{"id":4302,"date":"2023-01-22T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T18:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bedfordcoc.com\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4302"},"modified":"2023-02-17T23:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T23:50:47","slug":"living-hope","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/bedfordcoc.com\/sermons\/living-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the time when our great and amazing Creator made His beloved man (Gen. 1:27), and sin entered (Gen. 3) and the Lord drove man out of the garden (Gen. 3:24) Man has not been able to be with God, even <em>the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord\u2019s house”<\/em> (2 Chronicles 7:2).\u00a0Yet God through this great mercy has established a way for every man to one day stand again with Him in that Heaven for which we all hope for\u2026 and our hope is a Living Hope\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Living Hope 1 Peter 1:3 <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">Paul says plainly Jesus our hope 1Tim. 1:1 \u201c\u2026<em>the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\u2026\u201d, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\u201c<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\u201d Titus 2:13. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">\u201c<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 14.4px;\">11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 <strong>looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ<\/strong>, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Titus 2:11-14).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why is it a living hope?<\/strong> Because Our hope is in a risen Savior (John 11:25; John 2:22; Luke 24:6…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the time when our great and amazing Creator made His beloved man (Gen. 1:27), and sin entered (Gen. 3) and the Lord drove man out of the garden (Gen. 3:24) Man has not been able to be with God, even the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord\u2019s house” (2 Chronicles 7:2).\u00a0Yet God through this great mercy has established a way for every man to one day stand again with Him in that Heaven for which we all hope for\u2026 and our hope is a Living Hope\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Living Hope 1 Peter 1:3 Paul says plainly Jesus our hope 1Tim. 1:1 \u201c\u2026the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope\u2026\u201d, \u201clooking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus\u201d Titus 2:13. \u201c11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.\u201d\u00a0Titus 2:11-14).<\/p>\n<p>Why is it a living hope? 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