9/27 Ignite- "It's All Greek to Me- Hope"

Devotion-Jared Graves

As always, I could not have done this without the aide of William Barclay's work New Testament Words. 

What hope do we have?

• Hope for the resurrection of the dead (1 John 3:3). Death is the ultimate buzz kill unless you have hope for life after it.
• Hope for the glory of God (Romans 5:2). No more guessing, no more wondering, no more “blind faith’.
• Hope of a new dispensation (2 Corinthians 3:12). We no longer worry about the fact that we cannot hold to all of these laws, instead we see and live love.
• Hope of righteousness (Galatians 5:5). No more barriers between us and God.
• Hope of Salvation: 1) Safety in this world (2 Corinthians 1:10), 2) Safety in this world to come
• Hope of eternal life (Titus 1:2). Eternal doesn’t refer to a duration, but a quality of life in the NT.  Living like God lives. 
• Hope of the triumphant second coming of Christ (Titus 2:13). History is going somewhere, to a day when Christ is victorious and every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord!
• Hope laid up in Heaven. Something that is already prepared for us as a Christian.

Where does hope come from?

• Found in Christ: (1 Thessalonians 1:3)
• Hope is grounded in God (1 Timothy 4:10)
• Hope looks to God. The Christian keeps his or hers eyes on God.