Believers Who Have Died

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

  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 of mankind, who have no hope.    For 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.    According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord,  will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.    

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.    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.   Therefore encourage one another  with these words.

Bible Tells Us - 

. The way out of trouble

Ezekiel 14:3

Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts  and put wicked stumbling blocks  before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?

. The one who sees it all

Jeremiah 23:24

Who can hide  in secret places

 so that I cannot see them?”

 declares the Lord.

 “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” 

 declares the Lord.

. Crushed Spirit

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is close  to the broken-hearted 

 and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Thought 

. The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little. - William R. Alger

[Message No: 7753]