HOPE

A few simple Biblical facts about hope.

The Jews hoped for the coming of the Messiah (Acts 26:6, 28:20).
Jesus’ flesh rested in hope of resurrection (Acts 2:26)
God is a God of hope (Rom. 15:13)
We don’t hope for what we see or have (Rom. 8:24)
We have the hope of the resurrection from the dead (Acts 23:6; 24:15)
We have hope of a new body (Rom. 8:20)
We hope in God’s word (Ps. 130:7)
We have the hope of the glory of God (Rom. 5:2)
Experience produces hope (Rom. 5:4) and hope causes us not to be ashamed (Rom. 5:4)
We are saved by hope (Rom. 8:24)
While we hope we can rejoice (Rom. 12:12)
Learning the scriptures can give us hope (Rom. 15:4)
We can abound in hope when God fills us with joy and peace in believing (Rom. 15:13)
Love hopes all things (I Cor. 13:7)
If we only have hope in this life, we are most miserable (I Cor. 15:19)
Hope causes great plainess of speech (II Cor. 3:12)
We wait for the hope of righteousness (Gal. 5:5)
We can know what is the hope of our calling (Eph. 1:18)
Without Christ we have no hope (Eph. 2:12)
There is one hope (Eph. 4:4)
Hope laid up in heaven (Col. 1:5)
The hope of the gospel has been preached to every creature under heaven (Col. 1:23)
The hope of glory is Christ being in us (Col. 1:27)
With hope there must be patience (I Thess. 1:3)
Those outside of Christ have no hope (I Thess. 4:13)
Hope of salvation is like a helmet (I Thess. 5:8)
We have a good hope (II Thess. 2:16)
Jesus Chist is our hope (I Tim. 1:1)
We have the hope of eternal life (Tit. 1:2)
We have a blessed hope of the return of the Lord (Tit. 2:13)
Hope of eternal life (Tit. 3:7)
If we hold fast the confidence and rejoicing of the hope firm to the end, we are His house (Heb. 3:6)
We have full assurannce of hope (Heb. 6:11)
We can lay hold on the hope set before us (Heb. 6:18)
This hope is an anchor of the soul (Heb. 6:19)
We have a better hope (Heb. 7:19)
We have a lively hope (I Pet. 1:3)
Hope should be in God (I Pet. 1:21)
We must be able to give reasons for the hope that is in us (I Pet. 3:15)
If we have the hope of being like Christ we purify ourselves (I John 3:3)
If we hope in th Lord He will strengthen our heart (Ps. 31:24)
If we hope in Him, He keeps His eye upon us (Ps. 33:18)
A wicked man’s hope perishes when he dies (Prov. 10:28)
While you live, there is hope (Eccl. 9:4)

Eric L. Padgett