Sermon Tone Analysis

Easter - A time to remember the enormity of what Jesus acomplished for you and I on the cross of Calvary & the miracle of the resurrection, resulting in reconcillation with God, healing in our bodies, our eternal hope secured, sin & death defeated, hope like an anchor in this life, joy intsead of mourning!

The ploy of the enemy is to steal ytour hope.

Hope in the promises & power of God.

In the garden of Eden satan tried to diminish God & lied about Gods purposes for mankind.

Hes trying to keep you from something = DISAPPOINTMENT in Eve.

Maybe God isnt who He said He is, Maybe He wont do what He said He will do.

BUT ..... WE HAVE A NON - DISAPPOINTING HOPE

Even the disples needed reassuring in their faith about whatt was to come.

Jesus encouraged them:

FAITH & HOPE - Coupled together

Confidence in the NON - Disappointing HOPE

Abraham is a model of faith and hope.

In spite of the realities that surrounded him “no distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God” (Rom 4:20, 21).

Christian faith and hope, like Abraham’s, are based on the faithfulness of God.

As the apostle Paul wrote of his struggles

Biblical hope is hope in what God will do in the future.

At the heart of Christian hope is the resurrection of Jesus.

The significance of Christ’s resurrection is not only that it points to his victory over death, but also extends that victory to those who are his:

The apostle Peter said,

In that passage, Peter attributes living hope to the resurrection of Christ and points to God’s future blessing upon those who belong to Christ.

That future hope empowers the Christian to live without despair through the struggle and suffering of the present (cf.

Rom 8:18; 2 Cor 4:16–18).