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The Rapture

Therefore comfort one another with these words. 1 Thess.4:18

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Introduction: Comfort One Another

  • Comfort One another with HOPE
  • Present Active Imperative: it is a command
  • 1 Thess. 2:19, For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
  • WE DO NOT FEAR WHAT THEY FEAR
  • Vs. 13, those who are asleep
  • Vs.14, those who have fallen asleep.
  • Vs. 15, those who have fallen asleep
  • Vs.16, the dead in Christ will rise first.

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Comfort One Another With Resurrection Truth

  • Resurrection Truth
  • God promised it in Abraham
  • Hebrews 11:17-19
  • God promised it in Jesus
  • Matt.10:28
  • WE DO NOT FEAR WHAT THEY FEAR

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Comfort One Another With Jesus Promise

  • Vs.15, This is the Word of the Lord
  • Vs. 16, The Lord Himself will descend
  • Vs. 16, The Lord will shout!
  • Vs. 17, We will meet the Lord in the air.
  • WE DO NOT FEAR WHAT THEY FEAR

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Comfort One Another With Jesus Presence

  • Promise of eternal life with Jesus is a timing and quality attribute of the promises of God.
  • 2 Cor.2:14, But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.
  • WE DO NOT FEAR WHAT THEY FEAR