Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Thessalonians 5:4

"But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:" — 1 Thessalonians 5:4 (ASV)

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

You who truly know the Lord, you who are saved through his first coming, and are expecting his second coming.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

You are brought out of darkness into his marvelous light. Your element is light. Ye are all the children of light; ye are not in darkness that the day should overtake you as a thief. You know the signs, and, being watchful, you will observe them when the hour comes.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

You know that Christ will come. You expect the dissolution of this present state. To you therefore, it will come as one who calls at daytime. You cannot know the hour. You must not know it; but since you know that he will come, and come to your joy; and since you are in the light, you look with gladness to that coming.