Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Comfort In Christ.

Comfort.

Where do we find comfort in this world today. Every news program on most platforms will easily remind us of the horrors of our lives. We are not unaffected by the tragedies that are befalling people everywhere. Some of us may have been a part of them, others spectators and it doesn't matter - not really- because spectators to the horrors have their hearts ripped apart inside their chest each time they witness the atrocities and by witness I include even reading, or hearing about without seeing them. The evil humanity harbors is truly heartbreaking. So many things, so many awful things taking place it just tears me apart.

We do need comfort from the horrors, so where do we find comfort.

1Th 4:18  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

1Th 4:13  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 
1Th 4:14  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 
1Th 4:15  For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 
1Th 4:16  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 
1Th 4:17  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 
1Th 4:18  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Our hope is in Christ and the salvation HE will give to us!

It is easy to lose hope when the horrors all around us never end and seem to only grow worse. When people we love are dying, when so many are victims of evil- their lives cut short and unexpectedly we need hope.

The dead in Christ will rise first!
Then if we are still alive and not among the dead in Christ- we will be caught up together WITH them in the clouds, MEETING the LORD in the AIR- and then….  Then we will EVER be with the LORD.

There Is HOPE, a living hope for the dead and living- IN CHRIST.

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