You lose a mom, you lose a dad, you lose a spouse… they’re gone.”Īnd the pagan world had no hope. You lose a close friend, you lose a close friend. Second reasoning he says, “I don’t want you to hurt and I don’t want you to grieve like those that don’t have any hope.” And he was writing in a day very much like ours where people basically said, “Hey, you die, you’re dead. So he says, “I don’t want you to not know about brothers and sisters or when you die, what’s going to happen.” It is one hundred percent of the time referenced to a Christian who has died. You might circle the word, “Who have fallen asleep,” it’s a technical term in the New Testament. But, brothers, with regard to the Lord’s return, I don’t want you to be ignorant or uninformed about those who are asleep.” He says, “Okay, brothers, in contrast, I just talked to those people with the unhealthy preoccupation. Now, let’s analyze these two verses just for a minute. “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then,” is the idea, “we believe that God will bring, with Jesus,” or through Jesus, “those who have fallen asleep in Him.” It’s called, “A first class condition: assumed to be true.” He says, “But, brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who have fallen asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men who have no hope.” And then add the little phrase, “For if,” because it’s a conditional. See, they got some bad information and they’re getting a little fearful and they’re saying, “Now, what happens when someone actually dies?”īeginning at verse 13, please take a pen if you have it and jot down if you will, “but,” before the word “brothers.” The NIV doesn’t have it but it’s important because he’s giving a contrast. The answer is going to be out of verses 13 and 14 that the certainty of a believer’s resurrection is based on the fact of Christ’s resurrection.
The first question they have is, “What happens to a believer when he or she dies?”
And he’s going to ask and answer them in this passage. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 through 17, you may want to open up your Bibles and follow along.Īnd really, as you analyze and study this passage there are three major questions that come up.
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