Victory Church

Advent | Part 3 – Hope
12.16.24 - Pastor Curt Seaburg
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Victory Church - Greenfield
Freedom Rd, Lancaster, PA 17601, USA
Sunday 8:30 AM
Sunday 10:00 AM
Sunday 11:30 AM
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Love, Joy, Hope, Peace
Hebrews 6:19-20 – We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20 where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf.
1) Christian Hope is Reliable
Hebrews 6:19-20 – We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20 where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf.
1) Christian Hope is Reliable
Many confuse hope with wishful thinking
Wish = Something you would like to happen, but have no confidence it will.
When you put your hope in something,
you’re putting your confidence in something,
and you’re running the risk of being hurt.
Wish = Something you would like to happen, but have no confidence it will.
When you put your hope in something,
you’re putting your confidence in something,
and you’re running the risk of being hurt.
Biblical Hope = Based on Jesus.
For an anchor to function correctly:
#1 - It must be attached to you.
John 1:14 – “The Word became flesh and blood,and moved into the neighborhood.” (MSG)
(NS)
Romans 8:38-39 – “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers
(NS)
39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (ESV)
For an anchor to function correctly:
#1 - It must be attached to you.
John 1:14 – “The Word became flesh and blood,and moved into the neighborhood.” (MSG)
(NS)
Romans 8:38-39 – “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers
(NS)
39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (ESV)
For an anchor to function correctly:
#1 - It must be attached to you.
#1 - It must be attached to you.
#2 - It must go down into the depths where you cannot go.
1 Peter 1:3-4 - 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you.”
1) Christian Hope is Reliable
2) Christian Hope is Powerful
When there is no hope for the future, there’s no power for the present.
John Maxwell
1 Peter 1:3-4 - 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you.”
1) Christian Hope is Reliable
2) Christian Hope is Powerful
When there is no hope for the future, there’s no power for the present.
John Maxwell
We’re given hope for the future
so we can have power in the present.
Hebrews 6:19-20 – We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20 where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf …
Hebrews 12:2-3 - looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
(3)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.” (ESV)
so we can have power in the present.
Hebrews 6:19-20 – We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20 where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf …
Hebrews 12:2-3 - looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
(3)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.” (ESV)
1) Christian Hope is Reliable
2) Christian Hope is Powerful
3) Christian Hope is Renewable
Isaiah 40:31 – “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
We must spend more time looking at our eternal hope,
then we do looking at the circumstances around us.
2) Christian Hope is Powerful
3) Christian Hope is Renewable
Isaiah 40:31 – “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
We must spend more time looking at our eternal hope,
then we do looking at the circumstances around us.
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1 PETER 1:17 // MSG
You call out to God for help and He helps - He’s a good Father that way. But don’t forget, He’s also a responsible Father and won’t let you get by with sloppy living. Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God.
1 PETER 1:17 // MSG
You call out to God for help and He helps - He’s a good Father that way. But don’t forget, He’s also a responsible Father and won’t let you get by with sloppy living. Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God.
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