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b'First Thessalonians 4:13-18 is my favorite passage in the Bible because it\\ngives me hope beyond the grave. It reminds me that my loved ones who have\\ndied and were believers in Jesus Christ are not lost. We will be reunited\\none day\\u2014I will meet them after death or at Jesus\\u2019s return when He will make\\nall things new, free from sin and death.\\n.\\nIn Acts 17, after preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ in Thessalonica, the\\napostle Paul had to flee due to persecution. Separated from these new\\nThessalonian believers, Paul wrote a letter to address certain questions\\nthat arose among them during his absence. (We know this letter as 1\\nThessalonians.)\\n.\\nSome members in the church were worried about believers who had died. Paul\\nwrote to assure them that the dead believers were not lost but were with\\nJesus and would not be left out of His glorious return. Paul also urged the\\nThessalonians to continue working so as to have their needs met as they\\nawaited Jesus\\u2019s return, and to live godly lives pointing to the good news\\nof Jesus as the one true king of the universe who has defeated sin and\\ndeath through His death and resurrection.\\n.\\nTo the Thessalonians, this passage meant their suffering and persecution\\nwere not in vain because, at the end of it all, they would have the joy of\\nmeeting and living forever with the One for whose sake they endured. They\\neven had the promise of reunion with loved ones who had died in Christ!\\n.\\nThis passage teaches me the same thing: that the living believers in Jesus\\nChrist and those believers who are dead are separated only for a period of\\ntime. We will be reunited\\u2014we will all meet Jesus at His return and live\\nwith Him forever. \\u2022 Charity Kiregyera\\n.\\n\\u2022 How can the hope of Jesus\\u2019s resurrection comfort us as we grieve? Read\\nMathew 28:20, John 11:35, and Hebrews 4:14-16. How can Jesus\\u2019s presence and\\nempathy help us? \\n.\\n\\u2022 If you are dealing with the loss of a loved one, who are trusted people\\nyou can talk with\\u2014such as counselors, pastors, parents, teachers, or\\nfriends? \\n.\\nFor since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also\\nbelieve that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers\\nwho have died. 1 Thessalonians 4:14 (NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\n1Thess.4.13-1Thess.4.18'