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Why
Hope?
3rd in series, Treasure
Hunters
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Take the Next Step
A GamePlan for
Action
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1. What
brings you the most hope?
2. If you
were being persecuted for your faith in Christ, what would bring you the
greatest amount of hope?
3. How
often do you think of the Jesus Christ returning? Do you ever wake up in the morning and
think, “This could be earth’s last day?”
Why or why not?
4. Why do you
think people do not talk more about Christ’s return to earth? Do you think if you talked about Christ’s
return frequently with others, people would think you’re odd? Perhaps crazy?
5. Are you
prepared if Christ returns today?
Are your family and friends ready for His return? What should you do to prepare for
Christ’s return?
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“Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being
sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you
at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 1:13
1.
Hope Is Powerful.
““Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living
hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4
to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in
heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded through
faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:3-5
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August 24, 2008
Scott Maze
Henceforth there is ylaid up for me zthe crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, athe righteous
judge, will award to me on bthat Day, and not
only to me but also to all cwho have loved his
appearing. “Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is
diligent to discipline him.”
Proverbs
13:24
“Folly is
bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far
from him.”
Proverbs
22:15
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Why
Get Married?
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2.
Hope Doesn’t Float, it’s Fixed.
“Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great
mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…”
1 Peter 1:5
“Henceforth
there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, athe
righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also
to all who have loved his appearing.”
2
Timothy 4:8
“His
delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor
his pleasure in the legs of a man,
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but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in
those who ehope
in his steadfast love.”
Psalm
147:10-11
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3.
Prepare Now
“See
what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called
children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us
is that it
did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what
we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall
be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone
who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.”
1
John 3:1-3
“Stay
dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, 36
and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the
wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes
and knocks.”
Luke
12:35-36
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Three Tests for Every Believer
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August 24, 2008 Scott
Maze
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