Hope For Today
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Week 2: MJM
Hope That Lives/ A Living Hope / Living on HOPE
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9 obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 12 It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look. 13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, 25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
Part 2: a Hope for TODAY.
Part 2: a Hope for TODAY.
Recao our intro:
“We are the most connected generation and the loneliest.”
“We have more technology and less peace.”
“We scroll for comfort and find comparison.”
“We know everything happening in the world and feel powerless to change any of it.”
The soundtrack of the generation is an anxious one, peel back the layers what is truly revealed is a sense of hopelessness. People have lost hope. hope for a life they know deep down is there and they want it - and its the cause of the church to offer this hope out everywhere we possibly can because in the church, in Gods people, we can truly say HOPE IS HERE. Here you can find hope, Here you can find HIM. and in HIM you will have HOPE.
Hebrews 6:19 “19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,”
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” - lewis (Weight of Glory, CS Lewis)
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
[Theological Thread to Weave Throughout the entire Series]
[Theological Thread to Weave Throughout the entire Series]
Christian hope is: the confident expectation thats grounded in the nature character and promises of God
This hope is:
Certain of the future …..Eschatological (future glory is certain)
Resurrection-centered (its birthed into being because of an empty tomb)
Spirit-empowered (Todays message)
Communal (we don’t hope alone)
Missional (hope spills outward)
So this HOPE we have as anchor for the souls; Is it a lifeless or something we just attain and retain and put on a shelf in the garage for when we need it, or is there more to this..
Well peter calls this something interesting if you are a grammar person:
1 Peter 1:3 “3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”
Not a lived HOPE
not a future life hope of something
He uses a present tense.
He says this is HOPE LIVING NOW.
Hope for today: not a thing for tmrw. With God its always TODAY.
CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A LIVED EXPERIENCE, ITS A LIVING ONE, as in its happening ALL THE TIME.
1. HOPE LIVES
1. HOPE LIVES
RAISED INTO A HOPE: Hope Emerges from Christ's Defeat of Death
The resurrection shatters the finality of the grave, birthing hope for every believer.
Mary’s encounter teaches us that personal encounters with the risen Jesus turn mourning into mission.
Despair into destiny
Hopelessness…. into HOPE.
why? because Jesus is alive - He lives, so now in him - i can also die and in him i can live
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15:20
20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
We are meant to PERSONALLY experience HOPE not just know about it.
Experience it
Encounter HOPE
Be changed inside and out by it…. and
run and tell others….. there is a hope
Run and tell others that we have been born again, because of him because of what hes done because of how he has dealt with your life and your faith and what you believe now is that he has called you out into his marvelous light
2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
He doesnt say later on you’ll see it
He seays you will see it
We are born again into this HOPE NOW
This is good news for you and me today - We are LIVING Man
(you know the matthew mcconaghey rteels L.I.V.I.NG Living man)
this is what real life feels like
this is what its all about
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
abundant life, full of HOPE - now. Today.
Let me ask you a question: does this HOPE live in you?
is it a LIVING HOPE? is it alive in you - is it bursting inside of you - is the flame
2. HOPE EXPECTS
2. HOPE EXPECTS
Expects for a life of LIVING your best life with and for him.
But also FOR ETERNAL HOMECOMING
What am i coming home to?
Peters tells you
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
Hope produces a fruitful expectancy in this life.
Because were
Hope Echoes Our Innate Longings for Eternity Our souls' inconsolable ache, Sehnsucht (unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction), is but a whisper of the resurrection's glory, drawing us to the One who satisfies every desire in His eternal embrace.
23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
3. HOPE AWAITS
3. HOPE AWAITS
LIVING HOPE PRODUCES A BOLD LIFE UNTIL THAT DAY: What day? the day that Chris appears.
a certain future HOPE
Hope Urges Bold Living in the Present Born new in resurrection power, hope propels us to act as pioneers of the age to come, our eyes fixed on the Conqueror who leads us home. If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. Colossians 3:1-2
1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
