Hope as confidence

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; 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;…