The Message ArchiveSermons on 1 Thessalonians 4
Each card opens the sermon at the moment the verse is named, where the recording is timed.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
2 sermons
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
“Now I want to suggest something: That is 1 Th 4:1-12.”
Presence #16 - NLV.Lee Vayle, October 3, 1981
“As Peter trumpeted the divinely inspired revelation in Matthew 16, so does Bro. Branham, according to 1 Thessalonians 4:1, trumpet the Shout, which is the message of Ephesians 1:17.”
Christ Is the Mystery #5Lee Vayle, August 13, 1986
1 Thessalonians 4:3
1 sermon
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
“Now, since 1 Th 4:3-16 speaks of those raptured, we must view 1 Cor 15:50-55, to see what’s happening.”
Facts of Our Faith #2Lee Vayle, February 3, 1991
1 Thessalonians 4:9
2 sermons
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
“Okay, also 1 Thessalonians 4:9,”
None Will PerishLee Vayle, December 2, 1979
“Let’s go to 1 Th 4:9.”
Projecting of Love #5Lee Vayle, February 22, 1984
1 Thessalonians 4:11
2 sermons
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
“In 1 Th 4:11-12:”
Priorities #1 (Gruenthal)Lee Vayle, July 11, 1978
“Study to be quiet… ” [1 Th 4:11] The most important thing in this world is to get your mind under the control of God, because your actions come out of your mind.
Faith and ConfessionLee Vayle, 1965
1 Thessalonians 4:12
2 sermons
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
“…I would not have you…ignorant, brethren, concerning those…asleep, that you sorrow not, even… That’s First Thessalonians 4:12 to 18.”
The RaptureWilliam Branham, December 4, 1965
“1 Th 4:12‑18.”
Rapture #11Lee Vayle, November 20, 1983. Names it 2 times.
1 Thessalonians 4:13
83 sermons
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
“Now, that's found in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18”
End Time Events (1666) (Tucson)Lee Vayle, December 6, 1966
“Well, we go to the Book of 1 Thessalonians 4:13, we'll read:”
End Time Events (1766) (Mesa Az)Lee Vayle, December 11, 1966
“Turn to 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18”
Last Day MessageLee Vayle, May 5, 1967
“1 Thessalonians 4:13-18”
Godhead # 2Lee Vayle, March 3, 1968
“Now, we go to the Book of 1 Thessalonians 4:13”
The ResurrectionLee Vayle, December 9, 1968
“Then, what are you going to do with 1 Thessalonians 4:13-16?”
Rapture MysteryLee Vayle, June 9, 1969
1 Thessalonians 4:14
13 sermons
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
“Now, we read 1st Thessalonians 4: 14, distinctly, so I won't read it again because we know it till 30.”
White Throne Judgment -Lee Vayle, December 10, 1968
“Now, we'll go to our Bibles and begin in 1 Thessalonians 4:14.”
Rapture MysteryLee Vayle, June 9, 1969
“Okay, 1 Thessalonians 4:14”
Camp Meeting (Grenthal # 1)Lee Vayle, July 13, 1977
“Now, the same thing is here, in 1st Thessalonians 4: 14.”
The Parousia (Toledo)Lee Vayle, December 18, 1977
“Uses 1 Corinthians 15:23 ~ 1 Thessalonians 4: 14-17, and 2 Thessalonians 2:8.”
Appearing and Coming # 2Lee Vayle, March 9, 1980. Names it 5 times.
“In 1 Th 4:14, It says, "God will bring forth."”
Presence #3Lee Vayle, May 13, 1981
1 Thessalonians 4:15
29 sermons
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
“Thus, we see in 1 Thessalonians 4:15 an indefinite, (I said,) an indefinite period of time takes place and embraces the events of verses 16-17.”
Camp Meeting (Grenthal # 1)Lee Vayle, July 13, 1977. Names it 3 times.
“Now, thus we see in 1st Thessalonians 4:15 the coming is an indefinite period of time which takes place and embraces the events of verses 16 to 17.”
The Parousia (Toledo)Lee Vayle, December 18, 1977. Names it 4 times.
“But now, we're going to look at the Word and It says, "remain unto the Coming of the Lord." [1 Th 4:15] And the word 'coming' is not 'come', anymore than that grand piano is a horse, or a tractor, or one of your silo's that's full of corn.”
Appearing and Coming # 1Lee Vayle, February 4, 1980
“Now then, back again to 1 Thessalonians 4:15.”
Appearing and Coming # 2Lee Vayle, March 9, 1980
“Again 1 Thessalonians 4:15,”
Time of the ResurrectionLee Vayle, April 20, 1980
“Now, let’s take a look at this in 1 Thessalonians 4:15”
ChronologyLee Vayle, April 27, 1980
1 Thessalonians 4:16
258 sermons
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
“You who are putting it down, in First Thessalonians 4:16 and 17, “the Voice,” that Voice was the Voice of Christ.”
Revelation, Chapter FourWilliam Branham, December 31, 1960
“All right, put down First Thessalonians 4:16.”
It Is The Rising Of The SunWilliam Branham, April 18, 1965
“Now in First Thessalonians 4:16, the Bible said, also, that the New Testament saints would come forth with Him when He comes again, them that’s quickened into Him now.”
God's Provided Place Of WorshipWilliam Branham, April 25, 1965
“Now, this word 'shout' is found only once in the New Testament, it's 'keleusma', (k-e-l-e-u-s- m-a) and is in 1 Thessalonians 4:16.”
End Time Events (1666) (Tucson)Lee Vayle, December 6, 1966
“Revelation 10: is being fulfilled perfectly, and with exact accordance as it was in the Book of 1 Thessalonians 4:16.”
Last Day MessageLee Vayle, May 5, 1967
“The 'Rapture', and explaining to you, "The Lord Himself descending with the Shout from Heaven, with the Voice of the archangel and with the Trump of God." [1 Th 4:16]”
IdentificationLee Vayle, February 19, 1968
1 Thessalonians 4:17
15 sermons
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.
“First Thessalonians 4:17, “The trumpet of God shall sound, and we shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of a eye, be caught up together.””
Jehovah-JirehWilliam Branham, April 4, 1964. Names it 2 times.
“But, what will you do with 1 Thessalonians 4:17?”
Second Coming of ChristLee Vayle, December 10, 1969
“Because the Bible says, "We're going to meet the Lord in the air." [1 Thessalonians 4:17] And this is not the air, you're standing on the earth.”
Titles of Godhead FulfilledLee Vayle, May 2, 1976
“Now, I said, this is an over simplification, because you cannot possibly join 1 Corinthians 15:23, and 1 Thessalonians 4:14, and 1 Thessalonians 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," because in 1 Corinthians 15:23, Christ is Present to bring about the Resurrection, and is therefore with the first-fruit.”
Appearing and Coming # 2Lee Vayle, March 9, 1980
"So shall He ever be with the Lord." [1Th 4:17] Which One?
Presence #3Lee Vayle, May 13, 1981
“Then It says, "We'll be caught up to meet the Lord in the air." [1 Th 4:17] That's right, because Jesus is both Lord and Christ.”
Presence #8Lee Vayle, June 10, 1981. Names it 2 times.
1 Thessalonians 4:18
1 sermon
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
“That’s no wonder, Paul said, “Wherefore, comfort one another with these words.” [1 Th 4:18] Because this is the end time.”
The Rapture #2Lee Vayle, 1967
1 Thessalonians 4, the chapter as a whole
16 sermons
“Now, I wish you to look just across the page, if it is so geographically arranged in your Bible, to the 16th, 17th, and 18th verses of the 4th chapter of I Thessalonians.”
The Sudden, Secret Going Away Of The ChurchWilliam Branham, October 12, 1958
“I was reading from First Thessalonians, the 4th chapter.”
I Am The Resurrection And LifeWilliam Branham, November 18, 1963
“Let's go to verse 16 of that 5th chapter... 4th chapter of 1st Thessalonians.”
The Parousia (Toledo)Lee Vayle, December 18, 1977
“Now, what we're going to do is go to the 1 Thessalonians, the fourth chapter, which I took extensively, as I proved you, almost three years ago to the date.”
Appearing & Coming I - Quincy OHLee Vayle, February 24, 1980
“It's what It says in 1 Thessalonians the 4th chapter.”
Presence #1Lee Vayle, May 6, 1981
“For It says, in 1 Thessalonians the 4th chapter, it is not said the voice, the Shout is not said to be the voice of the Lord.”
Presence #6Lee Vayle, May 27, 1981