Not Without Hope

Verse 1: Faith-Peace interaction

1: Our peace is predicated on our faith in Jesus Christ

a. This faith acts as our golden ticket into God’s grace

2. Spiritual perseverance and Spiritual Character

a. Important for spiritual maturity

b. Holy spirit aids us in enduring the trials

c. Hope: expectation of something good

d. Faith: operates as reliance of the mind an anything as true and worth of confidence without concrete proof