1 Thess 4: 13
Brothers and sisters, we do not want
you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve
like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.
In this
letter to the Thessalonians, Paul assures them that we who are the children of
God are different from the world; these people who do not have the salvation of
Jesus Christ are lost forever whereas we His children have the assurance of
eternal lives.
Paul is
reminding us of this position that we have in Christ and we should be fixed in
our faith and not waver through doubts. We must remove all doubts that as we
maintain a daily dedicated relationship with our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ,
and then we are assured of our place in heaven with Him.
Paul said, ‘do not grieve like the rest of the world
who have no hope.’ This is the difference between the lost in the world and
we the children of God. In Christian circles, whenever there is a death, the
family and believers would not have excessive grief for the scriptures assure
us that the loved one who has left is at a much better place in heaven.
Though there
may be temporary grief but the hearts of the believers are comforted with this
assurance and confidence. Whereas the non-believers would continue to grieve
because they know that their loved ones would not be able to get to heaven.
This is
indeed a sad truth as the non-believers are lost and have no hope. In addition
they do not know how and where to seek for salvation. As such we the believers
have the responsibility to go out and share the gospel as commanded by Jesus
Christ in the Great Commission.
Let us be
reminded that this is our calling, every one of the children of God has this
call, and they cannot wait for others to do it. They are called and they must
rise and do it.
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