Title: Arise To Hope (4 of 4)
Series: Arise
Author: Steve Jones
Text: Matthew 28
Series Summary: This sermon series consists of four applications of the resurrection to the universal human condition: Purpose, Despair, Joy, and Hope.
Sermon Summary: The resurrection of Jesus affords us hope. 1) The hope of change. 2) The hope of life.
INTRODUCTION: Over the last few weeks, we have explored the implications of the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth regarding purpose, despair, and joy. Today, let's talk about what the resurrection means for our hope.
But what is hope? It is not just an uncertain desire or longing for something good that might happen to us in the future. We give the term that unfortunate connotation when we say things like "I HOPE I win the Publishers' Clearing House Sweepstakes." We say we "hope" we win, though (according to various websites) the odds of winning are about one in one six billion (more or less)!
In the Bible, though, "hope" is not just a desire for something that is uncertain or nearly impossible. Rather, it is a confident expectation of something good that is still in the future. I emphasize the part about CONFIDENT EXPECTATION. Biblical hope is basically the same as assurance. We call it hope only because its object is something that is still in the future
I. HOPE FOR CHANGE
Because of the resurrection of Jesus, we have a confident expectation of personal change. When God APPLIES Jesus' resurrection to us, we experience a SPIRITUAL resurrection. This happens IN baptism, and it is when God the Holy Spirit regenerates our dead hearts. We have the actual word "regeneration" in the book of Titus.
Titus 3:5 "God saved us by the washing of REGENERATION and renewing by the Holy Spirit." The word translated "regeneration" is "palingenesia". It's meaning stems from the Greek word "palin" meaning "again" and "genesis" meaning "birth": "Born again." In John 3 Jesus told Nicodemus that unless you are "born aga ...
Series: Arise
Author: Steve Jones
Text: Matthew 28
Series Summary: This sermon series consists of four applications of the resurrection to the universal human condition: Purpose, Despair, Joy, and Hope.
Sermon Summary: The resurrection of Jesus affords us hope. 1) The hope of change. 2) The hope of life.
INTRODUCTION: Over the last few weeks, we have explored the implications of the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth regarding purpose, despair, and joy. Today, let's talk about what the resurrection means for our hope.
But what is hope? It is not just an uncertain desire or longing for something good that might happen to us in the future. We give the term that unfortunate connotation when we say things like "I HOPE I win the Publishers' Clearing House Sweepstakes." We say we "hope" we win, though (according to various websites) the odds of winning are about one in one six billion (more or less)!
In the Bible, though, "hope" is not just a desire for something that is uncertain or nearly impossible. Rather, it is a confident expectation of something good that is still in the future. I emphasize the part about CONFIDENT EXPECTATION. Biblical hope is basically the same as assurance. We call it hope only because its object is something that is still in the future
I. HOPE FOR CHANGE
Because of the resurrection of Jesus, we have a confident expectation of personal change. When God APPLIES Jesus' resurrection to us, we experience a SPIRITUAL resurrection. This happens IN baptism, and it is when God the Holy Spirit regenerates our dead hearts. We have the actual word "regeneration" in the book of Titus.
Titus 3:5 "God saved us by the washing of REGENERATION and renewing by the Holy Spirit." The word translated "regeneration" is "palingenesia". It's meaning stems from the Greek word "palin" meaning "again" and "genesis" meaning "birth": "Born again." In John 3 Jesus told Nicodemus that unless you are "born aga ...
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