JESUS - OUR ONLY HOPE

Introduction
Over the past few years, our world
has definitely experienced a series
of uncertain times. The events
unfolding around the globe today
are another significant step closer
to the conclusion of history as
described in the scriptures. I am
not seeking to criar uma espécie de
histeria ou sensacionalismo com o
que vem acontecendo no mundo e
com o mundo.

However, I am intending to share

with you my conviction that we
must not overlook their
significance to the spiritual climate
of the world.
Many non-Christian people are
sensing for the first time a genuine
hopelessness. There is an anxiety as
to how this escalating situation will
radically change life on this planet.
There is a continued fear of
increasing terrorist attacks,
political fanaticism, and social
unrest.
What hope can there possibly be
for a better world for our children?

Where can we find new hope for

the present, let alone our future?
Where can our friends, family,
neighbors, and colleagues turn for
hope?
 The Bible fully understands and
recognizes that hope is vital and
necessary to all living people.
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HÁ ESPERANÇA QUANDO ...
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D) VIOLÊNCIA CHEGA
E) DÍVIDA CHEGA
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6. Today, these symptoms are

affecting millions of people,
depriving them of peace,
happiness, and ultimately hope.

D. We can live forty days without

food.
E. We can live 8 days without
water.
F. We can live 4 minutes without
air.
G. However, we can only live a few
seconds without hope.
II. Understanding Hope in a
Hopeless World
A. What do we mean by hope?
B. What do the scriptures mean by
hope in our text?
EU OS CONVIDO A ABRIR
SUAS BIBLIAS EM 1 TIMÓTEO
1 :1

Paulo, apóstolo de Jesus

Cristo, segundo o mandado
de Deus, nosso Salvador, e
do Senhor Jesus Cristo,
esperança nossa,

1 Timóteo 1:1
PAULO AFIRMA
CATEGORICAMENTE
QUE JESUS É NOSSA
ESPERANÇA ...

C. THE WORD USED IN THE

GREEK IS ELPIS AND MEANS
‘A FAVORABLE AND
CONFIDENT EXPECTATION’.
D. It has to do with a positive
VISION OF THE UNSEEN AND
THE FUTURE.
E. It is most frequent use in the NT
talks about the ‘HAPPY
ANTICIPATION OF GOOD.’
TITUS 1:1, 2 (NASB) PAUL, A
BOND-SERVANT OF GOD AND
AN APOSTLE OF JESUS
CHRIST, FOR THE FAITH OF
THOSE CHOSEN OF GOD AND
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
TRUTH WHICH IS
ACCORDING TO GODLINESS,
2IN THE HOPE OF ETERNAL
LIFE, WHICH GOD, WHO
CANNOT LIE, PROMISED
LONG AGES AGO.
G. Hope is not dreaming, or a
vague aspiration.
H. It is not just simply wanting
things to turn out well, whilst
remaining uncertain that they
actually will.
I. Hope is the absolute certainty we
have that God is good and that His
promises are true.
J. Hope is actually personalized in
Jesus himself!
K. He is our hope!
 COLOSSIANS 1:27 (NASB) 27TO
WHOM GOD WILLED TO
MAKE KNOWN WHAT IS THE
RICHES OF THE GLORY OF
THIS MYSTERY AMONG THE
GENTILES, WHICH IS CHRIST
IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY.
WHEN YOU HAVE CHRIST
YOU Possess Hope in a Hopeless
World
A. This world needs people with a
confident hope.
B. Not a misplaced hope but a
secure hope.
C. The words of Jesus himself
teach us that things are going to get
worse before they get better,
especially for the Christian.
E. In order for us to convince
others that there is hope we need
ourselves to be convinced.
F. God’s people are not expected to
live dictated to by world
circumstances but by the principles
and promises of God’s kingdom.
G. We have the greatest hope of all.
H. Titus 2:11-14 (NASB) 11For the
grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all men,
12instructing us to deny
ungodliness and worldly desires
and to live sensibly, righteously
and godly in the present age,
13looking for the blessed hope and
the appearing of the glory of our
great God and Savior, Christ
Jesus, 14who gave Himself for us to
redeem us from every lawless deed,
and to purify for Himself a people
for His own possession, zealous for
good deeds.
I. Romans 8:35-39 (NASB) 35Who
will separate us from the love of
Christ? Will tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36Just as it is written, "FOR
YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING
PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY
LONG; WE WERE
CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE
SLAUGHTERED." 37But in all
these things we overwhelmingly
conquer through Him who loved
us. 38For I am convinced that
neither death, nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor
powers, 39nor height, nor depth,
nor any other created thing, will be
able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord.

VOCÊ QUER VER ESPERANÇA

65
 A ti, ó Deus, espera o
louvor em Sião, e a ti se
pagará o voto.
Ó tu que ouves as orações,
a ti virá toda a carne.
Prevalecem as iniqüidades
contra mim; porém tu
limpas as nossas
transgressões.

Bem-aventurado aquele a
quem tu escolhes, e fazes
chegar a ti, para que habite
em teus átrios; nós seremos
fartos da bondade da tua
casa e do teu santo templo.
Com coisas tremendas em
justiça nos responderás, ó
Deus da nossa salvação; tu
és a esperança de todas as
extremidades da terra, e
daqueles que estão longe
sobre o mar.
O que pela sua força
consolida os montes,
cingido de fortaleza;
O que aplaca o ruído dos
mares, o ruído das suas
ondas, e o tumulto dos
povos.
E os que habitam nos fins
da terra temem os teus
 sinais; tu fazes alegres as
saídas da manhã e da
tarde.
Tu visitas a terra, e a
refrescas; tu a enriqueces
grandemente com o rio de
Deus, que está cheio de
água; tu lhe preparas o
trigo, quando assim a tens
preparada.
Enches de água os seus
sulcos; tu lhe aplanas as
leivas; tu a amoleces com a
muita chuva; abençoas as
suas novidades.
Coroas o ano com a tua
bondade, e as tuas veredas
destilam gordura.
Destilam sobre os pastos do
deserto, e os outeiros os
cingem de alegria.
Os campos se vestem de
rebanhos, e os vales se
cobrem de trigo; eles se
regozijam e cantam.

Salmos 65:1-13
EU NÃO SEI O QUE O O
FUTURO TEM PRA MIM ... MAS
EU SEI QUEM ESTARÁ
COMIGO NO FUTURO...
 a favorable and confident
expectation that our lives and
futures are in the hands of one
greater than the worlds strongest
and most awful leaders.
L. Other men see life as a hopeless
end but Christians rejoice in an
endless hope.
B. The despair, anxiety and fear
that we see in people around us is
the very opportunity we have to
share the good news of Jesus with
them.
D. Live with the willingness to
respond to the moment that God
grants you, the Divine
appointment.
G. Some Christians live with no
obvious difference in their lives
presenting no alternative hope to
anyone.
H. How selfish we are if we rejoice
in our HOPE but refuse to share it
with those who need it.
I. You may be thinking how we can
respond positively to the awful
things that have been happening in
our world for the past few years.
J. PLACE Jesus Christ at the
centre of your affections.
1. ‘In your hearts set apart Christ
as Lord.’
1. ‘Give the reason for the hope
that you have.’
Conclusion:
Psalm 25;1-5 (NASB) 1To You, O
LORD, I lift up my soul. 2O my
God, in You I trust, Do not let me
be ashamed; Do not let my enemies
exult over me. 3Indeed, none of
those who wait for You will be
ashamed; Those who deal
treacherously without cause will be
ashamed. 4Make me know Your
ways, O LORD; Teach me Your
paths. 5Lead me in your truth and
teach me, for You are the God of
my salvation; For You I wait all
the day.