FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER IN HOPE

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."

LIFE WAS WITH THE FATHER

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;)"

THE LIFE, NOT SALVATION

ETERNAL LIFE, NOT SALVATION

NO HOPE OF SALVATION

HOPE FRUSTRATED

FELLOWSHIP IN HOPE

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,

IN HOPE OF OUR INHERITANCE

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:"

HOPE OF GLORY

THE MIND OF CHRIST

MADE HIMSELF

THE JOY OF CHRIST

HOPE IN GOD THE FATHER

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]."

HOPE TAKES GRACE

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."

GRACE FROM THE FATHER

HOPE OF HIS CALLING

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,"

ABOUND IN HOPE

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."

HOLD FAST HOPE

HOPE, THE ANCHOR THE SOUL

HOPE DRAWS US TO GOD