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II Thessalonians 2:13-17; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; 5:1-11; 1:10; Romans 5:6-9; I Peter 1:3-9; John 10:25-28; 3:1-6; 15-17; I Peter 1:18-25; II Thessalonians 2:16, 17; 13; Romans 10:1-3; 9-15; 2:4; II Peter 3:1-13

We should be encouraged, believing the Word of God within the depths of our hearts, so we can have the comfort of good hope as the Scriptures say. At times like this, when peculiar things are happening in the world, it seems everyone has a new doctrine.

God?s Word tells us that people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. It also encourages us not to be deceived. However, one cannot spot the counterfeit without a knowledge of the genuine.

God gave us everlasting comfort and good hope. There is a time coming when Jesus Christ will return as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. There are some who are frightened because they will be ?left behind.? I Thessalonians 4 speaks specifically about these times and the state of the believer when Christ returns. Those who are asleep (or dead) in Christ will rise first and those who are alive and remain will be caught up together with him in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and ?so shall we ever be with the Lord.? I Thessalonians 5 continues by saying we do not when Christ will return. It could happen at any moment.

The Bible is very clear there WILL be a day of wrath. But those who have confessed Jesus as Lord and believed in their heart that God has raised him from the dead will not be part of that time since the Bible also says God has NOT appointed us to wrath! Romans 5 says being justified by his blood, we will be saved from wrath through him.

When we accepted God?s plan of salvation and became His child, it was permanent. Regarding those who have received eternal life, Jesus said in John 10 that ?no man is able to pluck them out of my Father?s hand.? No one can back slide out of salvation. When we become born from above, we receive God?s seed in us. No one, not even our own self determination, can change that. We are permanently God?s children. In an earthly family, even if a father has a great rift with his child and they deny the existence of each other, the man is still the child?s father and vice versa. I Peter says we are not born again of corruptible seed but of incorruptible. God, our loving Father, has promised to spare us from His righteous judgment.

There is great comfort and hope knowing that we are headed for a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness. We are not appointed to wrath but unto salvation. The seed we have is incorruptible and is by the Word of God which lives and abides forever.


#252 The Comfort of Good Hope -- November 4, 2001 ©2001 / Steven A. Michels 67:25 minutes
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"The Comfort of Good Hope"- Rev. Steve Michels II Thessalonians 2:13-17; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; 5:1-11; 1:10; Romans 5:6-9; I Peter 1:3-9; John 10:25-28; 3:1-6; 15-17; I Peter 1:18-25; II Thessalonians 2:16, 17; 13; Romans 10:1-3; 9-15; 2:4; II Peter 3:1-13 We should be encouraged, believing the Word of God within the depths of our hearts, so we can have the comfort of good hope as the Scriptures say. At times like this, when peculiar things are happening in the world, it seems everyone has a new doctrine. God?s Word tells us that people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. It also encourages us not to be deceived. However, one cannot spot the counterfeit without a knowledge of the genuine. God gave us everlasting comfort and good hope. There is a time coming when Jesus Christ will return as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. There are some who are frightened because they will be ?left behind.? I Thessalonians 4 speaks specifically about these times and the state of the believer when Christ returns. Those who are asleep (or dead) in Christ will rise first and those who are alive and remain will be caught up together with him in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and ?so shall we ever be with the Lord.? I Thessalonians 5 continues by saying we do not when Christ will return. It could happen at any moment. The Bible is very clear there WILL be a day of wrath. But those who have confessed Jesus as Lord and believed in their heart that God has raised him from the dead will not be part of that time since the Bible also says God has NOT appointed us to wrath! Romans 5 says being justified by his blood, we will be saved from wrath through him. When we accepted God?s plan of salvation and became His child, it was permanent. Regarding those who have received eternal life, Jesus said in John 10 that ?no man is able to pluck them out of my Father?s hand.? No one can back slide out of salvation. When we become born from above, we receive God?s seed in us. No one, not even our own self determination, can change that. We are permanently God?s children. In an earthly family, even if a father has a great rift with his child and they deny the existence of each other, the man is still the child?s father and vice versa. I Peter says we are not born again of corruptible seed but of incorruptible. God, our loving Father, has promised to spare us from His righteous judgment. There is great comfort and hope knowing that we are headed for a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness. We are not appointed to wrath but unto salvation. The seed we have is incorruptible and is by the Word of God which lives and abides forever.