11 First Thess 4:13-18 (Comfort during loss & death)

Comfort in the Clouds: The Lord offers us comfort during loss & death
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
I. Review & Big Picture
II. Hope and Encouragement in Death
1. God’s plan for believers who have died (or will die)
***Biblical knowledge is powerful and life changing***
***The grief process is a normal process and from the Lord***
John 11:35
***The grief process is not a lack of faith***
***The grief process will look different for the Christian (because there is hope)***
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
1 Corinthians 15:12-19
***As the Lord rose from the grave, so will the Lord raise us up***
Romans 6:4
1. Purgatory
2. Soul sleep
1 Kings 2:10
1 Thessalonians 4:14
Hebrews 4:1, 3
3. Disembodied waiting / Abraham’s bosom
Luke 16:22-23
Luke 23:43
2 Corinthians 5:8
Revelation 6:9-11
Deuteronomy 18:11
Leviticus 20:27
2. God’s plan for those alive at the second coming
***We are to encourage each other with the reality of eternal life***