SwordPlay - S2E10 (ep. 46) - 1 Thess. 5

- Why does Paul refer to the day of the Lord as “times and epochs?” (1-2)

- Who will be destroyed? Who are they that say, “peace and safety?” (3)

- Why does Paul use the phrase “sons of day/light?” (5)

- Why does Paul compare being asleep/drunk with being awake/sober? (6-7)

- Is it wrong to get drunk? How do you know when you are drunk? (7)

- Why does Paul relate soberness to putting on armor? (8)

- Why does the spiritual armor differ here from Eph. 6? (8)

- Did God predestine those who would be saved, and thus those whom Christ died for? (9-10)

- What does Paul mean by living together with Jesus whether awake or asleep? (10)

- Who are the ones in charge of the Thessalonians? (12)

- Are these final instructions to the leaders only or to everyone? (14ff)

- What does it mean to admonish? Who are the unruly that need admonished? (14)

- How does one encourage the fainthearted? (14)

- How does one help the weak? (14)

- What is the will of God? (18)

- What does it mean to quench the Spirit? (19)

- Which prophetic utterances is Paul referring to, and why would they be despised? (20)

- What are they to examine carefully? How are they to examine carefully? (21)

- Why does Paul emphasize peace in this last section? (13, 23)

- Is man tripartite in nature? (23)

- What will God bring to pass? (24)

- What is a holy kiss and should we practice this today? (26)

- Are there multiple congregations in Thessalonica? How circulated did Paul intend? (27)

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