Summer of Hope…Hope of Israel 3
Selected Passages Pastor Todd Harker
September 2, 2018
Scripture Emphasis:
Acts 28:20 “For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
Hope presents itself many ways throughout the NT. We have seen already that Hope sometimes is a person – Jesus Christ – who is the Hope of the Nations. Today we will learn that Hope is an action. This Hope is a much-anticipated action – the resurrection of the righteous and the wicked. No man paid a higher price yet stood his ground in the face of adversity over this hope more than the Apostle Paul.
- This Hope was the _REASON__ for Paul’s trials
- This Hope was the _ SOURCE__ of Paul’s defense
- This Hope was attempted to be _SNUFFED______ out
- The Sadducees didn’t _BELIEVE__ in the resurrection
- The Pharisees didn’t believe Jesus was _MESSIAH__
- This Hope _____________ that God can be trusted – Ps. 16:10
- This Hope _______________ that Jesus is truly Messiah
- This Hope is the ___________________ for the Christian experience – 1 Cor. 15
- This Hope ______________ fear and _____________ confidence