 2
1. What is the Day of the Lord? 2. Who does the Day of the Lord Involve? 3. When does the Day of the Lord Initiate? 4. Where does the Day of the Lord Initiate? 5. Why is the Day of the Lord Important? 6. How long does the Day of the Lord Last?
7. How should the Rapture and the Day of the Lord affect the Church?

3. A Shielded Church, Pt. 2
Isa 13:10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Amos 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

4. A Shielded Church, Pt. 2
Psa 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Pro 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

5. A Shielded Church, Pt. 2
Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 

6. A Shielded Church, Pt. 2
John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 

7. A Shielded Church, Pt. 2 1. Be Shining (5:4-5)
Eph 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

8. A Shielded Church, Pt. 2 1. Be Shining (5:4-5) 2. Be Sober (5:6-8)
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
2 Cor. 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
1 Tim. 1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
2 Tim. 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

9. A Shielded Church, Pt. 2 1. Be Shining (5:4-5) 2. Be Sober (5:6-8)
1 Pet. 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 
1 Thes. 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

10. A Shielded Church, Pt. 2 1. Be Shining (5:4-5) 2. Be Sober (5:6-8)
1 Thes. 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

11. A Shielded Church, Pt. 2 1. Be Shining (5:4-5) 2. Be Sober (5:6-8)
3. Be Secure (5:9-10)
We are SAVED – We have been delivered from the eternal penalty of hell in the lake of fire.
We are SEALED – We are eternally secure in Christ.
We are SEATED – We are sitting in heavenly places.
We are SHIELDED – We are shielded from the wrath to come.

12. A Shielded Church, Pt. 2 1. Be Shining (5:4-5) 2. Be Sober (5:6-8)
3. Be Secure (5:9-10)
4. Be Stimulating (5:11)
Pro 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Heb 10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: