Proper Position of Hope

Where is it that you place your hope? What is it that you hope for?

The Vine's concise dictionary of the Bible defines hope as:

elpis (1680), in the NT, "favorable and confident expectation." It has to do with the unseen and the future, Rom. 8:24,25.

1 Peter 1:3-9 says:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.

Our only hope is found in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior of our life.

Our hope does not belong to:

• Our Government
• Barack Obama
• The World System
• The Stock Market
• Scientology
• The Koran
• The Book of Mormon
• Roman Catholicism
• The Watchtower Society
• Your Job
• Your Paycheck
• Your Church
• Your Pastor
• Your Title

Hope in those things, will only bring destruction. In the end all these things will fail you. You hope in those things and your headed straight for Hell. Jeremiah 17:5 says: Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the LORD.

Our hope has only one proper position and that is in our Lord Jesus Christ. The King of kings and the Lord of lords. Every knee will bow and every tougue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!

May today be the day you humble yourself before God, repent and turn to Him in faith through Christ. Stop putting your hope in useless things. Your hope in Christ is your one and only shot!

Acts 4:12 - Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.

Acts 3:19 - Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,