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Hope preforms a hat trick.
Now that we have God's approval by faith, we have peace with God because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done. Through Christ we can approach God and stand in his favor. So we brag because of our confidence (hope) that we will receive glory from God. But that's not all. We also brag when we are suffering. We know that suffering creates endurance, endurance creates character, and character creates confidence (hope). We're not ashamed to have this confidence (hope), because God's love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Rom 5:1-4
We have a hope from our faith, as we see in verse 1-2. From verse 3-5 our hope(confidence) (this is God’s Word trans. so I added the word hope.) As we face agonizing things, we arm ourselves w/ that hope in faith through Jesus. Soon the suffering creates in us endurance. A perseverance, a tolerance we did not have before. No longer are we just under the oppression of suffering, we begin to find out, much as a long distance runner does, we have endurance. We don’t have the mindset of victims, but of people who are empowered by hope in faith, as we go through things. The more and more we exercise this way, it becomes a way of life. Misery and bewilderment are no longer, words we or others use to describe us. No, the more we endure, something else comes forth, character. How we are defined has changed. Even our appearance and personality have transformed. Our attitudes and philosophies are based on HOPE. Not a faith in a hope, that has evolved into knowledge and clear understanding. Our hope is not maybe. Our Hope describes how we see life and after!!
No one wants sufferings, but like it or not it arrives. Our Character, our temperament has been forged w/ Hope in Christ. Again, not a hope that maybe things. will get better. But, a Hope that preforms a “hat trick.” A Hope we use when suffering comes. A Hope we continue to hold on to, and endurance is built up in us. And, a Hope that has altered us and given birth to character. A character that lines up to who God wants us to be, We're not ashamed to have this confidence (hope), because God's love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. We believe all things are in God’s Hands, so we begin to see sufferings as a exercise to build faith and hope, into who we are. The Body of Christ. A people who are able to stand up, able to bow down, and a people willing to allow Holy Spirit freedom, to reach out and heal those hurting in this world. The Body w/ the Character of Love. A Love which has come from God, a Love expressed through everything Jesus, did and continues to do. To Him be all the Praise and Glory.
We have a hope from our faith, as we see in verse 1-2. From verse 3-5 our hope(confidence) (this is God’s Word trans. so I added the word hope.) As we face agonizing things, we arm ourselves w/ that hope in faith through Jesus. Soon the suffering creates in us endurance. A perseverance, a tolerance we did not have before. No longer are we just under the oppression of suffering, we begin to find out, much as a long distance runner does, we have endurance. We don’t have the mindset of victims, but of people who are empowered by hope in faith, as we go through things. The more and more we exercise this way, it becomes a way of life. Misery and bewilderment are no longer, words we or others use to describe us. No, the more we endure, something else comes forth, character. How we are defined has changed. Even our appearance and personality have transformed. Our attitudes and philosophies are based on HOPE. Not a faith in a hope, that has evolved into knowledge and clear understanding. Our hope is not maybe. Our Hope describes how we see life and after!!
No one wants sufferings, but like it or not it arrives. Our Character, our temperament has been forged w/ Hope in Christ. Again, not a hope that maybe things. will get better. But, a Hope that preforms a “hat trick.” A Hope we use when suffering comes. A Hope we continue to hold on to, and endurance is built up in us. And, a Hope that has altered us and given birth to character. A character that lines up to who God wants us to be, We're not ashamed to have this confidence (hope), because God's love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. We believe all things are in God’s Hands, so we begin to see sufferings as a exercise to build faith and hope, into who we are. The Body of Christ. A people who are able to stand up, able to bow down, and a people willing to allow Holy Spirit freedom, to reach out and heal those hurting in this world. The Body w/ the Character of Love. A Love which has come from God, a Love expressed through everything Jesus, did and continues to do. To Him be all the Praise and Glory.
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