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Living As People Possessing Confident Expectation

What The Bible Says Re: Hope It is inseparably linked to faith Heb

11:1 It anchors our soul Heb 6:18-20 Christ is our only hope 1 Tim 1:1 Col

1:27 People can be without hope Eph 2:11-

13 1 Thess 4:13 Hope defies logic at times Rom 4:16-21

What This Passage Demands Re: Hope

It must be in us Not just something that we know It is something we truly believe It is to be a part of us Because man is limited in his knowledge

of the future, he is hopeful because of God

What This Passage Demands Re: Hope

It must be in us Hope represents actions, thoughts, desires It is the core of faith-based character

Rom 5:1-5 It is the result when one internalizes the

message of heaven Col 3:16 Psa 119:11

What This Passage Demands Re: Hope It must be communicated to others

The religion of Christ = a shared religion(compared to 1st covenant under Moses)

Christ’s kingdom doesn’t grow when other lands & kingdoms are conquered

It grows 1 heart at a time when a soul obeys

What This Passage Demands Re: Hope It must be communicated to others

Peter admits what we sometimes neglect… others watch us Mt 5:13-16 1 Pet 2:12

Some will even ask “Why?” re: our hope We are exhorted to “…always be ready” We must answer with “…meekness & fear”

What This Passage Demands Re: Hope

It must be communicated to others Answering with “…meekness & fear”

– Alien sinners 2 Tim 2:24-26 – Fallen away brethren 2 Thess 3:15

Conclusion The “hopeful” sanctify God in their hearts The essence of hope HEAVEN Col 1:3-

5 Heaven will only come to those who remain

steadfast in their hope Col 1:19-23 Do you have this hope in you? Do you communicate this hope to others?

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