Our Hope Is Found In Christ Alone Series

Our hope is found in Christ alone

We continue with our theme for this year of Hope Found Here and this month we are looking at our Hope in Christ.

This morning I want us to consider together the truth that our hope is found in Christ alone.

Listen to the words of the first verse of the song in Christ alone:

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light, my strength, my song

This Cornerstone, this solid ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease

My Comforter, my All in All

Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone our hope is found, when we trust in Jesus as our Lord and Saviour we are brought out of the captivity of the darkness of our sin and into God’s marvellous light.

When we are weak, Jesus is our strength.

In every circumstance we can praise and worship our God, he fills our hearts with His love and our lips with songs of praise to Him.

Christ is our Cornerstone, He is the bedrock of our salvation, the world may try to entice us onto shifting or sinking sand but we have a firm foundation in Christ.

Whatever we face, good times or bad our hope is in Christ alone.

When we face difficulty Jesus is with us and we can trust Him to lead us through the fiercest storms of our lives.

And with just a word, Jesus can command every storm to be still.

We are loved with an everlasting love.

In Christ alone can we find true peace, you do not need to be afraid because Christ is with you.

The Holy Spirit, the paraclete, the advocate, the Comforter, dwells within you when you are in Christ.

In Christ alone, we can stand firm in the midst of all the situations and circumstances, trials or tribulations we may face in this world.

This morning, if you are in Christ, if you have trusted in Jesus as your Lord and your Saviour, you are able to stand before God as a person who has had their sins forgiven.

Because of what Christ has done for you, carrying the punishment for your sins on the cross, suffering in your place, enduring the wrath of God the Father instead of you, you have been justified by your faith in Christ alone.

Justified, theologically speaking justification happens when God pardons the sins of those who repent and believe in Jesus as their personal Lord and Saviour.

Through justification, God forgives us of our sin and declares us righteous in sight.

Your relationship, my relationship with God is restored, just as if I had never sinned.

There is an important point to note here, we are not called sinners because we sin; we sin because we are sinners.

Because of Adam and Eve’s disobedience of God, the very nature of humanity changed, by our nature we are sinful.

Because of the fall, we are born as sinners, our sinful behaviour is a manifestation of our true nature.

But, because of what Jesus did at the cross, when you turn to Jesus your sins are forgiven and you are justified by faith in Christ alone.

Listen to the words of the Apostle Paul in Romans 5:1-11 says, "Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory. We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His love. When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, He will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of His Son while we were still His enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of His Son. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God."