2. I PETER 1:3-5
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, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

3. IS ALIVE

4. UNBIBLICAL HOPE:
Hope: A desire for something we are unsure of because it’s unknown or yet to come.

5. BIBLICAL HOPE:
Not a desire for something we are unsure of, it’s confidence in the things we are assured of.

6. I PETER 1:3-5
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, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

7. THREE PILLARS:
1. Hope must be anchored in the past.

8. I PETER 3:18
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

9. II CORINTHIANS 5:21
21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

10. THREE PILLARS:
2. Hope must be anticipating the future.

11. I PETER 1:4
4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,

12. I PETER 1:5
5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

13. THREE PILLARS:
3. Hope must be active in the present.

14. I CORINTHIANS 10:13
13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

15. FORMULA TO LOOK AT:
• Past + Present – Future = Fear • Past + Future – Present = Ignorance • Present + Future – Past = Pride

16. HOPE IS ALIVE