According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, (I Peter 1:3,4 ESV)
Jesus’ Life (Again) and Learning
I am very cynical about plumbing projects. I have a fair bit of plumbing knowledge and experience, but rarely does a project work out as I planned, expected, or anticipated. For me, there is no hope in plumbing.
Many are very cynical about politics. History and experience both seem to indicate that promises will be broken, plans will fail, and efforts will over or under achieve.
Some are even cynical about gravity. Not only have scientists failed to present a true complete theory of gravity, but it sure seems at times that gravity is inconsistent! Sometimes it is my friend, and sometimes it is not.
But Jesus’ Resurrection teaches us that hope is reasonable, hope is truth, and hope is going to be fulfilled. Not any hope… but the hope of new life, the hope of restoration, the hope of sin’s utter destruction.
And those are pretty big hopes!
We do not learn that hope from observing nature, taking part in human relationships, or heavy contemplation.
We learn that hope only from Jesus’ Resurrection!