Church notes - December 2021
5th
Romans 8:18 - 39
vs 35
1 Corinthians 10:16
Psalm 42:5, 11
Hope
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Joy
noel
Love
Peace
FAITH
BELIEVE
Christmas
Hope
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Hope
Imagination
Wanting
Belief
Romans 8:24
Suffering 8:18
Frustration 8:29
Bondage, Decay 8:21
Pain 8:22
All as a result of Sin.
Hope is more than mere optimism. It is rooted in Jesus and what He as done.
Psalm 33: 20-22
Romans had hope in themselves.
Romans 5:6 - 8
Hope - Jesus came, died on the cross and rose again in an act of grace.
vs 35, 36
One of the most comforting promises in Scripture.
He is coming again.
Irrespective of circumstances we have hope!
Jude 2, 24, 25
12th
Romans 8:28
Hope
- Expectation
- For Jesus to come to Earth and for us to have Eternal Life.
- Deliverance from our sins.
- It isn't disappointed
Psalm 139
Ruth 1
Christmas - A time of hope
People need the Hope of the Cross.
Romans 15:13
Our hope is built on the Resurrection of Jesus.
Naomi's life didn't turn out as she thought it would.
Ruth 1:16, 17
Ruth had to figure things out on her own.
Naomi was in dispair.
But Ruth returned with her.
Ruth 1:22
A seed of hope. Ruth had faith and hope.
Ruth 2:2
Hope
Emotions have reasons
Feelings including hope need a reason.
We need to be able to give a reason for the hope we have.
Naomi didn't have hope. Her life was filled with despair.
Boaz
Ruth 3
Ruth 4:15
Obed, Jesse, David, and generations later, Jesus.
There is hope for anybody in any situation.
We have our reason for hope.
19th
Luke 2:9 - 20
Philippians 2:5 - 8
Prayer - Housing for the new Youth and Children's Pastor and his family (when he starts in February).
Titus 2:11 - 14
COVID isn't over. There is a lack of confidence.
A danger of losing hope.
Because of what Jesus has done we have hope.
Blessed Hope.
His return should fill us with hope.
We need to be concerned for other people.
When He returns injustice will disappear.
Blessed Hope
We need to put hope in His return.
Romans 8:18 - 25
Renewal of the Earth
Revelation 21:1
Redemption of the Creation
The last days
2 Peter 3:3
2 Peter 3:8, 9
Hebrews 10:24, 25
A Practical Hope
Imagination
Desire
Belief
Acts 1:7 - 12
Christmas Eve
John 3:16
John 1:1
Matthew 3:16
Psalm 16
Isaiah 10:33 - 11:9
Hope is important
It allows us to get up when we're knocked down. We have a strong, robust foundation in our hope.
10:33, 34
The forest was no threat at all.
One day our fears will disappear.
All sorts of problems.
This is the hope we have.
God has not forgotten us.
We have a strong and powerful God.
Isaiah's stump - the stump of Jesse.
11:1
God's judgement had chopped down the tree.
A new shoot - the baby Jesus.
The Messiah - God's promise
- To bring Salvation and hope to people.
- A descendent of David will rule forever.
A fallen world.
- Experience of loss
- Sin causes loss - the loss of fellowship with God.
Genesis 3
Disobedience and Sin.
God's restoration plan.
Jesus restores our relationship with God.
A picture of peace.
11:6 - 9
All our hopes come together in Jesus.
Christmas Day
Isaiah 9
Matthew 1:18 - 25
The Christmas Search Engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVIOpS6A7rE
Being transcendent, God is both unknown and unknowable.
- Anything we can say about Him is inadaquate.
Matthew 1:22, 23
Emmanuel
God with us.
Baby - non confrontational
Jesus grew as we did. What was this like for Him?
Hebrews 4:15
Jesus comes to meet us in our circumstances of brokeness and sin.
Repentance - acknowledging that a your sin has caused a rift between you and God.
26th
Hebrews 7:11 - 24
Hebrews 6:19
Hope is realised in Jesus' birth and will be fulfilled in His second coming.
The world desperately needs hope.
Jesus is superior in every way to the Levitical preisthood.
The order of Melchizedek
Psalm 100:4
Jesus predates the Law
Hebrews 7:6, 11
We don't know when things are going to happen. But Jesus offers stability. An anchor to hold onto.
Hebrews 6:18 - 20
It is a firm foundation.
The anchor holds us securely.
Will your anchor hold?
Remember that Jesus will come again.