Derf
Well-known member
Hi Sherman .
I feel like the thread, https://theologyonline.com/forum/po...y/2732006-death-and-how-to-comfort-the-family, had a lot of potential. The two main views were indeed evoking bickering, but both were bringing out relevant verses and thoughts. I'm not able to comment as fast as I'd like to, unfortunately, to try to make the discussion more orderly
Any chance of getting it re-opened for a second try, with a stern warning to the bickerers?
Or if anyone wants to comment civilly on the subject of what happens to believers when they die, and how best to comfort the families of those that have lost loved ones, Please do it here.
My point, made in the OP (follow link above) of the previous thread was that Paul, In 1 Thess 4, says to comfort those that have lost loved ones by telling them that we that are alive won't precede those that are fallen asleep (dead), but they will be raised when Christ returns, and we will meet them in the air.
If you give your opinion about how it really works and why one method of comforting is better than the other(s), please give scripture references.
If you disagree with someone else's opinion, please state why their reasons are not correct, not that they are an idiot. There were some really good points being made, but their goodness was hidden among the unnecessary insults.
And don't use Martin Luther as an excuse to insult--he would probably have been banned here.
Derf
I feel like the thread, https://theologyonline.com/forum/po...y/2732006-death-and-how-to-comfort-the-family, had a lot of potential. The two main views were indeed evoking bickering, but both were bringing out relevant verses and thoughts. I'm not able to comment as fast as I'd like to, unfortunately, to try to make the discussion more orderly
Any chance of getting it re-opened for a second try, with a stern warning to the bickerers?
Or if anyone wants to comment civilly on the subject of what happens to believers when they die, and how best to comfort the families of those that have lost loved ones, Please do it here.
My point, made in the OP (follow link above) of the previous thread was that Paul, In 1 Thess 4, says to comfort those that have lost loved ones by telling them that we that are alive won't precede those that are fallen asleep (dead), but they will be raised when Christ returns, and we will meet them in the air.
If you give your opinion about how it really works and why one method of comforting is better than the other(s), please give scripture references.
If you disagree with someone else's opinion, please state why their reasons are not correct, not that they are an idiot. There were some really good points being made, but their goodness was hidden among the unnecessary insults.
And don't use Martin Luther as an excuse to insult--he would probably have been banned here.
Derf