You Can Have Hope! (3 of 5)
Series: Because He Lives
Jim Perdue
1 Peter 1:3-5
Intro/Attention
We're in a series on Sunday mornings called, Because He Lives. We're talking about how our lives are transformed because Jesus Christ conquered death and rose from the grave. This morning, I'm preaching a sermon from 1 Peter 1:3-5 and I want you to know, Because He Lives...You Can Have Hope! READ TEXT
*I have heard it said many times, ''Human beings can live for 40 days without food, 4 days without water and 4 minutes without air but they cannot live 4 seconds without hope.'' I am not sure about the accuracy of the math in that statement but the sentiment behind it is on target. We all need to find hope in something.*
*A Mother was taking her four-year-old daughter to school. She was a doctor and had left her stethoscope on the car seat. Her little girl picked it up and very excited began to play with it. Excellent, thought the Doctor, ''My daughter wants to follow in my footsteps!'' Then the child spoke into the instrument: ''Hello and welcome to McDonald's, may I take your order?'' All parents have high hopes for their children.*
We all have hopes and dreams. When we talk about our hopes in this world, we mention things that we would love to see happen. Maybe you hope to get married one day. Or maybe you hope to have children one day. Maybe you hope you will get a certain job or get accepted into a particular college. Maybe you hope to pass a certain class or make a sports team. We have all sorts of hopes and dreams. The world's definition of hope is a ''wish, want, or desire.'' But biblical hope is very different.
''Hope'' in the Bible is not a wish, want, or desire. It's a confident assurance. The concept of hope in Scripture refers to something you are certain is going to happen, but it just hasn't happened yet. Did you hear that? I want to say it again to be clear. Biblical hope has no uncertainty associated with it. It refers to something ...
Series: Because He Lives
Jim Perdue
1 Peter 1:3-5
Intro/Attention
We're in a series on Sunday mornings called, Because He Lives. We're talking about how our lives are transformed because Jesus Christ conquered death and rose from the grave. This morning, I'm preaching a sermon from 1 Peter 1:3-5 and I want you to know, Because He Lives...You Can Have Hope! READ TEXT
*I have heard it said many times, ''Human beings can live for 40 days without food, 4 days without water and 4 minutes without air but they cannot live 4 seconds without hope.'' I am not sure about the accuracy of the math in that statement but the sentiment behind it is on target. We all need to find hope in something.*
*A Mother was taking her four-year-old daughter to school. She was a doctor and had left her stethoscope on the car seat. Her little girl picked it up and very excited began to play with it. Excellent, thought the Doctor, ''My daughter wants to follow in my footsteps!'' Then the child spoke into the instrument: ''Hello and welcome to McDonald's, may I take your order?'' All parents have high hopes for their children.*
We all have hopes and dreams. When we talk about our hopes in this world, we mention things that we would love to see happen. Maybe you hope to get married one day. Or maybe you hope to have children one day. Maybe you hope you will get a certain job or get accepted into a particular college. Maybe you hope to pass a certain class or make a sports team. We have all sorts of hopes and dreams. The world's definition of hope is a ''wish, want, or desire.'' But biblical hope is very different.
''Hope'' in the Bible is not a wish, want, or desire. It's a confident assurance. The concept of hope in Scripture refers to something you are certain is going to happen, but it just hasn't happened yet. Did you hear that? I want to say it again to be clear. Biblical hope has no uncertainty associated with it. It refers to something ...
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