Living In Light Of Our Blessed Hope

INTRO: I titled the message this morning, "Living In Light Of Our Blessed Hope." I have good news for you this morning: Jesus is coming very soon! I was talking with my daughter and son-in-law the other day and my daughter spoke of the blessed hope. She thought the name, "Blessed Hope Evangelical Church" might make a good name. Well, we have, over the years, stressed the soon return of Christ, which is our blessed hope. And so as soon as she mentioned the blessed hope, I thought it would be fitting, in light of our circumstances, to do a message on that. So I have dropped the series I was working on for a while.

So, turn to the book of Titus, chapter 2. Verses 1-14 were read for us already. But look at verses 11-14 (read). It speaks of looking for the blessed hope. If I were to translate this passage, I would translate it like this, "Looking, or waiting for that blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.