CHRIST OUR HOPE
“…Christ
in you the hope of glory”
-Colossians
1:27 [KJV]
What
is a true Christian hope?
1. A firm expectation of all promised good things as long as they give God His glory. Most especially it is the hope of salvation and happiness in heaven where we shall be completely conformed to Christ the Son of the Living God.
2. This hope is founded on the grace, blood, righteousness and intercession of Christ alone, and the earnest of the Holy Spirit, and unchangeable truth, and Almighty power of God, which always agree with the Word.
3. This hope is different than worldly hope. Its object (Christ) is Excellent, True, Faithful, Steadfast and Sure. The God who cannot lie will never deceive or disappoint our hopes. He does all things to prove Himself as a living hope to each of His own. Paul wrote in II TIMOTHY 1:12- ‘I know WHOM I have believed.’
4. This hope which is in the living Lord has a cleansing effect- I JOHN 3:3.
1. A firm expectation of all promised good things as long as they give God His glory. Most especially it is the hope of salvation and happiness in heaven where we shall be completely conformed to Christ the Son of the Living God.
2. This hope is founded on the grace, blood, righteousness and intercession of Christ alone, and the earnest of the Holy Spirit, and unchangeable truth, and Almighty power of God, which always agree with the Word.
3. This hope is different than worldly hope. Its object (Christ) is Excellent, True, Faithful, Steadfast and Sure. The God who cannot lie will never deceive or disappoint our hopes. He does all things to prove Himself as a living hope to each of His own. Paul wrote in II TIMOTHY 1:12- ‘I know WHOM I have believed.’
4. This hope which is in the living Lord has a cleansing effect- I JOHN 3:3.
-Gospel report by preacher Ed Hale
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