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Apr 06, 2014

God Wants You to Grow In Hope

Passage: 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: Christian Growth

Category: 2 Thessalonians

Summary:

Main Text - 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4; 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3; Ephesians 1:16-18; NT Reading Romans 8:18-32

Detail:

God Wants You to Grow in Hope

2 Thessalonians 1:3-4 – 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 -Ephesians 1:16-18

 

Our Hope Is Rich, Multifaceted, And, If Grasped, Will Sustain Us in the Worst of Times

 

1. Christian Hope Is Not Wishing But Being Sure

 

               Worldly hope says…

 

               Christian hope says….

 

                              Hebrews 6:19-20  

 

 

2. Christian Hope Is Virtuous and Not Weakness

 

                              1 Corinthians 13:13

                             

 

3. Christian Hope Trusts In What God Promises to Do.

 

               Romans 8:23-25

 

 

4. Christian Hope Is In the Resurrection

 

               Acts 24:14-15.

               1 Peter 1:3 3  

 

 

5. Christian Hope Is a Work of the Holy Spirit

 

               1 Peter 1:3

 

Hope Acts… As a Pilgrim -   1 Peter 2:11-12

                      In Purity - 1 John 3:2-32  

                      With Patience - Romans 8:24-25. 1 Thess 1:3

Building Hope

               Romans 10:17 

               Romans 15:4

               Romans 8:31-32

 

 

According to Jonathan Edwards Christian hope is sure that:  Romans 8:28

(1) Your bad things will…

(2)  Your good things can…

(3)  The best things are…

 

1 Peter 1:13