Our Living Hope

Hope. What kind of hope does a Christian have? Can we hope in material things here on earth or in our government to help and protect us? 

A Christian's hope is a living hope. What makes us a Christian, is believing in Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose again, and that Jesus Christ is living in heaven right now with God waiting to come back to earth to take us up to heaven with Him.

In today's lesson, we look at the Word of God and see for ourselves how both the Old and New Testaments depicted Jesus' death and resurrection. 

Can we have joy in these verses? Certainly, because the Bible says that if we have faith and believe in Jesus (whom we have not seen) we will be happy. We will be filled with the joy of God. 

We won't have to worry when we come to the end of our life here on earth. When we believe in Jesus Christ and that he rose again for us, then we have the assurance in knowing that we will spend eternity, forever and ever, with God in heaven.