This is a sermon by Russ Atmore taken from 1 Corinthians 1:9. This message was preached at Bethel Community Church, Sarasota, FL on Sunday Morning, July 19, 2020.
Subscribe: RSS
Reformed Baptist Congregation Exaltation | Edification | Evangelism
Accordingly, in brief, hope is nothing else than the expectation of those things which faith has believed to have been truly promised by God. Thus, faith believes God to be true, hope awaits the time when his truth shall be manifested; faith believes that he is our Father, hope anticipates that he will ever show himself to be a Father toward us; faith believes that eternal life has been given to us, hope anticipates that it will sometime be revealed; faith is the foundation upon which hope rests, hope nourishes and sustains faith.
(Calvin, Inst. 3.2.42)
Calvin has a lovely definition of regeneration.
“It is the actualization in the believer of the life of Christ,” and, “anticipation in conditions of the time of the final resurrection.”