THE SUBSTANCE OF OUR HOPE

I really want to encourage you, so here goes! The Lord is coming soon and will come down from heaven and we will be with the Lord forever. I also want to encourage you to know that the day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night. The reason He died for us is so that we may live together with Him when He comes. I really hope you felt built up by that because that’s what Paul said the outcome should be (1Thessalonians 4:18; 5;10). What is interesting is that Paul prefaces his teaching about our going and His coming (titles of my last two messages during Lent) with the words: “We believe that Jesus died and rose
again” (1 Thessalonians 4:14). These convictions are the fruit of the resurrection, which is why I have been
arguing the last two messages that this is such an important part of the Easter message. You will need to
listen to the message to get all the content. I gave three main points so was really encouraged when
someone told me afterwards they got the four points! Someone else told me that they wanted my notes as
I was going too quickly. Actually, they confessed that their mind was not as absorptive as it used to be.