The Great Gathering

October 2, 2016 Speaker: Scott Hanberry Series: The DNA of H.S.B.C.

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

The D.N.A. of H.S.B.C. 
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Dr. Scott Hanberry 

Today's text is filled with _______________ & ____________ ! 

Now, dear brothers and sisters, let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered to meet him. 2 Thessalonians 2:1 (NLT)

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob died and were _______________. 

(Genesis 25:8 / 35:29 / 49:33)

Christ will gather His ____________ and take us ____________. 

Three suggestions why so many Christians are unclear or unsettled about the afterlife: 

1) They have not thought deeply about the ____________. 

2) Many have misunderstood ________________ in Heaven. 

     All that makes us wonderfully _______________ will remain. 
     Everything that ____________ us will be overcome. 

3) Many are perplexed over the ____________  ____________ that plague Christians here on earth. 

Christian grief has three tenses: 

We look __________ with thankfulness. 
We look __________ with sadness because of what God has taken. 
We look __________ with hope. 

 

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