The Faith Fundamental of Hope
I would like to talk to you about the forgotten fundamental of faith called hope. Many of those who many not have completely forgotten about hope may yet have a misunderstanding of it. As Brother Keith Moore has said, “Among many so-called word of faith people, hope has gotten a bad rap.” I very much agree with something else Brother Moore has said. An in depth study and better understanding of hope has done more to aid my walk of faith than any other one thing. The first thing you must realize about hope however is that there are two very different definitions of it. The modern vernacular that we deal with a lot is most definitely not the same as the Bible definition. When you hear someone say, “I sure hope I win the lottery,” what they really are saying and meaning is “I wish I would” or “I sure would like to” but they have no expectation that they really will win it when it comes right down to it. The definition of real, Bible hope is “an expectation, an anticipation or confid...