The Certainty of Hope

Hope Brisbane afternoon service

Sunday, 22nd August 2010

Pastor Wenan Zhu


*Hope gives us strength to believe and the reason to go on.
*We hope that we have money, go health and all positive things
*Hope = something positive, constantly link to an outcome
*In life, certain things that we don't hope for, will materialize
*In life, sometimes we will be involve in things beyond our control
*Hebrews 6:18-20: God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged.

*When what we hope for doesn't occur, we either:-
1. worry
2. be fearful
3. loose motivation

*Hope = confidence expectation; Elpis is Greek
*Base on the originator of Hope = God
*Romans 15:13: May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

*We can be certain of this hope because of God himself
*"I know it can happen because of God"
*God keeps his promise. We can trust, believe and put our hope on it

*2 Thessalonians 2:16: May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace give us eternal encouragement and good hope.
*"He gave us" - already given

*1 Peter 1:3: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

*Hope is available for us
*Certainty of God is made to us
*Hope that requires our Action
*Unless you take your hand and grasp it, you would not have that hope
*Our walk is not base on outcome but God

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**