HOPE
character of
object of:
♦ God:
• Psalms 31:24; 38:15; 39:7; 42:5; 71:15; 130:7; 131:3; Jeremiah 14:22; Lamentations 3:24; Acts 24:15; Romans 15:12; 2 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Timothy 4:10; 5:5; 6:17; 1 Peter 1:21; 3:5
♦ God's word:
♦ Christ's name:
♦ Moses:
♦ Christ:
for particular people:
♦ for Israel: (See also ISRAEL)
♦ for the living:
♦ for NT believers:
• Romans 5:2; 8:24; Galatians 5:5; Colossians 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:1; Hebrews 6:18-19; 2 Peter 3:13; 1 John 3:2-3
for various things:
♦ for God's lovingkindness:
♦ for God's salvation:
♦ for light:
♦ for justice:
♦ for financial profit:
♦ for resurrection of the dead:
♦ for a bribe:
♦ for God's glory:
♦ for righteousness:
♦ for accomplishment of one's purpose:
♦ for the believer's heavenly inheritance:
source of:
♦ from the Lord:
♦ from Christian character built through tribulation:
♦ from the Scriptures:
♦ from the Spirit:
♦ from God's calling:
♦ from God's mercy through the resurrection of Christ:
continuation of:
♦ expressed:
♦ assured:
♦ encouraged:
relationships of:
♦ to the creation:
♦ to the saved:
♦ to farming:
♦ to love:
♦ to faith:
♦ to the gospel:
♦ to glory:
♦ to other Christian converts at Christ's return:
♦ to salvation:
♦ to grace:
♦ to eternal life:
♦ to Christ's return (i.e., "the blessed hope"):
♦ to the new covenant through Christ's priesthood (i.e., "a better hope"):
♦ to personal witness:
♦ results of
♦ in difficult circumstances
♦ lack of
• 1 Chronicles 29:15; Proverbs 11:7; 26:12; Isaiah 38:18; Jeremiah 18:11-12; Ezekiel 37:11; Acts 27:20; Ephesians 2:12; I Thessalonians 4:13
♦ false hope
♦ deferred hope
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.