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Hope!

 

1 Corinthians 15:19 - If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

 

  1. Creation hopes - (Romans 8:18-22) 

Romans 8:22 - For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 

 

This old world has groaned under the penalty of sin and looks forward expectantly to the day when it will be redeemed!

 

  1. The lost hope in us - (John 17:20-21) Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 

 

Jesus prayed for those who will believe because of our faith, because of our testimony! 

 

  1. The angels’ hope in us - (1 Corinthians 6:3) Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 

 

  1. The saints’ hope in us (Hebrews 11:40) God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. . 

God has us in mind! Wasn't that gracious of Him? “That they without us should not be made perfect.” God is very patiently calling people out of this world to His name—and that is the church. And until that church is completed, He is just going to keep calling them out.

 

All that hope is in us by the power of Christ in us uniting us. Too often we let pride or selfishness or the business of this temporary assignment in the flesh stand in the way of being there for each other.