1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:04,600 Turn with me tonight in your Bibles to the Epistle of Paul to 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:09,100 Titus. Go to first and second Timothy. 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:21,200 You'll come to Titus. Titus Chapter 1. 4 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:22,600 We're going to read from verse 1. 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,400 We're going to read the whole of the chapter. 6 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:33,100 Let's hear the word of God. Reading, of course, from the 7 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:36,800 authorized version those online, the words will come up and 8 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,500 screen. But as I've said before, we 9 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:41,800 encourage you to get a copy of the Bible and follow the 10 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:43,500 reading. If you haven't got a copy of the 11 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:47,600 Bible and would like one, please feel free to contact us and we'd 12 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,500 be happy to supply. Not neat. 13 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:52,900 Let's hear the word of God together. 14 00:00:54,900 --> 00:01:00,700 Paul a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, 15 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:05,500 according to the fee of God's elect and the acknowledging of 16 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:11,200 the truth, which is after godliness in Hope of eternal 17 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:17,300 life which God that cannot lie promised before the world began, 18 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,300 But how often do tames manifested his word through 19 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:24,400 preaching, which is committed unto me. 20 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:29,300 According to the Commandment of God, our savior Too tight us, 21 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:36,000 mine own son, after the common Faith, grace, mercy, and peace. 22 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,900 From God, the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, Our Savior 23 00:01:40,900 --> 00:01:46,600 for this cause left, I Thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in 24 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,200 order, the things that are wanting, and their DNA Elders in 25 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,000 every city, as I had appointed thee. 26 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:58,200 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful, 27 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:03,000 Faithful children, not accused of Riot or unruly for a. 28 00:02:03,008 --> 00:02:06,800 Bishop must be blameless. As the steward of God, not 29 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,600 self-willed. Not soon, angry, not given to 30 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:15,000 Wine, no Striker, not given to Filthy lucre, but her lover of 31 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:22,300 hospitality, a lover of Good. Men sober, just holy temperate, 32 00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:27,000 holding fast, the faithful word as he had been taught that he 33 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,900 may be able by Sir. Doctrine, both to exhort. 34 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:35,700 And to convince the gainsayers for there are many unruly and 35 00:02:35,700 --> 00:02:39,600 vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the 36 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:44,400 circumcision whose mouths Must Be Stopped, who subvert whole 37 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:49,300 houses teaching things, which they ought not for filthy lucre 38 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:53,900 seek one of themselves. Even a prophet of their own 39 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:58,200 said, the cretans are always Liars. 40 00:02:58,300 --> 00:03:03,800 He's evil beasts, slow bellies. This witness is true. 41 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,900 Wherefore rebuke them sharply that they may be sold in the 42 00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:13,000 fear, not giving heed to Jewish fables and Commandments of men 43 00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:18,000 that turn from the truth unto the pure, all things are pure, 44 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:24,200 but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure. 45 00:03:24,700 --> 00:03:28,100 But even their mind, and conscience is defiled. 46 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:33,800 They profess that they know God but in Works they deny him being 47 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:39,600 abominable and disobedient and unto every good work reprobate. 48 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:46,800 The my tax tonight is found and Titus Chapter 1 and verse 2, in 49 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,800 verse 2, we read in Hope of eternal life which God that 50 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:56,400 cannot lie promised before the world began. 51 00:03:56,700 --> 00:04:02,900 Now this evening, I want to Us to focus on the words in Hope of 52 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,500 eternal life. I believe this is a wonderful 53 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:12,000 simple statement and yet a very Sublime profound step and so 54 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:17,399 simple that the children would be able to understand and grasp 55 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,100 and yet social blade you could write a whole theological 56 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:25,300 doctrinal book. Just in this one free years and 57 00:04:25,300 --> 00:04:28,200 hope of eternal life. See the apostle. 58 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:32,900 Paul is. Writing a very short letter to a 59 00:04:32,900 --> 00:04:40,400 fellow Minister called Titus. Titus and the Apostle Paul had 60 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:45,400 visited the island of Crete and a number of New Testament. 61 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,900 Churches, were formed there. A number of Jews and Gentiles 62 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:55,000 were gloriously born again, out of Crete's Pagan culture and the 63 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,700 Apostle Paul, when he was leaving the island, he left 64 00:04:58,700 --> 00:05:04,600 taters behind to sort out some problems in these infant will 65 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:08,100 call them struggling Church. Has Paul wanted them to be 66 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:10,800 strong. He wanted them to get a good 67 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:16,300 foothold for Christ and the gospel despite the Pagan culture 68 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:20,600 despite the presence of false teachers and false teachers. 69 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Now you Crete is an island 160 miles long about seven to thirty 70 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,700 five miles wide and places and a situated in the southern tip of 71 00:05:32,700 --> 00:05:35,100 Greece. In the Mediterranean Sea. 72 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,000 I've never been there, but It's a lovely place to go to for a 73 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,900 holiday. However, the Christian people 74 00:05:42,900 --> 00:05:47,900 had acquired a very bad reputation Paul sites. 75 00:05:47,900 --> 00:05:52,900 One of their ports among by the name of are pie Mendes. 76 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,600 Listen to what he says in chapter 1 and verse 12. 77 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:59,700 One of them sales, even a prophet of their own said, the 78 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:07,000 cretians are always Liars. Evil beasts, slow, bellies. in 79 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,700 other words, they were lazy gluttons. 80 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:17,800 And Paul is displaying here, their Chief reputation among 81 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:22,100 man, and yet into that Pagan culture with us, Chief 82 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:25,100 reputation. For this lifestyle, the 83 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:29,300 wonderful Sovereign, Grace of God, the power of the Gospel had 84 00:06:29,300 --> 00:06:33,400 taken root. And I had no tight that the 85 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,300 Christians had been present and Jerusalem and the day of 86 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:40,100 Pentecost where they heard the disciples speak in the crease 87 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:42,300 and language, the wonderful works of God. 88 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:45,800 I've no doubt that there and then some were converted not day 89 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,100 upon hearing Peter preached. The gospel they later went home 90 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:52,200 to plant the seed of the gospel and here's Paul and the 91 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,700 missionary journey along with Titus, he's leaving the island 92 00:06:55,700 --> 00:07:00,200 and Titus has left behind Soundly certain Jews were making 93 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,100 life difficult for the Christians. 94 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:07,000 They were promoting false Doctrine and Tate Us by the 95 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,500 grace of God, had a great reputation for dealing with 96 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:12,700 difficult problems in the church. 97 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:16,800 So, Paul left in there to help get the church on a solid 98 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,500 footing. So here, H to him, this short 99 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:24,500 ladder, I want you to think of taters and Crete along with the 100 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:26,800 people of God. And here's the theme of the 101 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,200 latter. How to Live out the gospel in a 102 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,700 pagan world. And to me, that's the summary of 103 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:37,700 the whole book, God's people who were genuinely and truly 104 00:07:37,700 --> 00:07:40,700 received must by the grace of God. 105 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:45,500 Engage in Godly Deeds, evidence fruit of Salvation as a laborer 106 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:48,800 for Christ under the authority of the local church. 107 00:07:49,300 --> 00:07:52,400 Versus 124 forms. The introduction to the latter. 108 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:57,000 It's a lengthy introduction. It's full of instruction full of 109 00:07:57,100 --> 00:07:59,200 wonderful. Chris each truth could be 110 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:03,700 expanded upon as we enter further into the latter, but 111 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:08,200 tonight were just examining one thing and I've broken it up into 112 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:14,500 constituent Parts. Not theme is in Hope of eternal 113 00:08:14,500 --> 00:08:16,300 life. I want you to think of a number 114 00:08:16,300 --> 00:08:18,900 of things. I want you to think of the fact 115 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:24,000 of the hope of eternal life. And hope. 116 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,600 See some people imagine that hope contains the idea of doubt. 117 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:35,000 It's wishful thinking. I hope to do this and that, so I 118 00:08:35,008 --> 00:08:37,799 could say, well, I hope to visit Crete this week. 119 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:45,100 Well, I would be not be going to create as be wishful thinking on 120 00:08:45,108 --> 00:08:48,800 my part or I could say well I hope to do this and that and I 121 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,400 wish to go here and go there but never got around to doing this 122 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,300 and that I hope I get this job that have applied for but 123 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:59,300 there's no realistic expectation that I will. 124 00:09:00,100 --> 00:09:02,000 I could say well I hope I win the lottery. 125 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:04,300 Well, I won't because that's gambling. 126 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,700 It's in before the Lord. I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow 127 00:09:08,700 --> 00:09:09,500 or who's that? Nope. 128 00:09:09,500 --> 00:09:11,300 Doesn't snow next week. Week. 129 00:09:11,300 --> 00:09:14,900 Well, again, we have no realistic expectation. 130 00:09:14,900 --> 00:09:18,000 That, that desire would come to pass, is he? 131 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,400 It doesn't mean that I know that when we use the word hope, 132 00:09:22,700 --> 00:09:26,500 that's the way we use it. But how man use hoop and how 133 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,100 God, the Holy Ghost uses. Hope is two different things. 134 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:34,200 You see when God uses the word. Hope there's 133, references to 135 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:38,600 the word hope and the, the Bible, the word, hope here means 136 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:40,800 to look to the future with a confident. 137 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Expectation. It points to God's covenant 138 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:51,800 faithfulness in relation to his presence as promises in this 139 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,700 power. It also means to we it in the 140 00:09:55,708 --> 00:10:01,000 Lord with the humble confidence and trust in him alone, listen 141 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,700 to the word of God and sound 42 verse 5. 142 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:07,500 Why art thou? He cast down O my soul and we're 143 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:12,500 disquieted within me. Hope thou in God for, I shall 144 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:14,800 yet, praise him for the help of his countenance. 145 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,500 What does that? That mean hope. 146 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:20,200 Thou in God, it means look to the future with a confident 147 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,400 expectation. It points us to God's covenant, 148 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,600 faithfulness of has promised his presence has power. 149 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,100 It means to we it on the Lord with a humble confident. 150 00:10:31,100 --> 00:10:35,100 Trust in him. If we were to turn their to 151 00:10:35,300 --> 00:10:39,700 another Sam Sam. 130. It says, in verse 7, that 152 00:10:39,700 --> 00:10:41,800 Israel. Hoping the Lord means exactly 153 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,300 the same thing for with the Lord, there is Mercy. 154 00:10:44,300 --> 00:10:46,900 And with there was plenty of Redemption for he shall redeem 155 00:10:46,900 --> 00:10:53,000 Israel from his iniquities. And you see The children of 156 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,500 Israel. They were taken up with God's 157 00:10:57,500 --> 00:11:02,600 covenant, faithful promise and they fix their heart and mind in 158 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:08,400 that promise on its certainty. And on the centrality of all 159 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,700 that God had promised and at the heart of God's promise was 160 00:11:11,700 --> 00:11:14,700 Christ, remember Galatians 4 and 4. 161 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:19,600 But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth 162 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:24,500 his son, hi mierda. If a woman me and under the law 163 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:27,500 for what purpose can redeem them that were under the law that we 164 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:32,100 might receive. Listen to this, the adoption of 165 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:37,200 sons and then the New Testament as it begins to unfold. 166 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:41,800 You've got the unfolding and you've got the full revelation 167 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:46,700 of all that God promised in relation to Christ and that 168 00:11:46,700 --> 00:11:50,800 promise as I'm telling you from the First Gospel promise Genesis 169 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:57,000 3:15, And all the way through to Galatians 4 and 4 were centered 170 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,100 and godson. And over there in the book of 171 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,300 Colossians and remember we preached in us as we preach 172 00:12:04,300 --> 00:12:09,300 through Colossians 1 to whom God would make known, what is the 173 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:11,500 riches of the glory of this mystery? 174 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:18,900 Among the Gentiles? Which is Christ in you the hope 175 00:12:18,900 --> 00:12:24,300 of glory. You see Christ is our hope and 176 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:28,200 remember that Paul was able to say for in him, that's in 177 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:35,500 Christ, all the promises of God are ye and a man, you see? 178 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:40,200 It's not just, you've got an idea, it's not just, you've got 179 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,900 a concept. It's not that you've got a 180 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:46,000 feeling and you sense that something good is going to 181 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,600 happen. Isn't there a song about that? 182 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,300 Something good is going to happen II. 183 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:54,000 Can't The singer that I can't even hum it, but that's not what 184 00:12:54,000 --> 00:13:00,500 this Hoops abide, it's richer, it's deeper, it's greater, it's 185 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:05,500 better because there's a confident expectation of this 186 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:09,900 thing happening because it's rooted in God's faithful, 187 00:13:09,900 --> 00:13:15,600 Covenant, promise. That's the fact of this hope to 188 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,000 eternal life. I want you to notice. 189 00:13:18,100 --> 00:13:24,600 Secondly, and quickly, I want you to think of the focus of Our 190 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:30,600 Hope, because if it's true and I believe it is, it's factual that 191 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,400 Christ is our hope of eternal life. 192 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:38,700 And remember, we live in a pagan world with a pagan culture, all 193 00:13:38,700 --> 00:13:47,700 around us, the power of sin, the Power of Satan and evil. 194 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:55,600 We Fierce trials and Temptation. We Fierce temptation to sin. 195 00:13:56,700 --> 00:14:02,500 We we are alive to all the problems and Perfection is of 196 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:04,400 life. We live with difficulty and 197 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,700 disappointment disaster. We've got disease in the one 198 00:14:07,700 --> 00:14:11,200 hand with death and the other, and yet he can be fierce, all of 199 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,600 that. Here's the answer Christ is our 200 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:18,800 Our hope you see whenever you have got a sovereign God on the 201 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:24,900 throne, who tells us that Christ is our hope then you can see a 202 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:28,500 way through despite the trial and trouble despite the problems 203 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:32,100 and the pressures of life, you can see a late in the valley. 204 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,600 In fact, the Bible talks about a Door of Hope in the valley of 205 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:42,000 achor Door of Hope, Christ is adored by looking to him by. 206 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,600 We're heading to him by having a confident. 207 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:51,000 Expectation, he will fulfill all that he has promised, you see? 208 00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:57,200 if I think of the Christian Life, Some people have this 209 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:02,300 mindset. That I can't have a certain 210 00:15:02,300 --> 00:15:08,500 expectation of eternal life. Until after I'm dead and 211 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:12,600 whenever a die, God will give me eternal life. 212 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,300 But it's not. I hope when I died again, 213 00:15:17,300 --> 00:15:21,400 eternal life, it's not. I hope one day to Guillen 214 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,700 eternal life. It's not even. 215 00:15:23,700 --> 00:15:28,800 I hope to be granted by God one day, eternal life. 216 00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:31,400 See, some people have this main said that? 217 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:38,000 There's a test And if your words lie, if you pass the test, if 218 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,400 you've been approved then you're granted the Fulfillment of this 219 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,300 promise. But but that's not the concept 220 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,600 that that should not be your focus. 221 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,200 Your remember I said of Christ without hope your dad and send 222 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:54,300 your darkened because of sin your Disease by sin, but in 223 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:58,800 Christ You've got hope of eternal life and that's promised 224 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,600 my but it's not only promised it's possessed. 225 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,900 Not, I remember John 3 and 16 for gold what? 226 00:16:05,900 --> 00:16:09,900 So loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that 227 00:16:09,900 --> 00:16:14,000 whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have what 228 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:19,000 everlasting life. I remember John says in John 229 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:26,900 chapter 3 and in the verse 36 he made a tremendous statement he 230 00:16:26,900 --> 00:16:32,100 that believeth on the son hath everlasting life and he that 231 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:36,600 believeth not the son shall not see life but the wrath of God. 232 00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:42,500 Abideth on him. If you're in Christ and Christ 233 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:47,000 in u.s. the hope of glory then the focus of that Hooper's what 234 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,400 has promised us possess nine. You're not waiting until the 235 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,900 Judgment Day to find out. If you're worthy running brought 236 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:58,800 into heaven and given this gift, you're not waiting at the door 237 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:02,300 of having to see if Peter would maybe let Yen. 238 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,500 I don't know where this idea of Peter at the door of happened 239 00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:08,599 ever come from. I feel, it's a could a crude 240 00:17:08,599 --> 00:17:12,000 form of Roman Catholicism. Solecism Peter of course they 241 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,599 teach those the the Pope's are. You've got to think of the Pope 242 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:19,500 at the door of Heaven, admitting were they candidate said well 243 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:24,599 that's not the picture if you're born again and if you've 244 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:28,700 experienced remission of sins and there was a day and Taemin 245 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:31,400 your life on yourseif Christ as Lord and Savior. 246 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:35,600 Then listen to what the Apostle John says in John chapter 1 and 247 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,100 verse 12, but as many as received him to them gave he 248 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:41,400 power to become the sons. Sons of God, that word power 249 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,500 means the right or the authority. 250 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:48,300 Even to them that believe on his knee, which were born not of 251 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:51,700 blood. See it's not a rat attorney nor 252 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:55,200 of the will of the flesh. It's not of your own wealth, nor 253 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,100 of the will of Mom, it's not the will of the preacher of the 254 00:17:58,100 --> 00:18:03,600 parent, but of God, And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among 255 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:09,700 us and we beheld his glory. You see, if you we it till you 256 00:18:09,700 --> 00:18:12,300 die to find out. If you've got eternal life, 257 00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:17,500 it'll be too late. And that day, if you went to 258 00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:22,500 that day, you'll have no hope you'll have no Assurance. 259 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:26,800 If you have not got Jesus Christ, as Lord and Savior, then 260 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:31,200 you do not have this hope of glory Christ. 261 00:18:31,300 --> 00:18:35,600 Just a promised, savior Christ is a pervaded savior, he's a 262 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,500 personal savior, he's a powerful Savior. 263 00:18:38,500 --> 00:18:42,300 And then hen, if you've received him, you've this confident 264 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:47,300 expectation of all that God has promise will be fulfilled and 265 00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:51,800 listen to me, carefully will be fulfilled to the very latter As 266 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,600 you focus in this hope, think of this, he alone can deliver you. 267 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,600 From the penalty of sin, which is death, he alone breaks, the 268 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,000 power of canceled sin sets, the prisoner free. 269 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,400 He alone takes the love of sinning, on your heart, takes 270 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:07,400 away the very pleasure of sin. He alone can deliver you from 271 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,800 fear of death, who many people are afraid to die. 272 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,600 And yet Christ, as the great deliverer, listen to what the 273 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:20,700 Apostle Paul says in Hebrews and in Chapter 2 and verses 14 and 274 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:23,300 15 for his much. Stay and his children are 275 00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:26,700 particulars of Flesh and Blood. He also himself likewise took 276 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:31,700 part of the sea Here's the reason, one of them, that's 277 00:19:31,700 --> 00:19:35,300 through death, that's his death on the cross. 278 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,400 He might destroy him. That had the power of death. 279 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:44,600 That is the devil and deliver them who through fear of death 280 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:50,800 were all their lifetime subject, to bondage, the very weapon that 281 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:57,800 Seaton used against mom The fear of death crazed is the great 282 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:02,500 deliverer, Kevin sees that and used it his death on the cross. 283 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:07,000 To destroy the Devil. Triumphing over him and has 284 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:09,900 cross work. You don't have to fear death. 285 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,600 I know that some ask that question, do you know fear 286 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,400 death? Well I shade of Christ you 287 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:22,400 should because the wages of sin is death but less than the gift 288 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,700 of God that's in Christ. It's what eternal life. 289 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:31,100 It's promised but glory to goddess possessed night. 290 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,900 Maybe you have a fear of meeting Gordon the judgment. 291 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,800 Well, I've got wonderful news for you. 292 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:44,500 Do you know whenever the Angels send God shut them up to your 293 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:49,100 Journal damnation. He never lifted a finger. 294 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:54,400 He never stirred a thought to see you one of those sinning 295 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:59,900 angels yet in our fall into their state of sin and misery 296 00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:04,800 and Adam. God promised us savior. 297 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:11,200 Genesis 3 and 15, the seed of the woman would bruise the head 298 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,700 of the serpent even though the servant would strike at his 299 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:17,400 heel. Some people ask me. 300 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,500 Well, what did God ever? See in me to see of me? 301 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:24,300 I want the answer that. He see nothing worthy. 302 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,800 He saw that you were bought dead and send a vile hail deserving 303 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,700 Sinner. And in free Greece, he sought 304 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:36,700 you ate and free Greece. He bought you with the precious 305 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:40,000 blood and free Grace, he brought you to the feet of Christ. 306 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,500 I'm right here. Said it was down at the feet of 307 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:45,300 Jesus or the happy. Happy day that my soul find 308 00:21:45,300 --> 00:21:49,100 peace in believing and my sins were washed away. 309 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:54,400 This is all part of that confident expectation that in 310 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,500 Christ. God Saves us from sins Palin tea 311 00:21:57,500 --> 00:21:59,800 and sends power and sends pleasure. 312 00:22:00,100 --> 00:22:03,100 He takes away our fear of death, he takes away our fear of 313 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:08,000 meeting God and the judgment Could I add something else? 314 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:14,200 Even when you die physically on your corpses, please stand the 315 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,600 casket. What happens to your soul? 316 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:20,000 Your soul leaves the body. That's what death is. 317 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,900 Its The Giving Up With The Ghost and not justified. 318 00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:26,500 Soul leaves the body. It's already made perfect and 319 00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:29,600 Glory. You're seeing King Jesus Fiesta. 320 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,300 Fears. This is what we call the 321 00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:35,000 intermediate ski it. And even that that's not the end 322 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,000 because there's more And this should be our Focus. 323 00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:44,100 There's a resurrection ski it. That's coming at the last Trump. 324 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,000 When Christ returns in power and Glory, there's going to be the 325 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:52,300 first resurrection and one day, the body and soul of all who 326 00:22:52,300 --> 00:22:56,100 have died in Christ, will be resurrected called the 327 00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:59,500 resurrection of the body. Romans chapter, 8, 23. 328 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:03,100 And I'm 24. Peter, preached us Timothy 329 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,600 talked about this here, is he? When we think of the Gospel. 330 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,200 I want you to thank not only if the Incarnation a mystery, the 331 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,100 Virgin birth, the send this life, the atoning death, but you 332 00:23:15,108 --> 00:23:17,200 got to think of Christ bodily, Resurrection. 333 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:20,200 You've got to think of Christ's intercession have them. 334 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:26,500 You've got to think of the resurrection of the Redeemed by 335 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:32,100 Christ at his return. I want to ask the question. 336 00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:35,600 Will you be among the redeemed in that day? 337 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,400 If you die tonight. Have your Justified. 338 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,500 So love baby at perfect and have him. 339 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,400 Someone said that when they get the have and I think it was 340 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,500 Robert Murray make she and they'll be surprised who is 341 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:54,900 there? And the divorce surprised who's 342 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:58,600 not there. But they'll be wonderfully 343 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:04,000 surprised that they're there, but that surprise is rooted in 344 00:24:04,008 --> 00:24:09,400 this confident expectation. They'll be full of gladness and 345 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:13,500 joy. Well, I could ask you to Nate. 346 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:16,100 Do you understand your child of God? 347 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:19,000 You're fully. Mm. 348 00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:26,000 Finally free from sin. You're free from old failure in 349 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,400 the flesh, free from all temptation, to send free from 350 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:33,600 all, trials and troubles and thus, like free from Fear free, 351 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,400 from worry, free from p and freed. 352 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,000 You, enjoy all that. God has or all that God has for 353 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,700 you. In Christ free to enjoy Christ 354 00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:43,600 of list of Greek. This is the create Focus. 355 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,300 This is the hope of eternal life that we have in Christ. 356 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:51,100 I want you to think of the feature of this hoop to eternal 357 00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:58,000 life, as I've tried to emphasize that who was here, and I in Hope 358 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,300 of eternal life. It's about the present time. 359 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:06,300 You see? It's at this moment. 360 00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:10,100 Remember job. He lost all that. 361 00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:14,600 He had the farm as fortunate as family think of his body, wreck 362 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,100 with pee in his mind, he couldn't sleep. 363 00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:19,700 Maybe you're listening to me right now and you're not able to 364 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:24,000 sleep, but listen to what job was able to say over there in 365 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:31,900 Job, chapter 19, and in the verse 25, he said this for, I 366 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:35,100 know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the 367 00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:37,800 latter day upon the Earth and though after my skin worms, 368 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,200 destroy this body and my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see 369 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,600 for myself and mine eyes, Shall Behold and not another though my 370 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,600 reans be consumed with an you see. 371 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:53,800 He felt his heart and mind with the promise that he possess my. 372 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,900 That's the feature that we should focus on that features 373 00:25:58,900 --> 00:26:01,700 rooted in. What God has promised, God has 374 00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:04,900 purchased and crate, God has pervaded and Christ. 375 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:08,200 And he was gripped with a confident, expectation of not 376 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,400 fulfillment. Very quickly. 377 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,200 Here's the fourth, thought the foundation of this hope what's 378 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:16,500 it? Founded on if you go back to 379 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:21,500 Colossians to Colossians chapter 1, and it says in verse 1 and 2 380 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:26,200 on the acknowledging of the truth, which is after godliness 381 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:30,200 and hope of eternal life. You see there's a link here, the 382 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,200 foundation of those hope to eternal life is rooted in the 383 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,000 truth of the Gospel. It rests are not impregnable 384 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,500 Foundation, the Sea of and work of Jesus Christ. 385 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,400 Just, as I've said, Christ was born for us. 386 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:49,600 Lived, for us, died for us. Rose again for us, ascended, for 387 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,400 us, we're seated and him. He intercedes for us. 388 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,300 We can lay hold of crais as person is purpose, as Pasha and 389 00:26:58,300 --> 00:27:02,500 his power, his pardon Christ is praying for you right now. 390 00:27:03,300 --> 00:27:09,200 You're on his heart, he Bears you up on his shoulders and that 391 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,100 hope is meant to be an anchor to the soul. 392 00:27:13,900 --> 00:27:18,200 You see how many people has the journey through life? 393 00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:23,100 With no hope. Maybe lose their job. 394 00:27:23,300 --> 00:27:25,200 They lose their health and use their money. 395 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,300 Their loved ones are taken away, they lose their reputation to 396 00:27:29,300 --> 00:27:34,000 lose their respect. What does it rest on? 397 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,800 At rest, the nest, no matter what happens on the journey. 398 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:45,100 Because you've got an anchor to the soul, which is Christ. 399 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,400 And no matter what change takes, please? 400 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,200 You rest and not saving work of Christ. 401 00:27:56,700 --> 00:28:02,800 You rest in the sweet word of Christ eternal life, which God 402 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,800 that cannot lie promised before the world began, you see you 403 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,000 can't promise something to someone unless not someone is 404 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:16,000 present and to whom did the Lord make the promise, that wasn't a 405 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:22,400 Titus, it wasn't to the people of God in Crete it wasn't to you 406 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,700 and me and it was certainly wasn't the ultimate wasn't to 407 00:28:24,708 --> 00:28:26,300 the angels of wasn't with any me. 408 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,700 Had moral, man, it was buried with Christ. 409 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:35,700 The son of God, he's the one to whom God promised in the 410 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:40,600 Covenant of redemption. Before the world began that he 411 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,900 would give eternal life to all who receive Christ as Lord and 412 00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:47,100 Savior under one. Something one believer in 413 00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:49,200 Christ. Can't feel them to reach heaven 414 00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:53,800 because if he did, it would make God to be a liar and we hear you 415 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,900 have in the scripture. God cannot lie. 416 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,400 There's nothing more certain. There's something at God, 417 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,400 Kennedy, he cannot lie. And if you read Hebrews chapter 418 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:06,100 6, verses 9 to 18, and 20 called swear by himself. 419 00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:10,300 He could swear by no, greater He invoked his own name. 420 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:17,100 It's not the foundation. Think of the fear that this Hope 421 00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:22,000 was we finished. It says, according to the faith 422 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,700 of God's elect and the acknowledging of the truth which 423 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:27,800 is after godliness and hope of eternally, you see who person's 424 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,300 strengths lie and strictly linked to feareth. 425 00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:33,900 Think of the words, the faith of God's elect and over in Romans 426 00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:41,900 chapter 5, we read in verse 5, these words and hope maketh not 427 00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:44,600 ashamed because the love of God, is she'd abroad in our hearts, 428 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:50,600 which is given to us by the Holy Ghost and The point that was 429 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,500 being made here as by whom also, we have access by faith into 430 00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:58,400 this grace, wherein, we stand and rejoice in Hope of the glory 431 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,800 of God. She fears and Christ. 432 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:05,300 Fiat has forsaken. All I trust him. 433 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:12,000 Heart of the Gospel, heart of the person and work of Christ. 434 00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:21,300 That hope that we have. as Richard in on his link to the 435 00:30:21,300 --> 00:30:25,600 very day and the fact that we have laid hold and Christ for 436 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:29,100 eternal life, Have you a glimpse of Christ? 437 00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:32,700 Tonight is your circumstances body and heart are you 438 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:35,800 experiencing dark troubles? Are you worried about the evil 439 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,800 that obtains in the country? Will, where's our hope? 440 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,600 Well, there's such a thing as the fee of this hope. 441 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:49,800 It's linked to fear think, as we finish the fruit of this hope, 442 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:53,800 it's according to Godliness. You see the fruit of a living 443 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,200 faith leads to the fruit of a lively. 444 00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:00,500 Hope, we're not see of by length of godliness, but of the are 445 00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:04,300 sieved genuinely born. Again, you will live a life of 446 00:31:04,300 --> 00:31:06,800 godliness. Could the life of God has been 447 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:11,000 planted in your soul. The gospel pervades for the 448 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,400 fruit of a holy life. Not just Soul burning, which 449 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,300 Important and I encourage you to win. 450 00:31:15,300 --> 00:31:19,300 Souls this year for Jesus Christ, someone sent me a little 451 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:26,000 invitation through WhatsApp and it says, how to get people to 452 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,900 come to church. Well, you know, any nine percent 453 00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:33,700 over 100, this is the chief way, a friend invited me. 454 00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:38,000 An acquaintance asked me to come a family member ask me to come 455 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,900 and that's important that you do that because faith comes by 456 00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,600 hearing and hearing by the word of God. 457 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:47,400 Holiness not not sinless Perfection we grieve and mourn 458 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,800 and he had our sins but there's a spirit of Holiness planted in 459 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,300 us. There's a spirit of giving, 460 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:55,700 there's the there's the fruit of the spirit a name fool for it. 461 00:31:56,300 --> 00:32:01,100 How many have no friend had many of just an empty / Fashion on, 462 00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:04,500 they have no fruit of this hope of eternal life because it's Not 463 00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:08,700 according to Godliness. I'm one, I final thing. 464 00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:12,800 And I say this, as we finished the forever of this hope, You 465 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:17,300 see if you have this hope of eternal life, you keep your eye 466 00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:19,400 in the Redeemer, no matter what happens. 467 00:32:19,700 --> 00:32:23,700 You keep your eye in the reward. And the reward is half of it 468 00:32:23,700 --> 00:32:28,200 home, you will endeavor to live a life of loving service. 469 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,600 You'll Endeavor to live a life of cheerful service fees full 470 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:36,500 service. So I stress this because many of 471 00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:40,500 New Hope because many are playing the food, they're living 472 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:45,000 with their God and their living without Christ is not true of 473 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,100 you tonight. You're listening. 474 00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:50,100 Perhaps there's some lost soul out there and you're saying, but 475 00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:54,300 I've got no, who Pastor preacher, then we recommend this 476 00:32:54,300 --> 00:32:59,200 to you Christ in you. The hope of glory, you can have 477 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,300 this forever hope that we'll never feel it. 478 00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:08,100 Never be done away with because this hoop It's the hope of God 479 00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:13,200 in the gospel in Hope of eternal life which God that cannot lie. 480 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:18,700 Promised before the world began, may the Lord, take these few 481 00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:22,200 thoughts and bless them to you tonight as we have sought to 482 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,000 Endeavor to open up this text of scripture.