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13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
I Timothy 2:
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Pray:
Our decision at Pine Grove.
I have been in contact with other pastors, because none of have had to deal this this.
This a difficult time for our country. Fear, uncertainty, worry, concern, panic. Some even feel a since of hopelessness. But, for those of us that are true followers of Jesus, we know that we can have hope.
Romans
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
We have faith in God during these times, but we also have be curious. (sound mind) Fine line between faith and foolishness. Our Pres has asked for everyone to do their part in the help of not spreading this virus.
This virus has caused a lot fear, panic. Also a lot of questions. Is this a plague from God? This is God’s judgment?
Not here to answer those questions. I want to share with you want God has showed me through this. By that I mean, what I need to be doing, and what I need to be leading Pine Grove Baptist church to do.
Fear and panic have sweep our nation. (News media is a big part of the blame) Elab Grocery stores, restaurants, people are having a hard time finding things they need. This virus has caused a panic and fear because people are unsure of what is going on in the world.
As I have seen all this panic and fear, it made me think about what is it going to be like after the Rapture of the church?
1st of all, what is going on now is no where close to what it will be like. READ ELAB
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
I Thessal
13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
I Thessalonians 6:16-17
I Thessalonians 4:16-
People who are lost without a personal relationship with Jesus will not meet the Lord in the air. They will be left to face what will a time like our world has never seen.
People who are lost without a personal relationship with Jesus will not meet the Lord in the air. They will be left to face what will a time like our world has never seen.
I know how important it is that I should be sharing the gospel with people. But I still haven’t been doing like I should. Through this pandemic, I have seen that I have to do a better job at it.
Pine Grove Baptist has to be doing a better job at it. I preached a serous “Share Jesus like it matters” based on the book “Share Jesus like it matters”
I plan to do more training of sharing the gospel. That is how we are going grow a church. I want see you grow in numbers, but that will not happen with do not grow spiritually.
Elab on Wed afternoon, the City of Gainesville. We don’t have that problem, but we should have.
If i will do more sharing Jesus, if you will do more more sharing Jesus, people will be saved and our church will grow. (Ealb what sharing Jesus is) Invite people to church with our invite to church cards. You can do that now even though we are not having church. Elab how to do that.
This a time in our country that we have never seen. Fear, unknown. People unable to work, go to school, graduations cancelled, wedding being put off to a later date. We as followers of Jesus have to see this as an opportunity to show people Gods love.
Use this time to pray with people who are worried, people who are fearful. Elab
Use this time to pray with people who are worried, people who are fearful.
You can still invite people to church. If you are in a store or where ever and are talking to someone, say something looking forward being able to go to church again. Invite them, ask to be your guest. Give them an invite to church card. If you don’t have any, let me know I will get you some.
We are a small church, but we can look for ways to serve our community during troubled times. H.B Charles “A small church can be strong, a big church can be weak” Let be strong.
Why God has allowed this virus to happen, I don’t know. But I do know that we can use it to glorify His name and further His Kingdom.
Unity is something we are seeing in our country during this time. Ealb
We need to pray that we will continue to see this.
As a church, we need to have unity always, but even more during a time like this.
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18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
I want end with, are you sure?