WITH GOD THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE (1 OF 4)
Scripture: Romans 15:7-13
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With God There Is Always Hope (1 of 4)
Series: Funeral Message
Richard Bradley
Romans 15:7-13
7 Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers, 9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:
''For this reason I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.''
10 And again he says:
''Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!''
11 And again:
''Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!''
12 And again, Isaiah says:
''There shall be a root of Jesse; And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In Him the Gentiles shall hope.''
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
At the end of World War II, an American sub came back to Newport News, Va., to dock. As it came into port, something terrible happened, and the sub began to sink. The Coast Guard was immediately dispatched to go out and save the crew. Divers swam down to the hull of the submarine to discover the problem. As the divers got close to the sub, they heard one inventive sailor using a hammer to tap on the hull and ask in Morse Code, ''Is there hope?''
That's a fundamental question of life - ''Is life worth living?''
It's asked every day by thousands of people in thousands of different ways:
- As you sit in the doctor's office awaiting test results
- When a couple who've put months and months into counseling gets nowhere
- When dealing with a tax accountant in a bankruptcy court
- When a family hears their child is missing
You can go 40 days without food and three days without water. You can go eight minutes without air. But you can't go a single second without hope. It's an essential part of life. When hope is gone, life is over.
Because hope ...
Series: Funeral Message
Richard Bradley
Romans 15:7-13
7 Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers, 9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:
''For this reason I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.''
10 And again he says:
''Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!''
11 And again:
''Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples!''
12 And again, Isaiah says:
''There shall be a root of Jesse; And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, In Him the Gentiles shall hope.''
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
At the end of World War II, an American sub came back to Newport News, Va., to dock. As it came into port, something terrible happened, and the sub began to sink. The Coast Guard was immediately dispatched to go out and save the crew. Divers swam down to the hull of the submarine to discover the problem. As the divers got close to the sub, they heard one inventive sailor using a hammer to tap on the hull and ask in Morse Code, ''Is there hope?''
That's a fundamental question of life - ''Is life worth living?''
It's asked every day by thousands of people in thousands of different ways:
- As you sit in the doctor's office awaiting test results
- When a couple who've put months and months into counseling gets nowhere
- When dealing with a tax accountant in a bankruptcy court
- When a family hears their child is missing
You can go 40 days without food and three days without water. You can go eight minutes without air. But you can't go a single second without hope. It's an essential part of life. When hope is gone, life is over.
Because hope ...
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