The Hope SNT 1275 - Wierwille
This life changing teaching on “the Hope”, hope is clarified. What happens upon death, the 1st & 2nd coming of Christ and body-soul-spirit is rediscovered. The Hope We Shall All Be Changed 1Co 13:13 Joh 8:56 Mat 2:10 Psa 16:8 Act 2:25 1Th 5:2, 4, 5 Heb 11:13 1Co 15:3-8; 12-19, 51-54 1Co 15:54 1Th 2:1; 4:13-18 2Th 2:1-3, 7-10 1Co 15:22, 23, 25, 26 2Pe 1:12-19; 2Ti 4:1-8 Until Then ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The Hope” Victor Paul Wierwille April 21, 1985 – Sunday Night Teaching Transcript – New Knoxville, Ohio The last act of Christ’s first coming was the ascension. The first act of Christ’s second coming is his descension for the Church of the Body, the born-again believers. I Corinthians 13 – the last verse of this fantastic chapter reads as follows. After all that’s said about charity – charity is the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation – after everything is said in chapter 13, God closes with the thirteenth verse: “And now abideth faith, hope, charity [love], these three; but the greatest of these is charity [is the love of God in the renewed mind in the Church among the people, the Body].” “To believe” is a verb. A verb connotes action, and years and years ago I always heard and I still hear it today at times, “Well, I hope this can happen.” They just don’t understand these words. To believe is available according to the promises of the Word. Believe for what is available now according to the Word. Hope is believing for what is available in the future according to the Word. Hope is never available now. Hope is always future. And it’s love that activates both our believing for the present and hope for the future. In the Gospel of John, chapter 8 – you see, there were believers who looked forward to the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Most of the people living at that time were not believers, and they were not looking forward to the coming; but in John, chapter 8, verse 56: “Your father Abraham
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www.eternallyblessed.org “Preserve and Make Available” It was the hope of the first coming that kept David moving ahead. That was what was so great for David – in order that he should not be moved. Every man, every woman has many opportunities to be moved, but I know of no man or woman really standing and faithful for God and His Word who does not understand the Hope or believe in it. I’m the same way. If it weren’t for the hope of the return I’d have quit centuries ago. But that’s what keeps you going. That’s what you look forward to, and that’s what kept Abraham going. That’s what kept David going. That’s what kept the Magi going – believers who looked forward to the first hope, the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. In I Thessalonians, chapter 5 – now, I told you most of the people did not look forward to the first coming, but some did: Abraham, David, other believers, the Magi, o