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DATE |
CHURCH |
SUBJECT |
PREACHER |
BIBLE
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09.11.08 |
All Saints Church |
Facing Death |
Tony Higton |
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 |
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We grieve with Ted in the loss of Betty
We grieve with Doris in the loss of Bill
But we don’t grieve like non-believers do
For
Christians Death is sleep
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Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about
those who sleep in death
Relaxation
Peace
Rest
Renewal
For
Christians Grief is not hopeless
so that you do not
grieve like the rest, who have no hope. 14 We believe
that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will
bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
Grief is natural
Grief is healing
Christian grief is focused on hope
We shall see our departed loved ones again: without the pain,
ageing and weakness
For
Christians Hope is certain
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According to the Lord's word, we tell you that we who are still
alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly
not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the
Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command,
with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of
God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After
that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore
encourage one another with these words.
To be a dead believer will be an advantage
Jesus will descend
Glorious context
Christian dead rise first
Rapture
For ever with the Lord
8/11/08 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
13 Brothers and
sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who
sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who
have no hope. 14 We believe that Jesus died and rose
again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those
who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the
Lord's word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are
left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede
those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself
will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice
of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead
in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are
still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in
the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with
the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another
with these words.
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