Discovering Hope
Mike Towner
Part of Rediscover Christmas
December 3, 2023

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“Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air…but only for one second without hope.” —Hal Lindsey

We

Hope

We Are All

for Hope

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. —Luke 2:25-26 (ESV)

And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God… —Luke 2:27-28 (ESV)

1. Christmas is the

of Hope

he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation… —Luke 2:28-30 (ESV)

2. Christmas Brings the Hope of

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God —Romans 3:23 (ESV)

For the wages of sin is death —Romans 6:23 (ESV)

Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. —Isaiah 1:18 (ESV)

This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. —Colossians 1:21-22 (NLT)

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. —2 Timothy 4:18 (ESV)

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. —Philippians 4:19 (ESV)

“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” —Matthew 28:20 (ESV)

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. —Romans 8:38-39 (ESV)

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. —Romans 8:28 (ESV)

for my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel. —Luke 2:30-32 (ESV)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. —John 3:16 (ESV)

3. Christmas Brings the Hope of Salvation for

People

What is your

in today?