From creation to restoration, God's purposefulness over all of life, creation, and time brings comfort to the believer, especially when it comes to the end. There is comfort for the believer to find in the certain coming of Christ. As we wait, Paul tells us to keep awake, be sober, and to encourage and build up one another.

The goal of the Christian life is to look more and more like Jesus with a view of His certain return. In this sermon we will look at Paul's charge for the church in Thessalonica to grow in holiness and love with a view of Christ return.

There are many relationships and unique bonds that we share in this life but the joyous bond of Christian fellowship far surpasses all other worldly bonds. We share in a Christ centered affection, longing to grow together, and suffering.

God is sovereign over the nations. This truth is crucial to our understanding of God, who He is, and how He operates in relation to image bearers. He is the one true God and will accomplish His will among the nations. The nations are crucial to the story of redemption and we as the church are tasked with bringing God's kingdom among the nations. May we be people who pray, give, and go for the glory of God among the nations.

God works in and through His covenant promises to bring about the redemption and restoration of a broken world. Every aspect of our existence is according to God's grace which is revealed by His covenants with fallen man. This truth is crucial to how we understand the entire story of the Bible and to how we live in every area of our lives.

Is it possible to live for Christ in wicked days? Should Christians even consider living differently from the world? In this portion of the flood narrative we will see the even in seasons of God's judgement, God's servant lives a life of worship and obedience to God. Not only is it possible to live for God in wicked days, it is expected of the people of God.

In our passage we learn where sin increases, God's grace abounds all the more. We see the wickedness of men, God's brokenness over sin, and His justice that is only pardoned by His grace. Do you know His grace.

In our text we see that God's plan of blessing for humanity, though frustrated by the fall, will be restored through the seed of the woman. We see the glorious goal of the genealogy of Christ, the coming of death, and a call to faith in Christ as we long to walk with God as His people in every moment of our lives.