Message by Todd Crosthwaite, Lead Pastor

Nicene Creed

a rope that leads us home

THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME

What is Christian hope?

1) bodily resurrection

Philippians 3:20

1 Corinthians 15:20, 23

NT Wright: “Life after life after death”

1 Cor 15:35-36

1 Cor 15:42-44

Resurrection is not an escape from the body; it's the redemption and glorification of the body.

2) new creation

Revelation 21:1-5

New creation is this world completed, perfected, transformed.

What does this tell us about God?

1) God keeps His promises.

2) God’s promises are always more than we expect.

- maybe our view of hope is too small

What does this mean for us?

It helps us long for the renewal of all things.

sehnsucht:

mingling of nostalgia and longing;

homesickness for a place one has never been

Ephesians 5:8

Living now as it will be then.

Loving like Jesus loves.