The Divine Life Is Our Living Hope
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1Pet 1: 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who according to His great mercy has regenerated us unto
a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead,
Col 1:27 To whom God willed to make known what are the riches
of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ
in you, the hope of glory,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A living hope depends on life. If there were no life in our
body, we would not have the hope to be healed of any illness or
injury. But because we have life in our body, we have the hope
for it to be healed of injury or illness. We would not have such
a hope for something that is not living. For example, suppose a
wooden chair is broken. The chair does not have any hope of
repairing itself. If no one comes to work on the chair to repair
it, it will remain indefinitely broken without any hope of being
fixed. But when I was in the hospital, I could have a living
hope because of the life in my body. I had the confidence that
my physical life would heal the problem in my body. Therefore, I
had a living hope.
What is a living hope? A living hope is a hope that comes from
life. This hope results from the living, organic element within
us.
In addition to physical life, we also have the divine life in us
through the Father's regeneration. This life is the strongest,
richest, and highest life. To be sure, this life will take care
of us. We may have problems and troubles, but we have a living
hope because of the divine life within us. We are not dead--we
are living. Thus, we have a living hope, the hope that our
situation will be better in the future. We have eternal life,
and this life gives us a living hope. This hope is the
inheritance of all the blessings of eternal life.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of First Peter, pp. 53-54. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.
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