Church Requel
When you look at today’s news headlines, do you see doomsday must be right around the corner? How do we hold on to hope in the midst of such calamity? Today Todd Pierce will contrast the differences between the doomsday perspective and the Lord’s Day perspective. Along the way he will also share with us two biblical metaphors for hope.
Titus 2:11-15 NIV
Seeing Clearly - Part 2
A Christian Vision for the World
“... in this present age ... we wait for the blessed hope -- the appearingof the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ ...” Titus 2:11-15 NIV
H _______________
O _______________
P _______________
E _______________
4 Markers of the Doomsday Perspective
“...overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to dread.”
Psalm 53:5 NIV
G __________ -- “.... since you are God ...”
G __________ -- “... turn these stones into loaves of bread.”
G __________ -- “... all these things I will give you ...”
G __________ -- “... angels to protect and watch over you ...”
4 Markers of the Lord’s Day Perspective
“I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth .... How my heart yearns within me!” Job 19:25-27 NIV
G __________ -- “Our Father in heaven ... Your kingdom come ... on earth ...”
G __________ -- “ ... our daily bread ...”
G __________ -- “ ... give us ... forgive us ...”
G __________ -- “ ... as we forgive others ... for yours is the power ...”
2 Biblical Metaphors for Hope
#1 - Hope Is Our ________________ .
“We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us ...” Hebrews 6:16 MSG
#2 - Hope is Our _____________ .
“But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.” 1 Thessalonians 5:8 NIV