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The Hope Found in Jesus Pastor Al Watkins
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Aug 6, 2025
The Hope Found in Jesus Pastor Al Watkins
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In a world filled with uncertainty,
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fear and despair, Jesus Christ stands
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alone as the ultimate source of hope.
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His life from his birth to his
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resurrection
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reveals why we can have confidence and
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assurance in God's promises.
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The Bible teaches us in Titus chapter 2
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verse 13 we read looking for that
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blessed hope and the glorious appearing
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of the great God and our savior Jesus
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Christ. Welcome to today's Bible study.
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I'm Pastor Al Watkins from Wilmington,
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North Carolina. And I hope that you
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enjoy this presentation, but at the same
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time, understand the truth that the
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Bible teaches us, especially about
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Jesus, because he is the Lord of the
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Bible. I want to touch on five subjects
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today to which we can place our hope in
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Jesus Christ and the being and the human
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that he was. He's as much God as he is
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man. So therefore I'd like to begin with
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his birth and his birth is important.
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The circumstance of his birth,
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the happen stance of his birth and the
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reason for his birth. First of all, we
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find out there is hope in the birth of
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Jesus Christ. His birth is recorded in
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the Bible in Matthew 1 23.
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Behold, a virgin shall be with child and
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shall bring forth a son, and they shall
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call his name Emmanuel, which being
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interpreted is God is with us. Jesus
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coming into the world brought light into
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darkness and hope into humanity.
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This verse talks about Jesus's life at
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the beginning because it was a prophecy
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from the Old Testament from Isaiah
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chapter 7 verse 14 proving that God does
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keep his promises. God came near to us
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through Jesus
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and also he showed that he cared about
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our struggles by experiencing them
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himself in the man of Jesus.
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So we recognize that God did
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supernatural things to bring him about
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to bring his birth into the world and
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supernatural things could take place
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because of his presence then and now
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because he is the same then now and it
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will be forever. So recognizing that
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before he could live his life he had to
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be born exactly the way God promised it
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in the Old Testament.
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We can find hope in the life of Jesus
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through his example of his life and the
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compassion of his heart. Jesus's life
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demonstrated God's love through his
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teachings, his miracles, and his
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mercies. A passage of scripture from
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John 10:10. Jesus spoke and he said that
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the thief cometh not but for to steal
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and to kill and to destroy. I am come
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that they might have life and they might
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have it more abundantly.
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Let's read that verse again. The thief
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cometh not but for to steal and to kill
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and to destroy. I am come that they
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might have life and they might have it
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more abundantly. Now Jesus
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told this
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in his teachings when he was here that
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the thief cometh not but for to steal
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and to kill. And uh we understand that
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the thief of course is Lucifer the devil
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himself.
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He comes to steal your soul from God's
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eternal heaven.
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He come to kill your witness so that
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others couldn't see Jesus through your
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actions.
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But most of all, he came to destroy the
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good things that God has built. But
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Jesus said for himself, I have come that
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they might have life. And they, who are
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they? Those are the ones that follow
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him. Those are the ones that love him.
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And that they might have it not just
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good, but more abundantly. And of
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course, that more abundant life is the
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contentment and the peacefulness and the
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happiness that you find through living
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the life of Christ. And Jesus gave us a
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good example of that. He came to heal
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the sick. He came to forgive the
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sinners. And he showed that no one is
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beyond his reach because he also lived
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the sinless life. And he came with the
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greatest purest love of all. And that
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was for us. His life wasn't just to
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teach the gospel. His life was to be the
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gospel.
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His life teaches us how we should live
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through faith, how we should live
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through love, and how we should have a
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purpose of serving others as God served
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us. Great stuff going on here.
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Supernaturally born. And of course, he
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gives us hope in his life through the
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example of his life. And next, we'll see
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something else that even in his death,
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we can find hope.
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The hope found in the death of Jesus
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Christ is found because it's the price
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that was paid for our sin.
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Romans 5'8 says this, "But God
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commendeth his love toward us in that
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while we were yet sinners, Christ died
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for us. He forgave us." And that means
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he was giving us through his grace, the
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mercy and honor of eternal life with
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him. If we just simply accept the gift
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that he gave for us,
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the cross was the greatest demonstration
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of hope because it is what secured our
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salvation.
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Let's read that again. Romans 5'8. But
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God commendeth his love toward us in
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that while we were yet sinners, Christ
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died for us.
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That simply means that our sins were
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forgiven before we even knew Jesus. We
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were lost in our sins. And even though
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we didn't realize that, we find out that
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he came and he did everything he needed
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to do to save us from those sins. Hope
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is not based on how good we are. Hope is
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based through Jesus Christ and his grace
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and his grace alone. the unmmerited
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favor of a free gift of eternal life
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from Jesus. You're not so far away from
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God that he can't find you. You're not
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so deep in any situation or circumstance
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that he can't overcome it. He loves you.
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He wants to forgive you. And if you'll
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just receive the free grace of gift of
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salvation through the blood that was
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shed at the cross of Calvary, you can be
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saved and saved to the uttermost. Now,
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that's good news. So far, we've talked
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about his birth. We've talked about his
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life. We've talked about his death. But
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it doesn't end there. There's more.
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Yes, like all of us, he was born. He
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lived a life. He died. But that wasn't
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the end of the story. There's hope in
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his resurrection because his
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resurrection guaranteed our victory over
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death because he shared it with us. In
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Matthew 28:6,
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he's not here for he is risen. And he
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said, "Come see the place where the Lord
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lay." He is not here, for he is risen.
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There's an empty tomb. There's an empty
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cross, but there's fullness of life for
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those who will accept Jesus.
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Bill Gaither wrote a song, and that song
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simply said these words, "Because he
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lives, I can face tomorrow." He's not
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here. He's not in that grave. And
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there's going to come a day when every
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Christian is going to head on out of
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here. All the graves are going to open
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up. All the graves going to be empty.
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The embombers are going to be out of
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business. the funeral directors are
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going to be out of business, especially
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when it comes to Christians simply
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because Jesus lives. And what that means
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is simply this. We have hope through
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Jesus Christ, the man born of a virgin,
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lived a sinless life, died on the cross
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to pay our sin debt, and now we see
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through God's word, he is risen from the
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dead, never to be buried again as a dead
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man. So recognize this. Our future is
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secure in the man that defeated death.
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The God son, the God himself as Lord.
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Because he loved us, we can face
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tomorrow and face uncertain
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circumstances through this life in which
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we live today. That's good news. But
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there's even more. There's even more
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hope in the things Jesus brought through
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living his life. Jesus promised his
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followers
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of the hope in his return. When he
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ascended unto heaven, he said some
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things along the way. But because he
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ascended unto heaven and the promise he
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made in John 14:3,
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we have a blessed hope in knowing we're
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going to see him again because he said
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there, "If I go and prepare a place for
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you, I will come again and receive you
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unto myself that where I am, there ye
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may be also. Listen to the promise of
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the Lord. And if I go and prepare a
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place for you, I will come again and
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receive you unto myself, that where I
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am, there ye may be also.
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Do you know what that means, folks? That
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means that no matter what happens in
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this world, it's temporary at best for
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everything about us. We understand that
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no matter how dark things may seem at
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times, that we can look forward to
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Jesus's coming back. making all things
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perfect and brand new in our lives all
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over again. Our hope is anchored in
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eternity, not in a temporary world in
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which we see around us. Recognize this.
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Jesus was born. Jesus lived. Jesus died.
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Jesus made a promise after he
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resurrected that he
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is coming again to bring his children
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home. What a day that's going to be when
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we're going to see the loved ones that's
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gone on ahead of us in Christ. And what
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a day it's going to be when we see Jesus
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himself. What a wonderful, beautiful
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day. But that's not the end of the story
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either. I want to conclude with a few
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thoughts
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that you might enjoy. One of the
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thoughts I want to leave with you is
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this. Remember in Titus where we started
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chapter 2 verse 13 looking for that
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blessed hope and the glorious appearing
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of the great God and our savior Jesus
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Christ. What a wonderful thing that was
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said right then and there. So as we
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close this program out I'd like to
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remind you my name is Pastor Al Watkins
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and I'd like for you to like and also
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share this particular message if you
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enjoyed it. bring a good thought to
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others that need a hope in life. There's
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hope in the life of Jesus because he was
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born as God said he was. He lived like
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God said he would. He died like God said
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he would. He came alive from the dead
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like God said he would. He also
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descended unto heaven, ascended that is
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unto heaven. And he promised that he
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would come back. Now we can see there is
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hope in the name of the Lord. I'm Pastor
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Al Watkins. Stay tuned for another one
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hopefully coming up very shortly. Hope
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you enjoy these Bible studies. If you
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do, by all means like them and share
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them. God bless until we meet again.