By His Grace...We have become Heirs with the Hope of Eternal life!

 

Be ye holy, for I am holy. Who is holy? God is holy, Jesus is holy… We are called to this holiness. 1 Peter 1:15 ~ As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy”… Man was made in God’s image and in this fallen world only in Christ Jesus are we  made holy. Made what? Holy, for He is Holy… think about that.

To live a holy life, we recognize who we are in Christ (created in God’s image). We have a crucified flesh because with Christ we too were crucified and as Christ lives, we live as a new creation having become one in Christ, we have a renewed mind, which is a new spirit. That is why once the mind   is renewed, we walk  NOT according to the flesh but according to the spirit.

In this way, in Him, Jesus Christ, our hope is well placed. We are captives to this hope… because in Him the Father is well pleased. That is why Jesus Christ is our hope, because we have become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see? But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.…Romans 8: 24-25.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope ~ Romans 8:20.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal ~ 2 Corinthians 4:18.

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see ~ Hebrews 11:1.

So that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life ~ Titus 3:7

Heirs with the hope of eternal life… Jesus is that hope! Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed… Romans 4:18. I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection ~ Acts 24:15.

Jesus is our only hope because He is hope. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope ~ 1 Timothy 1:1.

This is our truth because Jesus is truth and He is life. He is the way, the truth and the life ~ John 14:6.

That is why the Father was well pleased with Jesus before His ministry even began. When the dove descended on Jesus The Father said, you are my Son with whom I am well pleased.

And a voice from heaven said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!"Matthew 3:17

This account of dedication by the Father was given before Jesus did any miracles, or healing, or teachings…There is no work that we must do either so that the Father will be pleased with us. We have only to put our faith and hope in His Son Jesus Christ.

Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works/ what He has done for us! ~ Psalm 107:15

Knowing that God is well pleased with His Son, we know that He is well pleased with us. Jesus did miracles, He healed and He taught the Kingdom of God which is unity. That is what we are called to do… some are to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, and some to build up the body of Christ, until we reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God.…Ephesians 4: 11-13.

What should we reach for? …Unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God. Who was the Son of God – Jesus Christ; so, in Christ we have hope in God's Unchangeable Promise; Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged for We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and  ~ Hebrews 6: 18-19.

In this truth, this hope, we can love one another… showing mercy and compassion as God did for us… sending His Son!