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Presented by Rev. Dr. Duane White
Title: Rapture Of The Saints
Text: I Thess. 4:13-18; I Thess. 3:13; I Cor. 1:3
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible, Copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Outline:
1. Not to Be Ignorant — V. 13; James 1:5; Dt. 29:29; II Pt. 3:5
2. The True Meaning of Death — V. 13, 14; Jn. 11:11-14; I Cor. 15:54-57
3. Stand On The Authority Of God’s Word — V. 15; Mt. 24:24; II Pet. 1:20, 21
4. Some Will Be Alive & Remain — V. 15; Lk. 21:26, 27; II Pt. 3:10-12
5. The Lord Shall Descend V. 16; Acts 1:11; Rev. 1:10; Jn. 14:2-4
6. There Will Be a Great Reunion — V. 17; I Jn. 3:1-3; Col. 3:4, 5 Phil. 3:20
7. This Is Our Comfort — V. 18, 14; is. 40:1, 2; Ps, 23:4
