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Getting Past The Loss
May 4, 2022Getting Past The Loss
Pastor Blake Hanson | 5.4.22
Big Idea: Jesus gives us the ability to get past any .
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 (ESV)
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
WHAT TO REMEMBER WHEN WE EXPERIENCE LOSS…
1) Lean into the .
1 Thessalonians 4.13 (ESV)
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
2) Hope is in Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Acts 9:5 (ESV)
5 And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
1 Corinthians 6:14 (ESV)
14 And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.
2 Corinthians 4:14 (ESV)
14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
3) There is comfort in His .
Coming: Greek – parousia/par-oo-see – “presences” & “appearance”
1 Thessalonians 4:15 (ESV)
15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
Psalm 29:11 (ESV)
11 May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!
4) The hope of Jesus is .
1 Thessalonians 4:15 (ESV)
…will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
Colossians 1:17 (ESV)
17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
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