Levande hopp

"Are my character and conduct in any degree those of a man who has fixed his eye, his heart, his expectation on eternal life? If not, my hope is a dead one—a name and a delusion. In opposition to this, the hope of a really converted man is a living one. The word signifies a vigorous, active, spirit-stirring principle—as opposed to the cold, faint belief of Heathenism. It is an earnest desire and confident expectation of everlasting life. This desire and expectation is such as employs the thoughts and kindles the affections. It acts on the soul, as regards spiritual and eternal objects—just as earthly desires and expectations do towards their objects. If a man is looking forward with confident expectation of some great earthly good, some cherished object which is to influence all his future life—it is uppermost in his mind, it engages his heart, it employs his tongue, it stimulates his activity. If he receives some lesser good, "Oh," he says, "but I have something far greater to come!" If he has sustained a loss, he replies, "I shall soon have ample compensation for this!" If he is in trouble, he cheers his mind with the anticipation of the expected good. If solicited to engage in any project which would divert his mind from this, he exclaims, "No! I cannot allow anything to interfere with my one great object!" This is a living hope. And so is it with the man who has really set his heart upon salvation and eternal life." från:gracegems-christian hope

Lovad vare vår Herres, Jesu Kristi, Gud och Fader, som efter sin stora barmhärtighet har genom Jesu Kristi uppståndelse från de döda fött oss på nytt till ett levande hopp,till ett oförgängligt, obesmittat och ovanskligt arv, som i himmelen är förvarat åt eder.I som med Guds makt bliven genom tro bevarade till en frälsning som är beredd för att uppenbaras i den yttersta tiden. Därför mån I fröjda eder, om I ock nu en liten tid, där så måste ske, liden bedrövelse under allahanda prövningar, för att, om eder tro håller provet -- vilket är mycket mer värt än guldet, som förgås, men som dock genom eld bliver beprövat -- detta må befinnas lända eder till pris, härlighet och ära vid Jesu Kristi uppenbarelse. 1 petrusbrev 1:3-7

dags att leva-Frank Ådahl