The Gospel Alphabet: "H" for "Hope"

“H”—Hope

We center on the Gospel because it is the source of our hope. In the face of a broken world and indwelling sin, the Gospel is a great and steadfast hope, and from this hope springs forth faith and love sufficient for each day (Col 1:5).

Diminished “Gospels” may promote easy believism on the one hand, but may put the burden of salvation back on our shoulders rather than locating and leaving it in the hand of God.

This parody of hope isn’t certain. But the glorious Gospel is a blessed hope indeed (Titus 2:13), an anchor for the soul (Heb 6:19). Christ in us is the hope of glory (Col 1:27). This is the hope held out in the Gospel (Col 1:23).

With such a hope fixed within our hearts—based upon the certainty that God has made us his children and the confidence that we will be with Christ and like him forever—we long for and labor toward becoming more like him even now (1 Jn 3:1-3).