Pentecost 21 Date: November 13, 2011
Theme: Live And Die With Hope
– 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
(Pastor John Hein)
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Liturgy: TLH, p 5 ff (Also available on laminated sheet in pew)
Hymns:
TLH 591: Jesus, I Live to Thee
TLH 370: My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
TLH 200: I Know that My Redeemer Lives
TLH 341, st 4-5: Crown Him with Many Crowns
Scripture Readings:
Isaiah 52:1-6
Matthew 25:1-13
Sermon Theme:
Live And Die With Hope
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
(13) But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. (14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. (15) For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. (16) For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. (17) Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. (18) Therefore comfort one another with these words. (NKJVTM)
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