1 Peter 3:15

1 Peter 3:15But sanctify the LORD God in your

hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the HOPE

that is in you, with meekness and fear

What is HOPE?Hebrew:tiqvah (teek-va)Literal meaning: cord (Joshua 2:18)Figurative meaning: expectation; something yearned for; eager anticipation; something for which one waits

What is HOPE?Greek:Elpis (el-pees)A sense of confident expectation based on solid certainty

What does HOPE look like to us?

Our solid certainty is this:

WE WILL BE REUNITED WITH CHRIST

What does HOPE look like to us?

Numbers 23:19“God is not man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind.”

What does HOPE look like to us?

Lamentations 3:19-24“Remember my affliction and roaming, the wormwood and the gall. My soul still remembers and sinks within me. This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. Through the Lord’s mercies we are note consumed,

What does HOPE look like to us?

Lamentations 3:19-24“Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. ‘The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘Therefore I have hope in Him.’”

What does HOPE look like through us?

Isaiah 61:1-31 The Spirit of the LORD GOD is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,To proclaim liberty to the captives,And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

What does HOPE look like through us?

Isaiah 61:1-32 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,And the day of vengeance of our God;To comfort all who mourn,

What does HOPE look like through us?

Isaiah 61:1-33 To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning,The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;That they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.