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Our Living Hope

Tony Orji by Tony Orji
April 8, 2021
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“Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade–kept in heaven for you” (1 Peter 1:2-4).

Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany Georgia has produced several movies that provide a witness for Christ. Many of our readers have seen at least one of them. We use them in our counseling ministry and find they really connect.

Pastor in "Courageous" movieIn one of them, “Courageous”, the story line includes a family that is devastated at the loss of their young daughter in a car accident. A scene that especially blesses me is that of the faithful pastor who comforts the family at the funeral with these words:
“What can we, as mere men, say to a grieving and shattered heart? We speak today because we have a Living Hope. Death is no respecter of persons. Death is no respecter of youth. Death is a painful intruder and a pernicious reminder of our human condition. But I stand before you today to declare that we have a Living Hope and that causes us to rejoice greatly. You, see, our hope today is found in the fact that Jesus is no longer entombed. He lives. Because He lives, the grieving, broken heart has hope and reason to rejoice”.

What an aspiring perspective hope brings to any earthbound disaster or personal loss and what a tremendous spiritual blessing it is to having a living hope! A simple definition of hope is an emotional state, the opposite of despair, that promotes the belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one’s life. But Biblical hope is grounded in the absolute certainty of God’s care, not just a wishful thought for a positive outcome that may or may not be true.

Sadly there are scores and scores of people who live day after day without hope. These are the kind of people that Paul wrote of in his letter to the Thessalonian believers. Upon the death of a loved one they were not to “grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Because of Christ they had a living hope.

But at times even for the believer hopelessness and despair can take hold of our emotions? It happens when we take our focus off the Lord and His promises. The great hymn writer Isaac Watts provides an interesting description, “Despair tells us that difficulty is insurmountable.”

Living hope for the follower of Christ is a result of God’s great mercy and the new birth He has given us, grounded in the glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The apostle Peter wrote these words to encourage believers undergoing various trials and persecutions. Some thirty years after Christ’s resurrection the church entered a time of horrific persecution during Nero’s reign. It was shortly after this that Peter was martyred for his faith.

Hebrews 6:19

All of us who trust in Christ have this living hope. As we live out our lives we have many of the same problems as others. But our perspective differs based on an empty tomb and the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Our hope is alive and our eternal future awaits us, no matter the present circumstances. Billy Graham characteristically stated it so simply, “As a Christian I have hope not just for this life but for Heaven and the life to come”.

Today we need to hold fast to our living hope. Never lose sight of it. Be assured, God will hold us fast. The writer of Hebrews spoke of this hope as “an anchor for the soul, firm and secure” (Hebrews 6:19). As God’s children we have a living hope and an assurance that God will see us through. I encourage you this day to keep the presence of our living hope ever before you! In doing so, I feel certain that you will be encouraged in your circumstance and more importantly strengthened in your faith!

Be encouraged today,

Stephen & Brooksyne Weber

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Dr. Anthony Orji

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Dr Anthony Orji is a Ph.D holder in Economics and a lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Nigeria Nsukka.

He obtained his B.Sc, Msc and Ph.D Degrees from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Local Economic Development (SLED) from Erasmus University, Rotterdam Netherlands.

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