Study Desk

Christian brothers, we want you to know for sure about those who have died. You have no reason to have sorrow as those who have no hope.

For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a loud call. The head angel will speak with a loud voice. God's horn will give its sounds. First, those who belong to Christ will come out of their graves to meet the Lord.

You know for sure that the day the Lord comes back to earth will be as a robber coming in the night.

For you are children of the light and of the day. We are not of darkness or of night.

God planned to save us from the punishment of sin through our Lord Jesus Christ. He did not plan for us to suffer from His anger.

He died for us so that, dead or alive, we will be with Him.

We ask you, Christian brothers, speak to those who do not want to work. Comfort those who feel they cannot keep going on. Help the weak. Understand and be willing to wait for all men.

Do not let anyone pay back for the bad he received. But look for ways to do good to each other and to all people.

Do not laugh at those who speak for God.

May the God of peace set you apart for Himself. May every part of you be set apart for God. May your spirit and your soul and your body be kept complete. May you be without blame when our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

Christian brothers, pray for us.

We must give thanks to God for you always, Christian brothers. It is the right thing to do because your faith is growing so much. Your love for each other is stronger all the time.

We are proud of you and tell the other churches about you. We tell them how your faith stays so strong even when people make it hard for you and make you suffer.

God wants you to prove yourselves to be worth being in His holy nation by suffering for Him.

He does what is right and will allow trouble to come to those who are making it hard for you.

For this reason, we always pray for you. We pray that our God will make you worth being chosen. We pray that His power will help you do the good things you want to do. We pray that your work of faith will be complete.

Do not let anyone fool you. For the Lord will not come again until many people turn away from God. Then the leader of those who break the law will come. He is the man of sin.

For the secret power of breaking the law is already at work in the world. But that secret power can only do so much until the One Who keeps back the man of sin is taken out of the way.

For this reason, God will allow them to follow false teaching so they will believe a lie.

Christian brothers, the Lord loves you. We always thank God for you. It is because God has chosen you from the beginning to save you from the punishment of sin. He chose to make you holy by the Holy Spirit and to give you faith to believe the truth.