I've just began looking into hope, and I notice that all these teachings are either defining hope as pretty much synonymous to faith, or posing faith as the superior virtue. Although faith is certainly important, probably more important, I actually find that hope is becoming the thing I must focus on right now. I've become quite confident that God will respond to all my genuine prayer, but it's actually my lack of hope that's holding back my relationship with the Lord. I find myself not desiring for good things all that much, and therefore I am unwilling to pray for these things. At first I thought it was a lack of love, but that's not it. It's a lack of hope. A lack of hoping for things. A sort of satisfaction with the way God's plan is going right now, that goes beyond a virtuous humility, because it makes me cold towards the potential good that God could, and would, do, if only I'd hope and pray for it.
GOSH, You're on a Florida Beach!!!!! It's great this sermon on Faith & Hope was found. Although I was sent elsewhere..., It is nice to experience the Florida Beach with a good sermon. It's painful & good to see a bit of home.
BRO. I WANT to have faith, but I can only hope, because not only do I not know with CERTAINTY, that Jesus is real, but I don’t know with CERTAINTY that the bible is true. However, I WANT to believe and have faith in both of these things. But I don’t know with certainty that I will.
Hope is something you can not see , but by faith it comes to really , Jesus Christ said your faith has made you heal, so faith in Christ and God , it will come thuth, , in God's due time , 💖
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SIR YES HOPE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WHAT BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT WILL HAPPEN , BUT JESUS CHRIST SAID ASKED ANY THING MY NAME AND I WILL DO IT BUT FAITH IS SOME THING YOU HAVE IN JESUS CHRIST , BUT IN HIS DUE TIME NOT OURS JESUS CHRIST ALSO SAID ASKED ANY THING IN MY NAME AND MY FATHER WILL DO IT , IN HIS DUE TIME , ALSO , BUT IT WILL COME BEFORE YOU KNOW IT , GOD DOES HEAR OUR PRAYERS ,
He lost me in the first 2 minutes. Hope is the joyful expectation of some perceived good. I hope the Huskers win against Illinois. After the game is finished there is no more hope. I'm either very happy or very disappointed. The most practical definition of disappointment is: an expectation not fulfilled. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for. Meaning assurance of things. In Christianity what are the "things"? I hope for eternal life with God. Is my hope in vain? Faith is the assurance that eternal life and God are true realities. I hope for the winning million dollar lottery ticket. I have the assurance that the winning ticket obtains the million dollars. (For example, the reason people continue to buy lottery tickets is due to the fact that the winning tickets are honored. As soon as the winning tickets do not get honored then nobody will continue to buy them.) The essence of Faith is truth. Just my thoughts...
@@nkonimyeboah6076 if Faith is based in certainty (to which I agree) then the question is this: certainty of what? Finish the sentence... Faith is based on the certainty of something being True. Again the essence of Faith is truth. An over simplification to be sure.
His lottery example doesn't make much sense, faith and hope in that example are very similar, i'm hoping to win and and i have faith i will, at least if someone win the lottery there will be "evidence" that it happened which is also contrary to faith by definition.
Nah! That's not the definition of Biblical hope, the reality of the Eternal work & plan of God. unseen in the natural (blepo) but seen in out perception from the Testimony of God renewing the mind of the eternal. what it seen in the natural will perish. what is seen or perceived from God's Hope is eternal; it is the Glory of God in bringing many sons to Glory. We believe & receive God's testimony of Hope by faith, and God disciplines us in His Hope molding us for Eternity: 17 You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity. 18 And I said, "My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD." 19 Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall. 20 My soul still remembers And sinks within me. 21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22 [Through] the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 [They are] new every morning; Great [is] Your faithfulness. 24 "The LORD [is] my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!" [Lam 3:17-24 NKJV] 16 For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation [is] for them an end of all dispute. 17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath, 18 that by two immutable things, in which it [is] impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before [us]. 19 This [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the [Presence] behind the veil, 20 where the forerunner has entered for us, [even] Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. [Heb 6:16-20 NKJV]
Great example friend, except that we all know that you could win the lottery. The lottery is real, people have won it. Salvation through Jesus is a fiction from an ancient book that we have no good evidence is real at all. LOL
Thank you for such a clear explanation.
Thank you so much for this. ❤️
I appreciate how you differentiated the difference between hope and faith thank you
I've just began looking into hope, and I notice that all these teachings are either defining hope as pretty much synonymous to faith, or posing faith as the superior virtue. Although faith is certainly important, probably more important, I actually find that hope is becoming the thing I must focus on right now. I've become quite confident that God will respond to all my genuine prayer, but it's actually my lack of hope that's holding back my relationship with the Lord. I find myself not desiring for good things all that much, and therefore I am unwilling to pray for these things. At first I thought it was a lack of love, but that's not it. It's a lack of hope. A lack of hoping for things. A sort of satisfaction with the way God's plan is going right now, that goes beyond a virtuous humility, because it makes me cold towards the potential good that God could, and would, do, if only I'd hope and pray for it.
Accurate!
Awesome preacher ❤❤
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Thanks for the encouragement in building my faith. I am now gonna work in faith, Amen
I wanna have faith and hope... I'm losing myself... Please, God, help me!
GOSH, You're on a Florida Beach!!!!! It's great this sermon on Faith & Hope was found.
Although I was sent elsewhere..., It is nice to experience the Florida Beach with a good sermon. It's painful & good to see a bit of home.
Thank you so much dear brother! You said it so perfectly! No one listens to me.
Excellent, thank you.
BRO. I WANT to have faith, but I can only hope, because not only do I not know with CERTAINTY, that Jesus is real, but I don’t know with CERTAINTY that the bible is true. However, I WANT to believe and have faith in both of these things. But I don’t know with certainty that I will.
Awesome teaching pastor. I love it!
Awesome. Thank you.
Faith is what you posses. Hope isl what you desire.
so inspirational! keep up with the good work
excellent!
Hope is something you can not see , but by faith it comes to really , Jesus Christ said your faith has made you heal, so faith in Christ and God , it will come thuth, , in God's due time , 💖
There is no faith without hope
Good explanation brother,
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In the time of harvest, the tares hope and the wheat believe!
AMEN!
Thank you. I'm 13 though
Hope is doubt! Faith is belief!
Wrong!!! Both are 100% sure
SIR YES HOPE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WHAT BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT WILL HAPPEN , BUT JESUS CHRIST SAID ASKED ANY THING MY NAME AND I WILL DO IT BUT FAITH IS SOME THING YOU HAVE IN JESUS CHRIST , BUT IN HIS DUE TIME NOT OURS JESUS CHRIST ALSO SAID ASKED ANY THING IN MY NAME AND MY FATHER WILL DO IT , IN HIS DUE TIME , ALSO , BUT IT WILL COME BEFORE YOU KNOW IT , GOD DOES HEAR OUR PRAYERS ,
He lost me in the first 2 minutes.
Hope is the joyful expectation of some perceived good. I hope the Huskers win against Illinois. After the game is finished there is no more hope. I'm either very happy or very disappointed. The most practical definition of disappointment is: an expectation not fulfilled.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for. Meaning assurance of things. In Christianity what are the "things"?
I hope for eternal life with God. Is my hope in vain? Faith is the assurance that eternal life and God are true realities.
I hope for the winning million dollar lottery ticket. I have the assurance that the winning ticket obtains the million dollars. (For example, the reason people continue to buy lottery tickets is due to the fact that the winning tickets are honored. As soon as the winning tickets do not get honored then nobody will continue to buy them.) The essence of Faith is truth.
Just my thoughts...
I get you.
So from what he said, it's clear that faith is based in certainty while hope is full of desire.
Did you listen to everything
@@nkonimyeboah6076 if Faith is based in certainty (to which I agree) then the question is this: certainty of what?
Finish the sentence...
Faith is based on the certainty of something being True. Again the essence of Faith is truth. An over simplification to be sure.
@@m4641 okay. So what are you driving at now
Did you listen to everything?
His lottery example doesn't make much sense, faith and hope in that example are very similar, i'm hoping to win and and i have faith i will, at least if someone win the lottery there will be "evidence" that it happened which is also contrary to faith by definition.
Nah! That's not the definition of Biblical hope, the reality of the Eternal work & plan of God. unseen in the natural (blepo) but seen in out perception from the Testimony of God renewing the mind of the eternal. what it seen in the natural will perish. what is seen or perceived from God's Hope is eternal; it is the Glory of God in bringing many sons to Glory. We believe & receive God's testimony of Hope by faith, and God disciplines us in His Hope molding us for Eternity:
17 You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity. 18 And I said, "My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD." 19 Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall. 20 My soul still remembers And sinks within me. 21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22 [Through] the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 [They are] new every morning; Great [is] Your faithfulness. 24 "The LORD [is] my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!" [Lam 3:17-24 NKJV]
16 For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation [is] for them an end of all dispute. 17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath, 18 that by two immutable things, in which it [is] impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before [us]. 19 This [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the [Presence] behind the veil, 20 where the forerunner has entered for us, [even] Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. [Heb 6:16-20 NKJV]
God bless you! Because I was already getting confused
Great example friend, except that we all know that you could win the lottery. The lottery is real, people have won it. Salvation through Jesus is a fiction from an ancient book that we have no good evidence is real at all. LOL