Hope as confidence

Endurance of Hope • Sermon • Submitted 8 months ago • Presented 8 months ago

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Hope means more than a vague wish that something will happen. It is a sure and confident expectation in God’s future faithfulness and presence. The horizon of Christian hope extends beyond death into an eternity prepared by God himself, the reality of which is guaranteed by Jesus Christ.

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God and Jesus Christ are the hope of believers

Ps 71:5; 1 Ti 1:1

See also Je 14:8; Je 17:13; Mt 12:21; Is 42:4; Ac 28:20; Ro 15:12–13; Is 11:10; 1 Ti 4:10; 1 Pe 1:21

The hope of resurrection and eternal life

Ac 23:6 The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection whereas the Pharisees did; Tt 1:2

See also Ac 2:26–27; Ps 16:9; Ac 24:15; Ro 8:24; 1 Co 15:19; Tt 3:7; Heb 6:11; Heb 7:19; 1 Pe 1:3

The hope of future glory

Ro 5:2; Col 1:27; Tt 2:13

See also Ro 8:18–21; 2 Co 3:10–12; Ga 5:5; Eph 1:12; Eph 1:18; 1 Th 2:19; 1 Th 5:8; 2 Ti 4:8

Hope is a Christian virtue

Ro 5:3–4; 1 Co 13:13

See also Ro 12:12; Ro 15:13; 1 Co 13:7; Eph 4:4; Col 1:23; Heb 3:6; 1 Pe 3:15

The effect of future hope on living now

Colossians 1:4–5 LSB

since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel

See also Ro 8:22–23 Hope induces a longing for what will be when Jesus Christ returns; 1 Th 1:3; 1 Th 5:8; Heb 6:19; 1 Pe 1:13; 1 Jn 3:1–3