The hope of the Christian is an eternal hope that is given by God, preserved by God, and obtained through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Jesus is our Everlasting Father. He not only provides the only way to God, but He shows us who God is. Forever, Jesus is our provider and our protector. Sin separated us from our Heavenly Father, but through Christ, we can be adopted as God’s children.

Jesus is our mighty God. His heroic power over all our enemies is at work in His people’s lives, using His power to save us, to keep us faithful, and to offer us life as He meant it to be lived.

There was a time when we didn’t belong to God or to His Family. In Christ, the hosilities cease (or, are supposed to). We find our peace and sense of belonging and identity in Him.

Jesus is our Wonderful Counselor. He is the living Word, the infallible source of guidance, the inexhaustible widsom, the Truth, and the Way. His salvation is given to those who rest on Him.

Peter fails spectacularly after Satan is allowed to test him. Jesus assures him (and us) that in times of testing we are being prayed for by the Son of God and that after repentance and restoration, we are to help our brothers and sisters.

Christ redefines what it means to lead and be great. Greatness in God’s Kingdom is defined by our willingness to serve others, not by our desire for power or recognition.

In celebration of the Passover with His disciples, Jesus gives a new ceremony for His disciples to do until He returns. This remembrance is about the ultimate and never to be repeated sacrifice He was about to make for our reconciliation to God.

We can be named among the close firends of Jesus and still be struggling with a secret sin, be deeply influenced by Satan, and love self more than we love Jesus. All of those things led to Judas’ great betrayal of Jesus. Judas’ story didn’t have to end the way it did. How will your story end?

In light of Christ’s return, believers are instructed to look for the signs of His coming and to live in light of His return.