1 Thessalonians 5:9 states that God hath not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation by whom?

• A. Eternal punishment for believers.
• B. God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.
• C. Salvation comes through keeping the law.
• D. We are appointed to endure wrath.

Answer: (B)

The key idea here is that believers are spared from God’s judgment and saved through Jesus Christ. The verse states clearly that God has not appointed us to wrath; instead, we obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. This emphasizes that salvation comes from what Christ has done, not from keeping a law or from human effort. It shows the gracious path God provides: deliverance from judgment is found in Jesus, whose death and resurrection reconcile sinners to God.

That helps explain why other ideas don’t fit. Salvation by keeping the law isn’t the scriptural message here; the verse points to Christ as the means. The notion that believers are appointed to endure wrath contradicts the passage’s assurance of salvation through Jesus. And the idea of eternal punishment for believers contradicts the claim that believers obtain salvation through Christ.