Anchored in Hope

Follow Along with the Message

Big idea: We want to discover the unshakable hope that anchors our souls and helps us navigate difficulty.

“We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” C.S. Lewis - The Problem of Pain

Hebrews 6:12a (NLT)- Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent.

"Spiritually dull" (Greek: nothroi) "Indifferent"

2 Peter 1:5–8 (NLT)- In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 6:12b (NLT)- Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.

What has been promised?

• The  - Matthew 5:5

• The - Matthew 25:34

• - 1 Corinthians 15:50

• - Hebrews 1:14

• - 1 Peter 3:9

• All - Revelation 21:1–7

Hebrews 6:13–15 (NLT)- For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying: “I will certainly bless you, and I will multiply your descendants beyond number.” Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.

Hebrews 6:16–18 (NLT)- Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding. God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind. So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.

• It is impossible for God to lie.

• We who have taken refuge.

• Hope set before us.

Two unchangeable things: Refers to God’s promise and the oath that guarantees it.

1. God’s

2. God’s

Hebrews 6:19–20 (NLT)- This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary. Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Hope Holds  to the Guarantee.

Bottom line: When we anchor our souls to Jesus - who is the unshakable hope. Only then can this help us build resiliency in difficult times.

"In all my troubles, I have cried out to You, and You have heard me. I have been tossed and turned upon the waves, yet You have always anchored me in Yourself. You are my steadfast hope and my unwavering rock. In You alone, my soul finds rest and peace."- St. Augustine of Hippo