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Cries of "Peace and Safety" 1 Thessalonians 5:3 · Life For Toledo

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  I'm thinking today of 1 Thessalonians 5 .3. It
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  says, While people are saying peace and safety,
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  destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor
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  pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not
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  escape. Jesus, of course, is talking about the
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  second coming, the ultimate justice, and also
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  the ultimate delivery of grace. When it's all
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  said and done, this will be one of the greatest
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  upheavals, the kind of thing that we all might
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  want to avoid. But here they are crying peace
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  and safety, and it makes the gospel look harsh.
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  I think that Jesus will come again, and the judgment
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  will ensue, and people who were crying peace
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  and safety will not get what they were asking
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  for at the same time think about pregnant women
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  well pregnant women as they come to the end of
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  their pregnancy they know they could experience
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  labor pains at any time and so the truth is while
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  they're crying peace and safety somewhere within
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  them they know that things can't go on the way
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  they are forever there will be a change whatever
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  you're going through today as difficult as it
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  may be be encouraged god loves you and he's taking
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  you to a place in a way that will bless you beyond
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  what you can understand beyond what i can understand
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  and We can experience a great peace on earth
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  just knowing that through. But there will be
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  those who are crying out peace and safety. Even
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  those who are crying out, Lord, Lord, Jesus,
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  will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Rather,
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  those who love God through his son, Jesus Christ,
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  and do the will of their father the best they
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  know how through his son, Jesus Christ. Let that
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  be us. God bless you today. Be encouraged.