New Hope Church

THE WAY OF SALVATION IS FINISHED! CALL ON HIM! Later, knowing that everything had now been finished…—John 19:28 Jesus said, “It is finished.” —John 19:30             Our sin debt has been paid. There is no more sacrifice for sin. Jesus was the final, the perfect, the sinless Lamb of God who saves completely those who call upon Him (Hebrews 10:26; John 19:4, 6; Romans 10:13; Hebrews 7:25).             Do you think you are a good person? Most people would say yes. Look at God’s standard of perfection, the Ten Commandments. Have you kept them perfectly? 1-You shall have no other gods before me. 2-You shall not make for yourself an idol. …

REPENT OR FACE JUDGMENT! For great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book.” —II Chronicles 34:21 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring disaster upon this place and upon its inhabitants, all the curses that are written in the book that was read before the king of Judah. Because they have forsaken me and have made offerings to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore my wrath will be poured out on this…

OUR LORD GOD IS WITH US! With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles. —II Chronicles 32:8 In the verse above Hezekiah is being threatened to be destroyed by the Assyrian horde coming against and invading Judah. Here is what Hezekiah said— “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our…

DENY OR DECLARE Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You also are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?” Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed. —John 18:25-27 Then all the disciples deserted him and fled. —Matthew 26:56 Then everyone deserted him and fled. —Mark 16:50             After Jesus was arrested John and Peter followed Him.   John was known by the High Priest…

BEAUTIFUL FEET I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. —John 17:6 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I…

HAVE A PEACEFUL JOY AND NOT A COMPLAINING HEART Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin. —II Chronicles 25:4 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. —John 16:22 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. —John 16:33             I cannot blame my parents or children for my sin and neither can you. Each…

God’s Holy Spirit And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned. —John 16:8-11             The Holy Spirit of God was sent on Pentecost (Act chapter 2) for three purposes as stated by Jesus. 1- “in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me” 2- “in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no…

TRUE JUSTICE He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD. He is with you in giving judgment. Now then, let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the LORD our God, or partiality or taking bribes.” —II Chronicles 19:5-7             Those who are judges, or anyone in authority, need to understand where that authority comes from. They are not to have some self-centered, sinful and egotistical power trip. Nor are they to be…

HE KNOWS! For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. —II Chronicles 16:9 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. —John 14:23             Our Lord knows everything and everyone!   Wow… this is hard for us to understand in our finite minds. But His Word is clear— “Lord, you know all things” (John 21:17) and “Lord, you know everyone’s heart” (Acts 1:24). He knows you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsccUg4TDd8             He knows…

EVIL IS TO NOT SET OUR HEART TO SEEK THE LORD And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. —II Chronicles 12:14             We are told in the verse above that Rehoboam did evil. How is it that he did evil? It was because “he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.” When we do not set our hearts to seek the Lord we are doing evil. Here’s why— “You shall have no other gods before Me” (Exodus 20:3). If the Lord is not first in or hearts, first in our devotion, our first love or top priority in our lives……