Future Hope
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โข Do you like surprises? Why or why not?
โข Are you the type of person who skips to the end of books or movies to know how the story ends? Why or why not?
โข How would you know if a person is feeling hopeless?ย
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๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ.ย ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ญ๐ดโ๐ฎ๐ญ
(Read also ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ฎ๐ฎโ๐ฎ๐ฑ.)
Our hope is based on Godโs nature and character. We hope for things that are going to happen, and are confident that these will come to pass. Thatโs why even if the present is challenging, we can trust God for the good things that are to come. What are the things we know God will do, and why can we wait in hope?ย
๐ญ. ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด. . . . ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต, ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ญ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ฏ
Aging, sickness, disability, weakness, and suffering are part of our human condition. But for believers, this is not the end. We can expect in hope that God will redeem our bodies. This means that we will eventually have a body that will neither suffer nor degenerate. Why do you think it is important for believers to understand this? What would happen if we focus only on our present condition rather than our future hope?ย
๐ฎ. ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.ย
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ.ย ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ญ๐ตโ๐ฎ๐ญ
God promises that He will not only redeem our bodiesโHe will also redeem creation. This means that the whole world will be redeemed by God. This means that there will be no more death and decay, and the entire world will be restored to a pristine condition. Even creation is excited and eager for Godโs restoration. How can believers wait in hope for this to come to pass?ย
๐ฏ. ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป.ย
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด? ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ฎ๐ฐโ๐ฎ๐ฑ
If our hope can be seen, it is not hope. In contrast with a world that asks for evidence and tangible proof, believers wait in unseen hope for things that canโt yet be seen. We are to patiently wait. We are not to be passive, panic, or live in fear. God is the one we put our hope in, and we trust Him fully. We do not have a worldly mentalityโwe have a kingdom mentality. What do you think having a kingdom mentality looks like in your life and situation? How do you express this in what you do and say?ย ย ย
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โข What are some of the more natural reactions you have towards the future? What did you learn from todayโs lesson and how can you look to the future with hope?ย
โข Do you believe that God will redeem our bodies and creation? What is one thing you can do on a regular basis in light of this?
โข How can you share your hope with others this week? What do you think you can tell them?ย
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โข Thank God for the privilege of living in hope because of who He is and what He has done for you. Pray that you would have a godly perspective of the redemption God has planned for our bodies and for all creation.ย
โข Ask God for a kingdom perspective and mentality that allows you to live in hope and trust Him above all else. Pray for His kingdom to advance on earth in light of our future hope.
โข Pray for family members and friends who are not saved yet. Pray that they would put their hope in God. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you the words to say as you share this hope in Christ with others.