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Hope.
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(i.)
THE SUBSTANCE OF HOPE.
(1)
Christ (I Tim. i. 1).
(2)
Salvation (I Thess. v. 8).
(3)
Grace (I Pet. i. 13).
(4)
Resurrection (Acts xxiii. 6).
(5)
Eternal Life (Titus i. 2; iii. 7).
(6)
Righteousness (Gal. v. 5).
(7)
Glory (Col. i. 27).
(ii.)
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HOPE.
(1)
Personal (Phil. i. 20; Rom. xv. 4; II Cor. iii. 12; I John iii. 3).
(2)
Indwelling (I Pet. iii. 15).
(3)
Living (I Pet. i. 3).
(4)
Good (II Thess. ii. 16).
(5)
Blessed (Titus ii. 13).
(6)
Joyous (Rom. xii. 12).
(7)
Emboldening (Rom. v. 5).
(iii.)
THE CLAIMS OF HOPE.
(1)
Confession (Heb. x. 23*).
(2)
Boasting (Heb. iii. 6).
(3)
Explanation (I Pet. iii. 15).
(4)
Purity (I John iii. 3).
(5)
Endurance (I Thess. i. 3).
(6)
Assurance (Heb. vi. 11).
(7)
Abundance (Rom. xv. 13).
(iv.)
THE CONDITIONS OF HOPE.
(1)
GOD is its AUTHOR (Rom. xv. 13; Eph. i. 18).
GOD as OBJECT (eis II Cor. i. 10*; Acts xxiv. 15; I Pet. i. 21).
GOD as FOUNDATION (epi I Tim. iv. 10*; v. 5*; vi. 17*;
I Pet. i. 13; iii. 5*).
GOD as SPHERE (en I Cor. xv. 19).
(2)
GOSPEL its REVELATION (Col. i. 23).
(3)
SCRIPTURE its WARRANT (Acts xxvi. 6; Rom. xv. 4).
(4)
CHRIST its SUSTENANCE (Col. i. 27).
(5)
HOLY SPIRIT its SUPPLY (Rom. xv. 13).
(6)
HEAVEN its INCENTIVE (Col. i. 5).
(7)
FAITH its BASIS (Heb. xi. 1).
[* - The words "faith" and "trust" in these passages are translations of
the word usually rendered "hope".]