05-Use 3: The Believer's Hope

Having looked at how Christ‟s resurrection and his kingship
influenced the first believers, both in their confrontation of
sinners with the gospel and their own progressive sanctification,
I turn, finally, to the part played in the „blessed hope‟ of the first
believers by Christ‟s resurrection and kingship.1 When talking
about what was the believer‟s hope, we are, of course, not
talking about the believer‟s wishful thinking, but his certainty,
his confident expectation, his assurance.