HOW TO ABOUND IN HOPE - Romans 14:21-15:13

With all the bizarre, shocking and disappointing things happening in our culture, we must never lose sight of our God given calling and responsibility to shine as lights in a darkened world. In this sermon, the concept of God allowing futility to exist is explained for the purpose of causing many to see their need for a Savior. Therefore, we must transition from simply whining - about the saddening condition of our nation - to actually doing something about it for those in need; which will ultimately result in our fulfilling Christ's commissioning.

To bring hope to a world struggling with hopelessness, our own hope must be strong and abounding. Through pursuing God as the God of hope, believing the truth of the Gospel and dealing with all our "hope robbers", our own hope is made stronger by the power and person of the Holy Spirit, as we allow Him to fill us often.

In life's most difficult seasons, we can have undying hope. This sermon shares several keys to having strong Gospel based hope that is not built on temporal things.

In a world wrestling with hopelessness, as believers in the Gospel, we are able to to be ready to give strong reasons for the hope that is in us. Our hope is firmly established on what God has already done for us; it is empowered by what He is doing in us and it continues to be inspired by His love and His Holy Spirit.

The purpose of this encouraging teaching is to equip the hearers to hope wholeheartedly - like never before - and to bring the hope of the Gospel to a hopeless world. Following the example of Abraham, we are to be people of hope, even though many things at times may seem hopeless.