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Living in the Last Days
Pt. 5: Looking Forward
By Louie Marsh, 3-22-2026
LOOKING FORWARD IN CHRIST MEANS I …
1) Temper my grief with HOPE.
"13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope." (1 Thessalonians 4:13, ESV)
Gordon Lightfoot – wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Does anyone know where the love of God goesWhen the waves turn the minutes to hours?The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish BayIf they'd put fifteen more miles behind herThey might have split up or they might have capsizedThey may have broke deep and took waterAnd all that remains is the faces and the namesOf the wives and the sons and the daughters
2) BELIEVE the source of hope – Christ's Truth!
"14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep." (1 Thessalonians 4:14–15, ESV)
3) Practice Prophecies with 3 Practical Purposes:
· To ENCOURAGE me.
"18Therefore encourage one another with these words."…"11Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." (1 Thessalonians 4:18, 5:11, ESV)
· To keep me ALERT!
"4But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober." (1 Thessalonians 5:4–6, ESV)
· To MOTIVATE me to fight the good fight!
"8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ," (1 Thessalonians 5:8–9, ESV)
4) AVOID the wrong solution.
"1Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape." (1 Thessalonians 5:1–3, ESV)
"32"But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." (Mark 13:32, ESV)
5) REJOICE in my relationship with Christ.
"10who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him." (1 Thessalonians 5:10, ESV)
· It's ETERNAL!
"38For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38–39, ESV)
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Pt. 5: Looking Forward
By Louie Marsh, 3-22-2026
LOOKING FORWARD IN CHRIST MEANS I …
1) Temper my grief with HOPE.
"13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope." (1 Thessalonians 4:13, ESV)
Gordon Lightfoot – wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Does anyone know where the love of God goesWhen the waves turn the minutes to hours?The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish BayIf they'd put fifteen more miles behind herThey might have split up or they might have capsizedThey may have broke deep and took waterAnd all that remains is the faces and the namesOf the wives and the sons and the daughters
2) BELIEVE the source of hope – Christ's Truth!
"14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep." (1 Thessalonians 4:14–15, ESV)
3) Practice Prophecies with 3 Practical Purposes:
· To ENCOURAGE me.
"18Therefore encourage one another with these words."…"11Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." (1 Thessalonians 4:18, 5:11, ESV)
· To keep me ALERT!
"4But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober." (1 Thessalonians 5:4–6, ESV)
· To MOTIVATE me to fight the good fight!
"8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ," (1 Thessalonians 5:8–9, ESV)
4) AVOID the wrong solution.
"1Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape." (1 Thessalonians 5:1–3, ESV)
"32"But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." (Mark 13:32, ESV)
5) REJOICE in my relationship with Christ.
"10who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him." (1 Thessalonians 5:10, ESV)
· It's ETERNAL!
"38For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38–39, ESV)