Title
We Have a Different Hope
Scripture
Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness in speech.
(2 Corinthians 3:12)
Devotional
We have more than a “cross your fingers” hope. We have sure hope. We have a hope with evidence. We have the hope of the Word of God. We have the hope of eternal salvation. We have the hope of Christ. Therefore, what ever we do is to be done under the premise of that blessed hope. We call this faith. “The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Do you do whatever you do by faith with hope? If you do, then you ought to have great boldness about the things that you do. If not, do something else. For whatever is not of faith is sin. If we have hope in Christ, if we have faith in Christ, then we ought to have boldness of speech in Christ, unless we are ashamed of Him and His gospel. “Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness in speech.”
Thought For The Night
“Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all... As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength.” G.K. Chesterton, (Gilbert Keith, 1874-1936), a prolific and prophetic British writer, known for his paradoxical style, his endless supply of aphorisms and great wit. Evening Text
2 Corinthians 3:12: Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech.
Looking for Answers
· Does God hope?
· Can you imagine life without hope?
· In whom /for what do you hope?
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Hope,” one of the Christian virtues (faith, hope & love), 1 Corinthians 13:13. Hope is by faith expecting good from God.
Referencing: “Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us,” Romans 5:5.
Applying: By faith in God, hold on to hope. I know of no sadder state than, “no hope.”