PREPARING FOR CHRIST'S RETURN (Part 4) • "Hope" • Barry Bandara

• This Series: The first letter to the church at Thessalonica is a relevant letter for our day. These believers were worried and a bit stressed that they had somehow missed the coming of Christ. Today, many believers are worried and stressed that the coming of Christ is not coming fast enough. This study through this intimate letter will help prepare us for the imminent return of Jesus Christ.

 

• This Week: Because of Jesus Christ and what awaits those who have placed their faith in him, we shouldn’t view death like everyone else in this world. In our post-Christian culture, death is the end. To the believer, death is just the beginning of eternal life. Both Jesus and Paul do not refer to death as death. Instead, it’s just “sleep.”

 

Key Phrase: “We do not grieve like those… who have no hope.” 1 Thessalonians 4:13