then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.
Now, evidently there were some problems in the church in Thessalonica of some lazy brethren who would take advantage of the love. Oh, we're supposed to love one another, well great. "Just love me, brother, and pay my rent you know, and bring me food and support me." And they weren't really willing to work. They just wanted to go surfing all the time and be supported by the church. And when Paul wrote his second letter, which we'll be getting into next week, Paul in his second letter talked about these fellows a little more directly. And he said, "Look, if they don't work, don't feed 'em. Let everyone work laboring with his own hands that he might provide that which is honest in the sight of the Lord."So Paul's encouragement for us to be diligent in our business, to work laboring with our own hands.