The Bible Doctrine of Hope, Part 2
April 19, 2024
Hope is such a positive word, and yet in English, it is often used anemically — more like a wish: "I hope my package comes today." This is far beneath the New Testament definition of hope, which is comprised of three indispensable elements: Patience, confidence, and expectation. The reason it's so powerful is, it is grounded in faith that is founded on the Word of God. It is actually the second stage of faith!
Praying the prayer of faith begins the process once you have laid claim to a promise in God's Word. But when there is a delay, as there often is, you can cast away your confidence and fail to receive the reward of your faith. This is where hope comes into play: that patient, confident expectation of the fulfillment of the promise. Hope is the anchor of the soul that makes a believer's faith in God's promises unsinkable. It is so rich that the rapture of the church is called the Blessed Hope, and every believer knows this is not a wish or an uncertain expectation!
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Hope is such a positive word, and yet in English, it is often used anemically — more like a wish: "I hope my package comes today." This is far beneath the New Testament definition of hope, which is comprised of three indispensable elements: Patience, confidence, and expectation. The reason it's so powerful is, it is grounded in faith that is founded on the Word of God. It is actually the second stage of faith!
Praying the prayer of faith begins the process once you have laid claim to a promise in God's Word. But when there is a delay, as there often is, you can cast away your confidence and fail to receive the reward of your faith. This is where hope comes into play: that patient, confident expectation of the fulfillment of the promise. Hope is the anchor of the soul that makes a believer's faith in God's promises unsinkable. It is so rich that the rapture of the church is called the Blessed Hope, and every believer knows this is not a wish or an uncertain expectation!
April 18, 2024
In his letters to the Corinthians and Thessalonians, Paul described the rapture of the church taking place at the sound of "the last trump," when the dead in Christ shall rise first, and the living Christ shall be caught up together with them in the air to meet the Lord. In Hebrew, it is called "a shofar," which is made from a ram's horn.
The shofar blasts had four different sounds that signified different actions, but the final blast was loud and long. This is what they heard when God spoke on Mount Sinai in the wilderness. John wrote in Revelation that God's voice is the sound of the shofar. Some rabbis claim Satan hates the sound of the shofar, because he cannot tell the difference between the sound of the shofar and God's voice! When he hears it, he trembles.
Very soon. God is going to sound the last blast, and we will be out of here!
April 12, 2024
In his letters to the Corinthians and Thessalonians, Paul described the rapture of the church taking place at the sound of "the last trump," when the dead in Christ shall rise first, and the living Christ shall be caught up together with them in the air to meet the Lord. In Hebrew, it is called "a shofar," which is made from a ram's horn.
The shofar blasts had four different sounds that signified different actions, but the final blast was loud and long. This is what they heard when God spoke on Mount Sinai in the wilderness. John wrote in Revelation that God's voice is the sound of the shofar. Some rabbis claim Satan hates the sound of the shofar, because he cannot tell the difference between the sound of the shofar and God's voice! When he hears it, he trembles.
Very soon. God is going to sound the last blast, and we will be out of here!
April 11, 2024
Some of the saddest words in the Bible: "and he died." The first man, Adam, lived to 939, but he still died, and he wasn't supposed to die! Why did he die? Because he chose the wrong tree and never ate from the Tree of Life! This Tree was the centerpiece of the Paradise God created for him and Eve. Tragically, they never ate of its fruit. They chose the wrong tree! The penalty was physical and spiritual death, and lest they eat of the Tree of Life and live forever in their sinful state, God banished them from Eden.
The greater tragedy: Because Adam died, we all die! Sin and death entered the world we inherited, and in order to restore our access to the Tree of Life now in Heaven, Jesus chose to die on the cross – the tree of death.
April 10, 2024
Some of the saddest words in the Bible: "and he died." The first man, Adam, lived to 939, but he still died, and he wasn't supposed to die! Why did he die? Because he chose the wrong tree and never ate from the Tree of Life! This Tree was the centerpiece of the Paradise God created for him and Eve. Tragically, they never ate of its fruit. They chose the wrong tree! The penalty was physical and spiritual death, and lest they eat of the Tree of Life and live forever in their sinful state, God banished them from Eden.
The greater tragedy: Because Adam died, we all die! Sin and death entered the world we inherited, and in order to restore our access to the Tree of Life now in Heaven, Jesus chose to die on the cross – the tree of death.
April 9, 2024
Some of the saddest words in the Bible: "and he died." The first man, Adam, lived to 939, but he still died, and he wasn't supposed to die! Why did he die? Because he chose the wrong tree and never ate from the Tree of Life! This Tree was the centerpiece of the Paradise God created for him and Eve. Tragically, they never ate of its fruit. They chose the wrong tree! The penalty was physical and spiritual death, and lest they eat of the Tree of Life and live forever in their sinful state, God banished them from Eden.
The greater tragedy: Because Adam died, we all die! Sin and death entered the world we inherited, and in order to restore our access to the Tree of Life now in Heaven, Jesus chose to die on the cross – the tree of death.
April 8, 2024
When the New Testament writers want to define the love of God, they point to the cross. But when they want to define the power of God, they point to the empty tomb. But God's ultimate power exceeded the raising of Jesus from the dead after three days, because others have been raised from the dead. He not only raised Him out of the tomb, but He raised Him "Far above ALL principality and power and might and dominion, and above every name that is named, in this world and in the age to come"!
April 5, 2024
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