Unshakeable Hope and Identity in Christ

Jun 02, 2025

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“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?”
“DTR, defining the relationship, or in other words, open communication, is an important part of any relationship. And the closer you are to someone, the more important it becomes in your relationship. With an acquaintance, having a conversation about your relationship, I mean, it could be helpful, but you don't really know them that well, and it's not going to make a huge impact on your relationship.”
“But there's a relationship that is closer than even that of family, even that of husband and wife. And that relationship is with our Lord and Savior, with our God, with Jesus. And because Jesus doesn't refer to himself as God, as someone who's far and lofty and distant from us. Instead, He calls himself our friend, our brother, and he even describes himself as the bridegroom of the bride, the church. This is the relationship that we have with Christ.”
“There are lots of things in this world that want you to put your hope in them because there are problems in this world. There are problems that we face. And so there are things of this world that want to offer solutions. It could be money. It could be scientific advancement or medical marvels. It could be government. It could be our own grit and determination. But there's things in our world that say, trust in me and I will fix your problems.”
“But here's the problem with placing your hope in anything of this world, is that everything of this world is also corrupted by sin. It cannot save you from itself. In fact, it's likely to cause more problems than it fixes. So we need a hope that is from outside our broken world, of hope that is not influenced by sin and death. And that is why we say, in Christ alone, my hope is found.”
“When I'm facing the problems of this world, in the fiercest drought or storm, I find my hope alone in Christ. And this is what Paul says. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? If God is with you, if God is taking care of you, what can the world throw at you that God has not overcome, that Jesus has not already won victory over?”
“And so because we have a relationship with Jesus, we are standing firm. We are fearless in the face of anything this world throws at us because we know Jesus. We know the victory that he won for us and the hope that we have in him. But we stand firm, trusting in him and in his victory.”
“Jesus, God himself, took on human flesh and entered our world to endure everything that is wrong with our world. All the pain and suffering and hardship that we face, he faced that hardship as well. All so that he could face something worse. So that he could go to the cross. That way he would be scorned by the ones he came to save.”
“Jesus came and suffered all of this so that he could take responsibility for your sin. Every sin that has ever occurred was laid on Christ. And God's wrath, which should have been directed at us, was instead directed at Jesus. And he bore the responsibility for this. This was his plan. This was God's plan.”
“God sent Jesus to bear this burden. Jesus willingly picked up that cross and put it on his back, which had been whipped raw and carried it for you. He took that cross upon himself so that he could give you a freedom from your sins, so that you would no longer be owed a debt for what you have done wrong, so that you can be free and righteous in God.”
“And so that's why we sing here in the death of Christ I live, because we have been redeemed by his death. We have been rescued by Christ, our Savior. We no longer owe for what we have done wrong. Instead, as we stand before God, he sees the righteousness of Christ. The righteousness bought with his blood.”
“Jesus' story does not end with his death. Instead, Christ came to conquer death itself. He came to bring a rescue from the problem sin had created. That line that says, and as he stands in victory, sin's curse has lost its grip on me. The curse of sin is death.”
“On the cross, Christ paid for our sins, but now in the resurrection, he gives new life beyond the power of death. He has conquered death itself. Death is now subject to Jesus. This is the promise that we have in him.”
“Christ Jesus is the one who died. More than that, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who is indeed interceding for us. Jesus has conquered death and gives you his promise of life.”
“The world cannot touch you. The world certainly will try. The world is going to throw all kinds of hardship your way. It's going to cause tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, and the sword. But what Paul tells us is, no, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
“The problems of these worlds are things Jesus has conquered for us. And because we have this relationship with him. We are conquerors with him. That we may not fear the problems of this world because our hope is in Christ. Because we have a relationship with Christ, we know that these things are only temporary. We have a resurrection and a life in him.”
“No guilt in life. No fear in death. This is the power of Christ in me. From life's first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny. No power of hell, no scheme of man can ever pluck me from his hand.”
“None of the problems of this world matter because we have a hope in Christ. Because Jesus came and conquered sin and death for us. We are forgiven. We are freed in Christ. And so we can be bold when the challenges of this world crop up. When we face those problems, we can turn to Christ.”
“For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
“This is what it means to have a relationship with Jesus. Christ. This is what it means to have his promises in your life, that Jesus has conquered all for you, that you are more than conquerors. And what is more than a conqueror? You are a child of the King.”
“God has made you his child. He has blessed you with his promise that everything you face in this world, all of your challenges, all your trials and tribulations. Jesus has something more in store for you. He has a hope that is greater than your problems. He has won victory for you so that you could be called a child of the king.”
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