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This is a Bible study on Hope.
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Guide.
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Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13 |
The dictionary describes hope as:
- to cherish a desire with anticipation
- trust
- to desire with expectation of obtainment
- to expect with confidence
- a desire accompanied by expectation of belief
- expectation of fulfillment
- someone which hopes are centered
- something hoped for
Believers define hope by the word of God:
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But let us, who are of the day, be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 |
- Jesus Christ is our Blessed Hope
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Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13 |
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Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,
all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psalm 31:24 |
Believers place their faith in Jesus Christ and our
hope is for salvation.
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LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation,
and done thy commandments.
Psalm 119:166 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait
for the salvation of
the LORD.
Lamentations 3:26 |
The hope of salvation Helmet
The full armour of God includes the helmet
of the hope of salvation.
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But let us, who are of the day, be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath,
but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep,
we should live together with him.
1 Thessalonians 5:8-10 |
Hope in the
resurrection of Christ
Without the crucifixion of Christ and the
resurrection of Christ, believers would be without hope.
If Christ remained dead in a grave, what hope of eternal
life would we have?
But since Christ rose from His grave and
Jesus was resurrected and now lives, we have hope that we in
Christ shall all be made alive.
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Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead,
how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain,
and your faith is also vain.
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God;
because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ:
whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ,
we are of all men most miserable.
But now is Christ risen from the dead,
and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death,
by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;
afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
1 Corinthians 15:12-23 |
These scriptures say that we, as believers in Jesus, have
hope because of His resurrection, we too will be
resurrected, either living or dead, whichever state we are in,
when Christ returns.
The scriptures reminds us not to have hope in only
Christ, but in the resurrection of Christ, and without the
resurrection of Christ we would be the most miserable of all mankind.
Hope comes from the Lord
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Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our
Father,
which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 |
Hope comes from
experience
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And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also:
knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Romans 5:3-4 |
The word of God
gives us Hope
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For whatsoever things were written aforetime
were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort
of the scriptures might have hope.
Romans 15:4 |
Through the
power of the Holy Ghost
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Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, that ye may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Romans 15:13 |
Jesus
Christ is the hope of all believers.
Hope in the Lord
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Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us,
according as we hope in thee.
Psalm 33:22
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope:
thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
Psalm 38:15
And now, Lord, what wait I for?
my hope is in thee.
Psalm 39:7
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the
help of his countenance.
Psalm 42:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who
is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalm 42:11
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the
health of my countenance, and my God
Psalm 43:5
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust
from my youth.
Psalm 71:5
That they might set their hope in God, and not
forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Psalm 78:7
Let Israel hope in the LORD:
for with the LORD there is mercy,
and with him is plenteous redemption.
Psalm 130:7
Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for
ever.
Psalm 131:3
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I
hope in him.
Lamentations 3:24
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ
by the commandment of God our Saviour,
and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
1 Timothy 1:1
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Jesus Christ is the hope of
glory
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To whom God would make known
what is the riches of the glory of this mystery
among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Colossians 1:27 |
Hope in the Lord's Mercy
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Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him,
upon them that hope in his mercy;
Psalm 33:18 |
Wait for the Hope of
righteousness
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For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Galatians 5:5 |
There is one Hope
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There is one body, and one Spirit,
even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
One God and Father of all, who is above all,
and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:4-6 |
Our hope is waiting for us in heaven.
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For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,
whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
Colossians 1:5 |
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Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,
whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Psalm 146:5
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him,
in those that hope in his mercy.
Psalm 147:11
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness:
but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 10:28
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
that ye may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Romans 15:13
According to my earnest expectation and my hope,
that in nothing I shall be ashamed,
but that with all boldness, as always,
so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body,
whether it be by life, or by death.
Philippians 1:20
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Rejoice in Hope
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By whom also we have access by faith into this grace
wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:2 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
continuing instant in prayer;
Romans 12:12 |
Have patience of Hope
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Remembering without ceasing your work of faith,
and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ,
in the sight of God and our Father;
1 Thessalonians 1:3 |
Remember we were once without
Hope
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That at that time ye were without Christ,
being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel,
and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus
ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:12-13 |
Be not moved away from the Hope
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If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled,
and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel,
which ye have heard, and which was preached
to every creature which is under heaven;
whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Colossians 1:23 |
Looking for that blessed hope
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Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13 |
Hold firm onto our Hope
until the end
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But Christ as a son over his own house; whose
house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm
unto the end.
Hebrews 3:6
And we desire that every one of you do shew the
same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
Hebrews 6:11
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be
sober, and hope to the end
for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus
Christ;
1 Peter 1:13
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Purify yourself
As Christ is pure, so should everyone that has this
hope purifieth himself.
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Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon
us,
that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself,
even as he is pure.
1 John 3:3 |
Since we are children of God and since we do have the hope of
eternal life, we should not live like the world in sin.
Believers should live godly and pure lives.
As believers we are examples of Christ and should be examples
of Christ in all the ways that we live, so that unbelievers will want what we
have and want to know our reason of hope,
which is Jesus
Christ.
Hope in God
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Who by him do believe in God,
that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory;
that your faith and hope might be in God.
1 Peter 1:21 |
Hope of eternal life
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In hope of eternal life,
which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world began;
Titus 1:1 |
God's judgments
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And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;
for I have hoped in thy judgments.
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
Psalm 119:43-44 |
Hope in the word of God
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ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant,
upon which thou hast caused me to hope
Psalm 119:49
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me;
because I have hoped in thy word.
Psalm 119:74
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in
thy word.
Psalm 119:81
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy
word.
Psalm 119:114
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I
hoped in thy word.
Psalm 119:147
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word
do I hope.
Psalm 130:5
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In all things
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Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7 |
Hope continually
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But I will hope continually,
and will yet praise thee more and more.
Psalm 71:14 |
Be not ashamed of Hope
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Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live:
and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Psalm 119:116 |
Don't withhold hope
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Hope deferred maketh the heart sick:
but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12 |
The righteous have hope in death
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The wicked is driven away in his wickedness:
but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Proverbs 14:32 |
Blessings
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Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD,
and whose hope the LORD is.
Jeremiah 17:7 |
Salvation
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For we are saved by hope:
but hope that is seen is not hope:
for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
But if we hope for that we see not,
then do we with patience wait for it.
Romans 8:24-25 |
Eternal Life
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In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world began;
Titus 1:2 |
Made heirs of the
kingdom of God
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That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.
Titus 3:7 |
Strengthen your heart
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Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,
all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psalm 31:24 |
Hope continually
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But I will hope continually,
and will yet praise thee more and more.
Psalm 71:14 |
Unbelievers are without hope
The hope of the wicked and unjust man dies.
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When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish:
and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Proverbs 11:7
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?
there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 26:12
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed,
and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth,
because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Jeremiah 17:13
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our
own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
Jeremiah 18:12
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Hope for salvation exists for as long as you have air in
your lungs. There is no hope for the lost after death.
As long as you are
breathing there is hope
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For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope:
for a living dog is better than a dead lion
Ecclesiastes 9:4 |
There are not any guarantees on life. You could die any
minute. People everywhere in the world die every second. No one is
promised a tomorrow. Age, race, financial status, nothing can keep anyone
from death.
Death does not have to be your destination, there is hope in
Jesus Christ for eternal life.
If you die without a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ there is no hope for you.
There is no hope after death
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For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate
thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Isaiah 38:18 |
Believers have hope in Christ, don't be like unbelievers that
have no hope.
Chasten children while there
is hope
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Chasten thy son while there is hope,
and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 19:18 |
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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:
and be ready always to give an answer to every man
that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you
with meekness and fear:
1 Peter 3:15 |
The word of God reads we, as believers, are always to be
ready to give an answer to anyone who asks us a reason of the
hope that is in us.
We can do this by keeping the Lord God in our hearts
always.
What is the reason of my Hope? Jesus
Christ is the reason of my hope, the Son of God, my personal Lord and
Saviour, knowing that by believing in Him I will receive eternal life, He
forgave my sins and washed me clean so that I will inherit the kingdom of God.
The word of God reads we should have the plan of salvation
ready when asked,
"What is your reason for hope?".
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