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1 Thessalonians 4:18 The End is Coming, Be Encouraged · Life For Toledo

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  This is Pastor Daniel Stevenson, I'm director of the Southside Life Station and pastor of
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  New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church of East Toledo, and you're receiving this message
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  because you opted in to be encouraged.
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  I'm thinking today of 1st Thessalonians 4, 18.
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  It says, therefore, comfort one another with these words.
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  Be comforted and comfort others.
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  That's kind of the calling of Christians.
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  Strange when we face all the temptations and the confusion and the difficulties of these
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  days, but know that these days, filled with challenges, temptations, confusions, trials,
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  all of these kinds of things will come to an abrupt end and there will be no more unanswered
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  questions.
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  There will be no more complications.
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  There will be simply glory prepared beforehand by the Almighty God for all those from every
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  tribe and tongue and nation who revere Him and follow Him through His Son Jesus.
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  1 Thessalonians 4, 17 that comes just before this is talking about how in the end, in a
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  twinkling of an eye, we'll all be transformed and meet up with Him in the air.
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  The bottom line is, as Paul was writing this message to the Thessalonians, they were facing
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  difficulties.
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  They'd been through the wringer, so to speak, and so have we.
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  In recent years, we've faced difficulties and trials and I would say temptations, and
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  we've been through the wringer, but we can look forward to that day in which God will
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  take care of it all.
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  He's going to bring it all to completion.
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  Jesus is going to come again and all those who didn't respect that He was coming again
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  are going to pay a very dear price.
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  But for the rest of us who are looking to Jesus, be encouraged.
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  The end is coming of all these difficulties and blessings for eternity shall follow.
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  Be encouraged today.
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  Stand firm in Jesus.
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  God bless you.