2024-12-08 16:19:46 +00:00
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#Christmas/2024
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#Speaker/Raymond
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What makes us different than animals? We are hardwired for hope!
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# What is hope?
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When we express hope for material things we are hoping for thins that are uncertain.
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Biblical Hope: The ***confident*** expectation for something good in the future.
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![[Rom 4#18..18]]
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![[Ps 42#5..5]]
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# Why do we have hope?
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![[Heb 2#14..15]]
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"Good friday is the purpose of Christmas"
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~ John Piper
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![[Isa 6#1..7]]
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We forget the Holiness of God!
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It is this holiness that he detest sin! The holiness of God can not be tolerant of sin!
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# What do we do with hope?
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![[Luke 2#8..20]]
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2024-12-15 16:47:09 +00:00
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