Unseen Hope.

Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith

Living by - things you HOPE for.

Living by- the EVIDENCE of things UNSEEN.

Heb_11:1  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

We need to live by HOPE.
We need to live by the UNSEEN.

What is our hope?

1Ti_1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope

Our hope- God our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.

Rom_8:24  For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

Hope that is seen is NOT hope.

2Co 4:18  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2Co 5:7  For we walk by faith, not by sight

1Pe 1:9  Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 

1Pe 1:10  Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 

1Pe 1:11  Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 

The Just live by faith-  the end of our faith is our salvation- salvation is found in Jesus Christ our Lord, our Hope!

Are we living by faith? Or are we demanding to see results of our faith- proof from God? Are we demanding to understand how He is working in our lives? Can we TRUST that He is working even when our lives are falling apart? When storms rage all around us in so many different forms, are we holding fast in our faith, in our Savior believing in the salvation He offers us. Do we remember that the things that are not seen are ETERNAL, but things we see are temporal?

God help us to live by FAITH, to live by CHRIST JESUS our SAVIOR.