- Introduction
- 1. Hope is essential for keeping unity
- 2. Why should we have hope?
- I. BECAUSE GOD IS MERCIFUL
- A. None Is Perfect
- 1. All sin (Romans 3:23)
- 2. Even Christians (I John 1:8-10)
- B. The Abundance of God's Mercy
- 1. While we were sinners (Romans 5:6-8)
- 2. Mercy when we obey (Acts 2:36-38)
- 3. Mercy when Christians sin (I John 1:9)
- II. BECAUSE JESUS IS ALIVE
- A. This Is Crucial to Hope
- 1. No resurrection, no faith (I Corinthians 15:14-15)
- 2. Christ not risen (I Corinthians 15:17)
- B. Christianity Gives Living Hope
- 1. This is the Gospel (I Corinthians 15:1-4)
- 2. Our resurrection (I Corinthians 15:42-44)
- III. BECAUSE OF OUR INHERITANCE
- A. What Do We Inherit?
- 1. Think about promises of God
- 2. Think about what it is like
- IV. BECAUSE WE ARE SAFELY GUARDED
- A. Kept for "Salvation" at Last Time
- 1. God is our guard
- 2. Guarding our possessions
- B. Being "Kept" Involves Two Things
- 1. The power of God
- a. Deliver from temptation (II Peter 2:9)
- b. Help in bearing up (I Corinthians 10:13)
- c. Give us the armor (Ephesians 6:10-13
- 2. Our faith
- a. Remain faithful (Revelation 2:20)
- b. We can fall (Hebrews 3:12-13)
- C. Tragedy of Unbelief - NO HOPE! (Hebrews 3:14-4:3)
- Conclusion
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