1. Good morning and WELCOME!

2. in the Resurrection

3. “Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.”
1 Thessalonians 4: NIV

4. “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words.”
1 Thessalonians 4: NIV

5. The Message of the Resurrection
There is life after death!
Life does not end when our physical bodies die – Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-58
Our spirits return to God to await the judgment and resurrection of our bodies – Hebrews 9:27; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10; Revelation 6:9-10

6. The Message of the Resurrection
As Christians we don’t need to fear death
Just as God has been with us in life, He will be with us in death! – Psalm 23
No need to grieve over the death of Christians – 1 Thess. 4:13

7. The Certainty of Our Own Resurrection
Promised by Jesus
According to the Lord’s own word – 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; John 5:25-29; 6:40
Probably the most well know teaching about the resurrection of the dead is when Jesus raised Lazarus – John 11:21-26 – Do you believe this?

8. The Certainty of Our Own Resurrection
Assured by His resurrection
The evidence of eyewitness accounts – 1 Corinthians 15:3-11; Acts 1:3; John 20:24-29
Because Jesus conquered death and was raised to life, we’re assured of the same hope! – 1 Corinthians 15:12-23; Revelation 1:17-18

9. The Future Glory of Our Resurrection
We will be raised incorruptible and immortal
No more sin or temptation, sickness, disease,
No more aging - never to die again! – 1 Corinthians 15:44-48; Revelation 21:3-4

10. The Future Glory of Our Resurrection
We’ll be gloriously transformed and conformed
Transformed from a “lowly” body to a glorious one – Philippians 3:20-21; 1 Corinthians 15:42-44
Our bodies will be conformed to the likeness of His glorious body – Philippians 3:21; 1 John 3:2-3; 1 Corinthians 15:50-58