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The words we use can either encourage or discourage. We can either cause each other to lose hope or we can restore hope by what we say and how we say it. We need reminding often about the return of Jesus Christ and the hope we have in him because of the resurrection:
Bad things do happen in what Paul called “this present evil world.” Worse things will happen. Troubles are a fact of this life whether a person believes in Christ or not. But Jesus brought “good news.” We who believe in Jesus know he will return to establish real peace here on earth. He promised to intervene before we kill each other off completely (Matthew 24:22.) At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. There is no need to live in fear, trying to figure out the timetable of the end times. We just need to be about the business of living holy lives and encouraging one another with words of hope (2 Peter 3:8-18.) |
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