The Problem With Hope

Faith, Hope and Love Week #3 “The Problem with Hope”

1 Corinthians 13:13

Hope is the seed that Faith Waters

1. Hebrews 6:13-20
   1. Hope in Hope is useless…it’s no hope at all!
   2. Hope is only as powerful as that in which it is connected to!
      • Hope is a dead fish alone…but Hope is always connected to something in the Bible (faith, hope and love)
   3. Why did God come…the chasm of sin!
      • the chasm is for your protection
        1. we melt when we come in contact with what is clean
      • The Temple Sacrifice
        1. Their sins are forgiven for a year because of the sacrifice of the lamb by the High Priest
      • Jesus our Fore Runner
        1. PRIEST job description is to do for the people what they can’t do for themselves!
           1. your hope isn’t anchored to our performance, but instead is anchored in who Jesus says He is. When you fail, you lose hope when we are anchored in our performance.
        2. The Veil: The curtain was ripped from top to bottom…other’s try to sew it up, but Jesus said He alone could take the tainted blood of sin and make it pure again! Jesus is the covering of this temporary system! Your sins are forgiven forever!
        3. HIS PERFORMANCE IS THE EXPECTATION OF GOODNESS IN YOUR LIFE!
        4. You can do bad and get good! That’s the Gospel…when you believe you aren’t too far in the pit, that is the Gospel!

THE POINT:

1. 3 things hope is tethered to!
   1. Boat=soul
   2. Sea=this life we live
   3. Anchor=what Jesus did for you
      1. Anchor is holding the boat more! Our hope is in the Anchor!
      2. Anchor holds the boat on the surface of life! Jesus anchors Himself to you!
         1. Jesus says “I got you son…even when you run, even when you are mad at me, and even when you want to let go! I GOT YOU!”
      3. OUR HOPE IS GOD HASN’T LET GO OF YOU!

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