Christ the Hope of the World

[464 words] What do the words “No Hope” bring to your mind? Perhaps it is when a loved one was sick, a soldier missing in action, or a number of other things. Suicide prevention centers often use the motto, “Where there is hope, there is life.” Humanity needs Hope but a Hope that lasts forever. God can only give this kind of Hope (Rom. 8:24). Ephesians 2 teaches us that without Christ there would be no Hope. Today, man’s biggest problem is still sin, and the only Hope is in Christ and the gospel (Rom.16:16). Let us consider the plight of man. Isaiah in Isaiah 59:1-2 pointed out that the plight of man was sin. Paul in Romans 1:20-28 also discussed the plight of man and connected it to a rejection of God that caused the world to be lost in sin. The sin of Adam and Eve caused sin…