CHRIST: OUR HOPE

CHRIST: OUR HOPE

SCRIPTURE: 1 PET 3:15

SONG: WHERE COULD I GO?

INTRODUCTION

A. President Regan visits a military graveyard and a         concentration camp.

B. Playing for time (a tv show): Is there hope in a concentration camp.

C. Prominent proclamation. CHRISTIANS! CHRIST IS OUR HOPE!!!!

BODY

A. CHRIST IS OUR ONE HOPE:SALVATION HEB.6:13-20

1. Salvation promised: JESUS Eph. 3:11; Acts 4:12; Gal 4:4

2. Salvation presented: JESUS OUR REFUGE VS.18

3. Salvation preserving: JESUS..."WHERE COULD I GO?...VS 19

B. CHRIST IS OUR LIVING HOPE: LIFE 1 PETER 1:3

1. Greatness of God: Mercy (get what we don't deserve)

2. Greatness of the mystery: Jn 3:3-5 How? Resurrection vs.3

3. Greatness of our hope: I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE"

C. CHRIST IS OUR PURE HOPE: HOLINESS COLO. 1:26-27

1. The holiness of Christ:reconcilation 21-23

2. The heavenly mystery revealed: the gospel of Christ vs 26-27

3. The hope of the world: Christ in you, the hope of glory 27

D. CHRIST IS OUR BLESSED HOPE: HAPPINESS TITUS 2:11-13

1. Happiness in this world? without Christ?

2. Happiness is in the light Jn 8:12; Matt 17:1-2; 1 Jn 1:7

3. Happiness is living in expectation: looking psalm 1 cp. vs.13 4.

Happiness is letting your light shine Matt 5:14-16

CONCLUSION

A. THE HOPE OF THOSE "PLAYING FOR TIME" WAS UNCERTAIN

B. THE HOPE OF CHRISTIANS: CHRIST!

C. THE HOPE SUMMARIZED: "MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS"