ALCFNow - We Have Hope Where Others Don't Part 2

In today's message, Pastor Scott continues teaching about the events that occur after Christians and non-Christians die. Follow along using his outline below. Please help us spread the good news by sharing this message with others!

And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.

~1 Thessalonians 4:13

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For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.

~1 Thessalonians 4:14

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We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

~2 Corinthians 5:8

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We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves.

~1 Thessalonians 4:15-16

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What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.51 But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! 52 It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed. 53 For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.

~1 Corinthians 15: 50-53

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Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. 18 So encourage each other with these words.

~1 Thessalonians 4:17-18

Sermon Outline

We Have Hope Where Others Don’t (Part 2)