Death, Hope, Resurrection, and Rapture
I preached this sermon at North Village Church on 7/13/2025 discussing 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Introduction Good morning everyone. I want to welcome everyone to North Village Church this morning. I am very glad to see you all. For those of you I don’t know my name is Rhesa, and I helped start the church back in the day. Also, I wanted to acknowledge Jerry Chou. He was scheduled to teach this morning but became sick at the start of the week, and I am filling in. I got notice on Tuesday so please bear with me, and thanks to Jerry for sending me his manuscript. Just know, if anything I say this morning sounds insightful or intelligent, most likely, that is from Jerry’s sermon. This Sunday we are going to go through 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. But before we go there, I would like to give a review of what we have learned so far in this book. This will help us understand what Paul is teaching in this morning’s passage and why he is tea...