New Hope Church

No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them— the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough— so that they should live on forever and not see decay…. But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself. —Psalm 48:7-9, 15 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.  For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil. —Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 For you know the…

When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong. —Ecclesiastes 8:11 For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end. —Psalm 48:14              We live in a world where people get away with murder.  Sentences for crimes that are sensible are not carried out or years are spent in courts debating what the sentence should be.  Meanwhile, because “the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.”  People see how the courts systems are failing and so they too…

Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter. —Ecclesiastes 4:1 Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.  This too is meaningless. —Ecclesiastes 5:10 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty. —Proverbs 22:16              Many of the wealthy seek to use their wealth to influence people for their own selfish ends.  In the Book of James, we read—…

Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. —Ecclesiastes 1:4 No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them. —Ecclesiastes 1:11 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten.  Like the fool, the wise too must die! —Ecclesiastes 2:16 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die… —Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart;…

The Lord said to Job: “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?  Let him who accuses God answer him!”  Then Job answered the Lord: “I am unworthy—how can I reply to you?  I put my hand over my mouth.  I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.” —Job 40:1-5 Then Job replied to the Lord: “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.  You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’  Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.  “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will…

He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’  So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor. —Job 37:6-7 He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love. —Job 37:12 Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash? —Job 37:15              Do you think you are really in control?  You may think you are, but you are not.  Again, “people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).  You do not know the day or…

It is unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would pervert justice.  Who appointed him over the earth?  Who put him in charge of the whole world?  If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit and breath, all humanity would perish together and mankind would return to the dust. —Job 34:12-15 There is no deep shadow, no utter darkness, where evildoers can hide. —Job 34:22 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.  Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. —II Corinthians 4:1-2 And even if our…

Where then does wisdom come from?  Where does understanding dwell? —Job 28:20 And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” —Job 28:28              The wisdom of God is far different than the wisdom of man!  Do you have worldly wisdom or Godly wisdom? “Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to…

Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. —II Corinthians 1:21-22 `Wow… brothers and sisters, fellow followers/disciples of Jesus, listen to this— “it is God who” — These truths are echoed in Ephesians 1:13-14 “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those…

Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!  We have no desire to know your ways.  Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?  What would we gain by praying to him?’ —Job 21:14-15 Humility is the fear of the Lord… —Proverbs 22:4              There are those who just don’t want anything to do with our Lord.  They want to be left alone.  They do not want to serve Him.  They do not want to talk with Him.  They are like Pharaoh when he said to Moses and Aaron, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and…