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Take Comfort in the Promise 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Take Comfort in the Promise 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. DISCUSSION GUIDE. DISCUSSION GUIDE. Ben Roethlisberger. DISCUSSION GUIDE. DISCUSSION GUIDE. DISCUSSION GUIDE. DISCUSSION GUIDE. DISCUSSION GUIDE. Take Comfort in the Promise Grieve with hope. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14)

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Take Comfort in the Promise 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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  1. Take Comfort in the Promise 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

  2. DISCUSSION GUIDE

  3. DISCUSSION GUIDE Ben Roethlisberger

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  8. DISCUSSION GUIDE Take Comfort in the Promise • Grieve with hope. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14) • What happens to believers when they die? (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17) • Encourage one another. (1 Thessalonians 4:18)

  9. DISCUSSION GUIDE DISCUSSION GUIDE 1. What information did Paul want to share with the Thessalonian believers? (1 Thessalonians 4:13) Paul wanted to clarify with the Thessalonian believers what happens to believers who “fall asleep” and encourage them not “to grieve like the rest of men who have no hope.”

  10. DISCUSSION GUIDE DISCUSSION GUIDE 2. What do you think Paul meant when he talked about “those who fall asleep?”

  11. DISCUSSION GUIDE DISCUSSION GUIDE 3. How should a believer mourn the death of another believer?

  12. DISCUSSION GUIDE DISCUSSION GUIDE 4. What is the meaning of the word “hope?” What hope do believers have that non- believers do not?

  13. DISCUSSION GUIDE DISCUSSION GUIDE 5. Paul reminded the Christians at Thessalonica some of the things that they believed. What are those things? (1 Thessalonians 4:14) Paul reminded the Thessalonians that they believed that: • Jesus died and rose again • That God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him

  14. DISCUSSION GUIDE DISCUSSION GUIDE 6. Why is it important for believers to remember these things?

  15. DISCUSSION GUIDE DISCUSSION GUIDE 7. Where did Paul receive his teaching about what happens to believers who die? (1 Thessalonians 4:15) Paul indicates that his teaching reflects the Lord’s own words.

  16. DISCUSSION GUIDE DISCUSSION GUIDE 8. What is the sequence of events in the return of Christ? (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17) • The Lord will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and the trumpet call of God. • The dead in Christ will rise first. • Those who are still alive will be caught up in the air to meet the believers who have died. • All believers will be with the Lord forever.

  17. DISCUSSION GUIDE DISCUSSION GUIDE 9. What was Paul’s final word of instruction in today’s passage? (1 Thessalonians 4:18) Paul says that believers should encourage one another with these words.

  18. DISCUSSION GUIDE DISCUSSION GUIDE 10. Why would believers find these words comforting?

  19. DISCUSSION GUIDE DISCUSSION GUIDE 11. What is significant about being a member of a church and a Bible study class when someone loses a friend or family member to death?

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