11-23-25 - The Return Of Our King! - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11

The Return Of Our King! - Pastor Steve Frykholm

1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11

1. (4:13-14) What happens to my Christ-following loved ones who have already died? 

“We do not grieve as others do, who have no hope…” (see Luke 23:39-43)

2. (4:15-18) What will take place when Christ returns?

A. The Lord will descend from heaven (see Rev 19:11-16), with a shout, the voice of an archangel (see Jude 1:9), the sound of a trumpet of God…
 

b. The “dead in Christ” will rise first. (see Matt 27:51-54)
 

c. Believers, living at that time, will be “caught up together with them in the clouds… and so we will always be with the Lord.”

3. (5:1-3) Nobody knows when Christ will return (“like a thief in the night”) (see Matt 24:36-44; 2 Peter 3:10; Rev 3:3)
 
 
 
 

4. (5:4-11) Jesus is our motivation to live holy and productive lives, until that Day, for His glory!