Grieving with Hope – 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

St. Paul writes to the the congregation in Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) that he does not want them to be uninformed.  He speaks of the hope that we have in Jesus Christ; because Christ died and rose again, we too will rise from death since we are his people.  Paul calls death “sleep,” and Christ will rouse us from this sleep when he returns in order to be with him “always.”

Thus, Paul says that he does not want us to be uninformed about the future that awaits us, so that we do not g...