Sunday Morning: February 28, 1999
Text: 1 John 1:3 "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ."
1 John 1:2 "(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)"
John 5:26 "For as the Father hath [the] life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life (for the age) in himself;"
Titus 1:2 "In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;"
Acts 16:31 "And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."
Luke 23:8-9 "... Herod ... hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. 9. ... he answered him nothing."
1 Peter 1:3-4 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4. To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,"
Colossians 1:12-13 "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:"
Titus 3:7 "That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life (our inheritance)."
Colossians 1:26-27 "Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 27. To whom God (the Father from the context) would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:"
Philippians 2:5 "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:"
Philippians 2:7-8 "But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."
Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."
1 John 1:4 "And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full."
1 Peter 1:21 "Who by him [Christ] do believe [present active participle] in God [the Father, v.3, 17], that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God [the Father, v.3, 17]."
Galatians 1:1 "...God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)"
Romans 5:2 "By whom [Jesus Christ] also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."
Titus 1:4 "... Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour."
2 Thessalonians 2:16 "Now ... God, even our Father, ... and hath given us (an) everlasting [agelasting] consolation [paraklhsiv, exhortation] and good hope through [en, by] grace,"
Ephesians 1:18 "The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,"
CALLING UNTO HIS KINGDOM AND GLORY
1 Thessalonians 2:12 "That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory."
2 Timothy 1:9 "Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,"
Romans 15:13 "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost."
Hebrews 3:6 "But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end."
Hebrews 6:18-19 "That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation [paraklnsiv, exhortation], who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: 19. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;"
Hebrews 7:19 "For the law made nothing perfect (complete), but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God."