If You Have Jesus In Your Heart, You Have Hope
The hope we have in Christ is a living hope; anything that lives, grows. People that have this living hope, they await the second coming of Jesus. Revelation 22.20 says “ He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
They await a perfect world where Jesus reigns and there is no sickness, poverty, and sin. If you have this living hope, you await eternity; you await a long life. The centre point of this hope is the empty tomb of Jesus; resurrection of Jesus. We live because Jesus lives.
There is a story of a young boy with a heart condition that necessarily required surgery. The doctor spoke to the boy and told him that he will be operating on the boy’s heart tomorrow. The boy said that the doctor will find Jesus there, because his Sunday school teacher taught him that Jesus lives in his heart! The next day during the operation, the surgeon heard the voice of God saying “do this surgery carefully because I live there, and this boy will live.” The doctor, who had no hope that the boy would live, was frightened and very carefully operated on the boy. The next day when the boy awoke, the first question he asked was whether the doctor saw Jesus in his heart! The doctor said he certainly did! The boy lived to be a healthy man who served God.
Colossians 1:27
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Hope is a person; hope is Christ in us.
Romans 10:9
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
The church of Laodicea was one of the seven churches to whom letters were sent. Laodiceans rejected Jesus from their church. It was not that Jesus went out . He is the one who keeps His promise and when He said He will never leave nor forsake us He means it. Jesus was helpless and was standing out knocking to come in and have fellowship.
Christ in us is the hope of glory because He is active inside us. Hope is a person in us, just like the little boy knew that Jesus was in him! We too must believe that Jesus lives inside us. Our human body is the temple of the living God. He is mindful of us.
Romans 8:24-25
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
We can hope for things in our lives that we have not yet seen! If we have no hope, we won't be able to wait patiently. Knowing that Jesus is coming soon, we can await the moment with great hope!
Titus 2:13
while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ
We can all wait with this blessed hope!
They await a perfect world where Jesus reigns and there is no sickness, poverty, and sin. If you have this living hope, you await eternity; you await a long life. The centre point of this hope is the empty tomb of Jesus; resurrection of Jesus. We live because Jesus lives.
There is a story of a young boy with a heart condition that necessarily required surgery. The doctor spoke to the boy and told him that he will be operating on the boy’s heart tomorrow. The boy said that the doctor will find Jesus there, because his Sunday school teacher taught him that Jesus lives in his heart! The next day during the operation, the surgeon heard the voice of God saying “do this surgery carefully because I live there, and this boy will live.” The doctor, who had no hope that the boy would live, was frightened and very carefully operated on the boy. The next day when the boy awoke, the first question he asked was whether the doctor saw Jesus in his heart! The doctor said he certainly did! The boy lived to be a healthy man who served God.
Colossians 1:27
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Hope is a person; hope is Christ in us.
Romans 10:9
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
The church of Laodicea was one of the seven churches to whom letters were sent. Laodiceans rejected Jesus from their church. It was not that Jesus went out . He is the one who keeps His promise and when He said He will never leave nor forsake us He means it. Jesus was helpless and was standing out knocking to come in and have fellowship.
Christ in us is the hope of glory because He is active inside us. Hope is a person in us, just like the little boy knew that Jesus was in him! We too must believe that Jesus lives inside us. Our human body is the temple of the living God. He is mindful of us.
Romans 8:24-25
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
We can hope for things in our lives that we have not yet seen! If we have no hope, we won't be able to wait patiently. Knowing that Jesus is coming soon, we can await the moment with great hope!
Titus 2:13
while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ
We can all wait with this blessed hope!
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