October 3, 2025 4:00 am
The noun hope in the New Testament implies a joyous and confident expectation of something promised that will certainly come to pass, often something good, and is guaranteed by Jesus Christ, a better hope by which we draw nigh unto God than that which was possible under law.
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Yeah. Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Certain hope. who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us, which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil. Hebrews 6, 18 and 19.
The noun hope, when used in the New Testament, does not imply a wishful attitude, but rather a joyous and confident expectation and something promised that will certainly come to pass. In most cases, something good. Note especially the few times it is used with a descriptive adjective. First, in a stirring benediction, Paul tells us that our good hope comes from both our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God even our Father.
Furthermore, such hope is given to us along with everlasting consolation, or comfort, that shall last for ever. The father and son have done this through the son of the son of the son through grace that brings eternal salvation.
Next, we are taught to be looking for that blessed hope. and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ. This blessed hope can be none other than our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope. He will certainly return, and this return will be glorious.
Furthermore, we have a hope that is actively alive, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. We have been past tense, Born again from the dead, just as surely as Christ has been raised from the dead, for His resurrection accomplished it. Our hope, under grace, is guaranteed by Jesus Christ, a better hope by which we draw nigh unto God than that which was possible under law. In fact, it is a glorious hope, By comparison. This kind of hope can be.
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