Hope

Sabbath School Class—Life as Discovery and Hope

Unfortunately There Will Be No Full Class Notes This Week

April 18, 2009
Larry R Evans

Introductory Reflection

Hope need not be illusive nor must it be put off until sometime in the future. Hope is a gift that is implanted by God in the hearts of those who place their trust in Him. Hope in ourselves and in others, when divinely inspired, changes things. It can change our world but first it must change us. Faith, hope and love work together and transform lives. Hope does not disappoint when planted by the Holy Spirit. We are a people of hope because “our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.” We dare not trust in anything else for as the song goes “all other ground is sinking sand.”

Reflective Quiz

1. Knowing that calamities will come is the reason we need hope. [Lk 21:5,6; Ps 27:4-7] True or False?

2. Hope is a present reality, not a future “maybe”. [Jn 5:24,25; Ps 71:14-18] True or False?

3. Hope is a psychological term designed to get our minds off present difficulties. [Rom 5:1-5; 1 Pet 1:3-9] True or False?

4. Our hope for the eternal correlates with our assurance for today. [Titus 3:3-8; Rev 21:1-4] True or False?

5. Human ingenuity is not enough to provide for the hope the world needs. [Ecc 3:9-4; Rom 12:1-3; 1 Cjor 15:19; 1 Thess 4:13-18] True or False?

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