1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 Grow up and be exhorted  - building up  believers.   People taking offense with each other.   The Church needs to get its act together.   Christians need to confess your sin.  But you don't want to go into remorse but you want to go into repentance. Growing up and being accepted. In Thessalonians they received the Word and accepted it; you were saved. Jesus preached "repent".  When we give our heart and life to the Lord; we don't want to go back to the old life. The old life with stuff that is hard; the new life brings relevance. 1.  We can be confident that we are going to heaven.  Paul sends teaching to Thessalonians to correct wrong teaching.  It is important to allow grieving.  1 Thessalonians 4:13 - we grieve with hope.  We have been given authority by God to tell other people about our hope in Jesus Christ. It's natural to grieve.  John 11:35 - Jesus wept.  Jesus showed emotion and grief.  There is nothing wrong with crying.