December 1, 2024
“Again Isaiah says, “there shall come the root of Jesse, and He who arises to rule over the gentiles, in Him shall the gentiles hope.”
Romans 15:12 (NASB1995)
The Idea
The arrival of Jesus and the rulership of Jesus in you gives you a realistic and ultimate hope.
The King Who Brings Hope
I. The Hope He Brings in His First Arrival
"And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh."
Ezekiel 36:26-27 (NASB1995)
24 “and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.”
Romans 3:24-25 (NASB1995)
II. The Hope He Brings with His Second Arrival
11 “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation … instructing us to … live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,
13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing … of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus”
Titus 2:11-13 (NASB1995)
1. The hope He will bring to creation
"The wolf shall dwell with the lamb... “
Isaiah 11:6-9 (NASB1995)
"On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. “
Zechariah 14:8 (NASB1995)
2. The Hope He Brings to Humanity
"And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away."
Daniel 7:14 (NASB1995)
3. The hope He brings to you
"But for you who fear my name, the Sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall."
Malachi 4:2 (NASB1995)
Is this hope real?
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