1. The Rapture and the Return of Jesus Christ
1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
What Helps the Hurt
2. The Rapture and the Return of Jesus Christ
1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
What Helps the Hurt
I. GOD'S WORD WITHIN US.
Vs 13
A. They appreciated the Word of God.
•Job said he would rather have the Bible than food
•Job 23:12
•Ps 119 says the Bible is better than thousands of gold and silver
•Vs 72
•Again the Psalmist said he would stay awake at night just to
meditate in the Bible
•119:148
3. The Rapture and the Return of Jesus Christ
1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
What Helps the Hurt
B. They appropriated the Word of God.
Vs 13
The first means "to hear with the ear."
The second means “to hear with the heart. “
1. That we hear it
(Matt 13:9)
"He that hath ears, let him hear "
2. What we hear
Mark 4:24
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be
measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
(KJV)
3. How we hear
Luke 8:18
Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
(KJV)
4. The Rapture and the Return of Jesus Christ
1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
What Helps the Hurt
C. They applied the Word of God.
The Bible is not a book of facts that we should all know.
It is a book of instructions that we should all follow.
5. The Rapture and the Return of Jesus Christ
1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
What Helps the Hurt
II GOD'S PEOPLE AROUND US
Vs 14-16
A. As Individuals.
B. As a Church.
6. The Rapture and the Return of Jesus Christ
1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
What Helps the Hurt
III. GOD'S GLORY BEFORE US
Vs 17-20
A. The Crown of Souls saved
vs 19
B. The martyr's crown
Rev 2:10
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of
you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou
faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
C. The Pastor's crown
1 Pet 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that
fadeth not away.
D. The crown of Righteousness
2 Tim 4:8
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also
that love his appearing.
7. The Rapture and the Return of Jesus Christ
1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
What Helps the Hurt
III. GOD'S GLORY BEFORE US
Vs 17-20
A. The Crown of Souls saved
vs 19
B. The martyr's crown
Rev 2:10
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of
you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou
faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
C. The Pastor's crown
1 Pet 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that
fadeth not away.
D. The crown of Righteousness
2 Tim 4:8
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also
that love his appearing.