OUR BLESSED HOPE

I Thessalonians 4:13-18

I. (v.14-15a) THE CONFIRMATION OF OUR BLESSED HOPE

1. Powerful facts
2. Personal faith

1. Jesus died and rose again
2. God has spoken

II. (v.15b-17) THE CONTENT OF OUR BLESSED HOPE

1. The return – “The Lord Himself will descend from heaven”
2. The resurrection – “The dead in Christ will rise first”
3. The rapture – “we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them”
4. The reunion – “to meet the Lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the Lord”

III. (v.18) THE COMFORT OF OUR BLESSED HOPE