HOPELESS TIMES 15 | FOR A CERTAIN FUTURE!
1. Hopeless Times
a) The times we live in are so troubled. People losing their jobs, the stock market falls, natural catastrophes, and uncertainty in what the future holds. In today’s economy there is little to hope for the future however God is never caught off guard or by surprise. God knows the future. You are not the only one that has felt that there is no hope. Even Bible heroes had their times when they wanted to give up. Job, Moses, Jonah, Jeremiah, even the powerful prophet in the Old Testament, Elijah.
b) Humans have definitions of hope that are different from God’s. We might hope our team wins the game, or we might hope we don’t lose our jobs or our house. But the biblical definition of hope is not a hope-so but a know-so. Our hope in God is surer than the sun rising in the morning.
Psalms 119:74
"Those who fear You will be glad when they see me,
Because I have hoped in Your word."
a) The times we live in are so troubled. People losing their jobs, the stock market falls, natural catastrophes, and uncertainty in what the future holds. In today’s economy there is little to hope for the future however God is never caught off guard or by surprise. God knows the future. You are not the only one that has felt that there is no hope. Even Bible heroes had their times when they wanted to give up. Job, Moses, Jonah, Jeremiah, even the powerful prophet in the Old Testament, Elijah.
b) Humans have definitions of hope that are different from God’s. We might hope our team wins the game, or we might hope we don’t lose our jobs or our house. But the biblical definition of hope is not a hope-so but a know-so. Our hope in God is surer than the sun rising in the morning.
Psalms 119:74
"Those who fear You will be glad when they see me,
Because I have hoped in Your word."
c) Here is real hope. When a person reads the Word of God (Bible) they can know for certain that they have a secure and certain future for God will never allow us to suffer beyond our own capabilities to handle it. There is nothing on this earth more certain than hope in God. He will never leave us nor will He ever forsake us. He is our anchor in the present and for the future.
2. For A Certain Future!
a) If you are not a born-again Christian then you have no hope in this present world. Your future is uncertain and you have no idea what tomorrow may bring. Decide right here and now, at this very moment, to fix your hope on the rock-solid promises of God and all of these verses can be literally claimed by you. It is a promise from God Himself. Today is your day of salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2).
b) Here is how you can have a living, breathing hope. Even if you have to print this out and read this on your knees, or you have to read it out aloud right now, We ask that you would receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior today. Do it right now and you have the assurance of hope in God for today, tomorrow, and for all eternity:
i) I admit that I am a sinner and in need of a Savior (Romans 6:23).
ii) I abandon self-effort and realize I can not be saved by my works or efforts (Acts 16:31).
iii) I accept freely Christ’s payment for my sins, required of the Father (John 3:16).
iv) I acknowledge Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior (Acts 4:12).
c) If you have just received Jesus, you have now received God’s inheritance rights since you are now a son or daughter of His and can never be lost again and live forever (John 10:28-29).
a) If you are not a born-again Christian then you have no hope in this present world. Your future is uncertain and you have no idea what tomorrow may bring. Decide right here and now, at this very moment, to fix your hope on the rock-solid promises of God and all of these verses can be literally claimed by you. It is a promise from God Himself. Today is your day of salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2).
b) Here is how you can have a living, breathing hope. Even if you have to print this out and read this on your knees, or you have to read it out aloud right now, We ask that you would receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior today. Do it right now and you have the assurance of hope in God for today, tomorrow, and for all eternity:
i) I admit that I am a sinner and in need of a Savior (Romans 6:23).
ii) I abandon self-effort and realize I can not be saved by my works or efforts (Acts 16:31).
iii) I accept freely Christ’s payment for my sins, required of the Father (John 3:16).
iv) I acknowledge Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior (Acts 4:12).
c) If you have just received Jesus, you have now received God’s inheritance rights since you are now a son or daughter of His and can never be lost again and live forever (John 10:28-29).
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