Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope —1 Timothy 1:1 NKJV
A. The Translation In The Context
B. If He Is the Author, What Did We Have Before?
that at that time you 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. —Ephesians 2:12 NKJV
C. If He Is The Creator, He Is The Foundation
Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be. —Romans 4:16-18 NKJV
A. Hope Is Not Just What We Do, It Is Who He Is
B. Hope
joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. —John 3:17 NKJV
C. Might
- For us- expressing a possibility based on an unfulfilled condition.
- For Christ- expressing purpose.
A. Savior
B. What Do We Need Hope Floor?
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. —Romans 8:18 NKJV
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. —2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NKJV