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Blessed Hope !



Titus 2:11-15 Authorized King James Version [AKJV]:  "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee."

What is your hope?  Belief, faith, trust and hope are all synonyms of each other but from different  perspectives.  "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."  Hebrews 11:1.  If ones hope is not in the LORD Jesus Christ your hope is fleeting and your faith is dead.  'For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."  Romans 1:16-17

What is the gospel; that one must believe on, exercise faith in, trusting fully of His finished work, having hope for?   "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"  1 Corinthians 15:1-4 

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