FROM HOPELESS TO HOPEFULL [misspelled on purpose]

Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

1 Thessalonians 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE BOUNDS OF HOPE

 

1. Hope is Bound in a Person [Jeremiah 17:7] Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

 

2. Hope is Bound in a Work [1 Peter 1:3]

Blessed be 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,

 

3. Hope is Bound in a Future [Titus 2:13]

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

 

II. THE GLORY OF HOPE

 

1. It Is a Glory We May Access [Romans 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.]

 

2. It Is a Glory We May Know [Ephesians 1:15-23]

Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

 

3. It Is a Glory Christ Provides [Colossians 1:27]

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

 

III. THE PRESENCE OF HOPE [Romans 8:31 … If God be for us, who can be against us?]

 

1. God Around Us [Psalm 34:7] The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

 

2. God Before Us [Isaiah 48:17]

Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

 

3. God Behind Us [Isaiah 30:21]

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

 

4. God at Our Right Hand [Psalm 16:8]

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

 

5. God at Our Left Hand [Job 23:9-10]

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

 

6. God Above Us [Psalm 36:7]

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

 

7. God Beneath Us [Deuteronomy 33:27] The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms:

 

8. God in Us [1 Corinthians 3:16] Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?]