3. The Explanation of the Evidence. 1:8-10 V.8 a) Word has Sounded - I. Sounded forth (Gr. execheomai) means to echo, to resound. The Word was not kept secret but sounded forth like an ongoing echo. II. As they were waiting for the trumpet of God to sound 4:16, they were sounding forth as a trumpet for God. III. Their faith were not hidden but released, it went out. V.9 b) Works of Service - They Received God’ s Servants and their Speech, They Repented and to God Surrendered, The Real God they Sought and Served. 1.John 5:20-21 V.10 c) Waiting the Son - I. They waited for the coming of Christ - The rapture. II. The wrath of God is a holy response to the evil and rebellion of man. III. Believers are delivered from the wrath of God. John 3:36; 5:24; Rom.5:1 IV. One of the purposes of the rapture is to deliver us from the wrath to come - The tribulation: Meaning that rapture happens before the tribulation. Luke 21:23, 36; Rev.3:10; 6:16-17; 16:1 V. Paul explains how this deliverance from wrath will occur in 4:13-5:10. VI. In every chapter of 1.Thessalonians the coming of Christ is mentioned at the end of the chapter: Salvation and the coming of Christ.1:10 Service and the coming of Christ. 2:19, 20 Stabilized holiness and the coming of Christ. 3:13 Soundness and the coming of Christ.4:16, 17 Sanctification and the coming of Christ. 5:23 VII. The 3 tenses: 1. You turned v.9 - Past tense. (Their work of faith v.3) 2. To serve v.9 - Present tense. (Their labour of love v.3) 3. To wait v.10 - Future tense. (Their patience of hope v.3)