Living in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Reason for…
The Lord's Day Morning July 15, 2012 “Living Life in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Reason for Hope” 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. We’re going to begin in verse 13 today. In this passage, Paul is speaking about the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now we've said all along as we've studied this letter of Paul that his theme is teaching Christians how to live life in light of Jesus’ return. Well he gets very specific in this passage and the next on that topic. Here, the Thessalonians are asking him some questions about their loved ones who die before Jesus returns again. It's clear that in the short time that Paul had to teach them before he had…