We Grieve, Yet with Hope

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 are words of comfort, encouragement and assurance.

Whoever is "in Christ" (Rescued from the power and penalty of sin and saved by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ) has great comfort knowing that while they grieve and mourn, experiencing human emotions, they do not do so as do those who do not believe, and therefore have no hope in Christ. We believe Jesus died and rose again, so we believe that all who are saved by God's grace through faith in Christ will also live forever with God in heaven.