January 6, 2025 DESTINED TO LIVE WITH HIM
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14, 5:8-11 “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.” “But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him. Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you are also doing.”
We have all experienced the death of a loved one; and we all at times think about our own death. To many, death is a dark ugly reality they had rather not think about. The quote you have probably heard holds true: “Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.” For sure, the death of someone close to us is grievous and we go through a season of morning. There are examples in the Bible where people mourned over the lost of a loved one. Mourning is a part of the process. But, the scriptures present a view of death that gives hope, even in death. There are several bits of good news in the verses above in regards to death. As a starter, the scriptures describe one who has ‘died’ as being asleep. When you go to sleep, you wake up again. When we understand death from a biblical viewpoint, we do not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. When Jesus returns, He will bring with Him those who have died in the faith-the faith that Jesus is the Savior. What an awesome day that will be when we will see again those who have gone before us. Wow! When Jesus died on the cross, He defeated death once and for all. In light of the fact that Jesus will return one day, we should be be living in a state of readiness. We have every reason not to fear death, and every reason to have hope. God has destined us, and all believers who have physically died, to live with Him forever. Yes, we will have trials on this earth and we experience physical death, but death truly is the door to life with our Father. Be encouraged; our destiny with our Father has been sealed.
2 Corinthians 15:51-53, 55 “Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?’’
Blessings, Buddy
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14, 5:8-11 “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.” “But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him. Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you are also doing.”
We have all experienced the death of a loved one; and we all at times think about our own death. To many, death is a dark ugly reality they had rather not think about. The quote you have probably heard holds true: “Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.” For sure, the death of someone close to us is grievous and we go through a season of morning. There are examples in the Bible where people mourned over the lost of a loved one. Mourning is a part of the process. But, the scriptures present a view of death that gives hope, even in death. There are several bits of good news in the verses above in regards to death. As a starter, the scriptures describe one who has ‘died’ as being asleep. When you go to sleep, you wake up again. When we understand death from a biblical viewpoint, we do not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. When Jesus returns, He will bring with Him those who have died in the faith-the faith that Jesus is the Savior. What an awesome day that will be when we will see again those who have gone before us. Wow! When Jesus died on the cross, He defeated death once and for all. In light of the fact that Jesus will return one day, we should be be living in a state of readiness. We have every reason not to fear death, and every reason to have hope. God has destined us, and all believers who have physically died, to live with Him forever. Yes, we will have trials on this earth and we experience physical death, but death truly is the door to life with our Father. Be encouraged; our destiny with our Father has been sealed.
2 Corinthians 15:51-53, 55 “Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?’’
Blessings, Buddy
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