Comfort One Another - Week Five
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Reality
- We will all face
‘But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. ’
—1 Thessalonians 4:13 (NKJV)
‘And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, ’
—Hebrews 9:27 (NKJV)
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Reminder
- Because Jesus
‘For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.’
—1 Thessalonians 4:14 (NKJV)
‘Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.’
—1 Corinthians 15:50-58 (NKJV)
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Return
- Every
‘For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. ’ —I Thessalonians 4:15-16 (NKJV)
‘“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.’ —Matthew 24:36-44 (NKJV)
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Reunion
- We will be
‘Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. ’ —I Thessalonians 4:17 (NKJV)
‘“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. ’ —John 14:1-3 (NKJV)
‘But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.”’ —II Samuel 12:23 (NKJV)
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Request
- It is important for us to
‘Therefore comfort one another with these words.’ —I Thessalonians 4:18 (NKJV)