God Of Hope

Romans 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Romans 14:17 - For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:3-5 - And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

1 Corinthians 4:20 - For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.

Romans 5:3-5 - Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Application:

·         The kingdom of God is a matter of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,

·         Paul’s point is that unless the Holy Spirit works in a listener’s heart, the wisdom and eloquence of a preacher are ineffective. Paul’s preaching was marked by the convincing demonstration of the power of the Holy Spirit.

·         The kingdom of God is not a matter of idle, empty talk; it is the genuine power of the Holy Spirit.

·         My hope is not to be equated with unfounded optimism. My hope is the blessed assurance of my future destiny and is based on God’s love, which is revealed to me by the Holy Spirit and objectively demonstrated to me in the death of Christ.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV