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A Simple Hope

Simply Christmas Series

December 16, 2018 • Lead Pastor Tim Moen

1 Corinthians 13:13
“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”

1 Peter 1:3-5
3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”

His Great Mercy

Ephesians 2:4-6
4 “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,”

Mercy... Is when someone in power has the authority to punish for wrongs done... But out of compassion... Shows lenient or compassion

Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

He has caused us to be born again

John 3:3-7
3 “Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?”

5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’”

Galatians 2:20
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

Hebrews 6:19
“We have this HOPE as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.