1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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1 Thessalonians 4:13–14 LEB

Now we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve as also the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, thus also God will bring those who have fallen asleep through Jesus together with him.

BIBLE VERSE EXPLAIN

They were worried about what happen to Christians who had died.

They believed that Jesus would be coming back soon.

Would they be forgotten or miss out on something.

They expected the Christ would return very shortly.

We should always live with the idea that Jesus will come back any second.

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Ignorant

Ignorant or uniformed

uninformedMake a mistake

Make a mistake

Make a mistake

Pay little or not attention to the spiritual facts

Fail to understand

Just not know

Asleep

Uniformed believe

we thought Jesus was coming back tomorrow, we would be doing a lot of things differently.

They will never persecuted

They expected the Christ would return very shortly.

Prosperity Gospel

I will understand everything

We should always live with the idea that Jesus will come back any second.

Informed Believer

God takes me through problems

My real future is with God

I wil Pray and have Faith

Surprise inspection on Christmas day

If we thought Jesus was coming back tomorrow, we would be doing a lot of things differently.