Plan for: Thanksgiving | Advent | Christmas
Plan for: Thanksgiving | Advent | Christmas
The sermon explores the concept of hope in Christ's resurrection, emphasizing the importance of placing our hope in His plans and purposes for our lives, and seeking His guidance for righteous living.
Good morning once again, church! Thankful that you decided to join us today whether it is here in person or you are watching online. Last week, we kicked off a brand new series called He is Risen. This is a truth that we as followers of Christ hold onto not only during this time of year, but all year round! If Jesus were not alive today, if He hadn’t risen from death on the third day, there would be no hope… And hope is one of those irreplaceable pillars of faith.
Maybe you are here and you feel as if all hope is lost. When you look at your marriage, when you look at your bank accounts, when you look at your job, you feel like there is no possible hope. Well, I believe that we can find eternal hope in Jesus Christ for the seasons of our life like these. I want to tell you a little bit about the hope found in Jesus because of the resurrection. Let’s get started.
If Jesus were not alive today, if He hadn’t risen from death on the third day, there would be no hope… And hope is one of those irreplaceable pillars of faith.
From this passage we learn that the hope we have in Jesus Christ is meant to cover us in the good seasons and the not so good ones. It is an ever-present reality for those who know Christ. And that’s really the first point I want to make today…
The message of the Gospel, that Jesus lived, died, and was raised to life again is not some message that we accept once and cruise onto eternity. Instead, Peter seems to make it clear that it is a message for right here, right now. What does he say at the end of verse 3? “Now we live with great expectation”. The time for having hope is now! We are called to live with great expectation. What are you expecting from God?
God is a God who wants us to have some level of expectation. He wants us to cry out to Him, asking for things to be done in our lives or in the lives of loved ones. And the Bible actually makes it clear what God will do with our expectations…
God takes our expectations and He exceeds them! This means that we can dream big and believe God to direct us accordingly into His amazing will for our lives! And here in our 1 Peter passage, Peter is writing about a certain kind of expectation ... View this full sermon with PRO Premium
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