Dec 23, 2014 · This living hope is the hope and promise of eternal life (Titus 1:2) through Jesus Christ, “our hope” (1 Timothy 1:1). We have hope because Jesus came as a man, lived, died, and rose again. In Genesis we read that God originally created a perfect world (Genesis 1:31), but it was soon marred by Adam and Eve’s sin.

Nov 26, 2010 · Hope is our assurance of salvation, a critical piece of our spiritual armor. Believers must put on “ as a helmet the hope of salvation ” (1 Thessalonians 5:8) in order to wage spiritual warfare effectively for our King, Jesus Christ. He has forged our helmet of salvation through His Word, by His Spirit, and tempered it with His blood ...

Dec 19, 2017 · Jesus is our hope! When you hang up your ornament at home, think about what we learned in our lesson today. God is eternal, so he has always known that Jesus would be the Savior who would come to earth, live a perfect life, then …

May 2, 2014 · Now we will let faith and love stand by for a little while, and we will talk about hope, the hope mentioned in our text, the hope which is laid up for you in heaven. First, it is a very marvellous hope; secondly, it is a very secure hope; and thirdly, it is a very powerfully influential hope. May the Holy Spirit bless these three thoughts to ...

Dec 11, 2017 · Jesus is the Savior who conquered death when he rose again—death couldn’t win. Jesus’ death and resurrection provided a way for all of us to be forgiven of our sins and have hope of eternal life with God. That’s a pretty great blessing to offer the whole world! Abraham later had a son, and his son grew up and got married and had sons.

Dec 15, 2024 · In the Gospels, Jesus diagnoses our disordered view of stuff as a heart issue. When crowds gathered around Jesus in Luke 12, someone shouted at Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus responded by telling the crowd to be on their guard against all kinds of greed, and then he shared an example (Luke 12:1 ...

Sep 14, 2010 · Jesus is God the Son, the One who created the world by His spoken Word, and the One who created us in His image. He is also the One we sinned against in a prideful attempt to place ourselves over Him as the authority. Our sin did not overthrow the Son’s authority. As the ultimate authority, Jesus both judges and saves.

Apr 1, 2015 · Yet from this scene shines forth the greatest beacon of hope the lost world has ever known. That beacon is found in fifteen simple but profound Hebrew words of verse 15. Theologians have called them the protoevangelium , that is, the first ( proto- ) announcement of the good news of the gospel ( evangelium ).

Sep 13, 2016 · The death of Christ is the death of sin and the defeat of Satan, and hence it is the life of our hope, and the assurance of his victory. Because he poured out his soul to the death, he divides the spoil with the strong. 10. Next, by “the blood of the Lamb” we understand our Lord’s death as a substitutionary sacrifice. Let us be very clear ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Our hope for now and eternity is in that God, not in any man, party, or set of policies. Yes, we can be thankful today for the results of the election. We can and should praise God for his mercy in sparing us another term of rabidly pro-abortion, pro-LGBTQ, and anti-freedom leaders.