‘Christian’, Do you give Hope to the World at All?

Hebrews 6:18-20 “ 18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge, to take hold of the hope being set before us, 19 which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and unshakable and entering into that within the veil, 20 where Jesus, the forerunner for us, has entered, having become a high priest to the age, according to the order of Melchizedek.” - Berean Literal Bible ‘Christian’, what contribution do you make in terms of giving hope to a world that is thrown in a whirlpool of despair, where pandemics, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and viruses are on the order of the day? The world has NO hope. Why? Because the world relies on itself. ‘Christian’, are you one of those who has an urgent comment like “repent! Jesus is coming!” when watching a video with natural disasters on the internet? Why the urgency of those comments, you think? Simple to answer. People are urged by ‘Christians’ to repent and accept Jesus, because if they don’t they will end up in an ‘everlasting hell’. Is that lie giving hope? No, that is putting even MORE stress on these people… the stress of FEAR ! Especially when these disasters are happening in countries where the main religion is not Christianity, albeit TRUE Christianity of course. When does hope have its highest form, you think? When it has eternal value without condition … i.e. unconditional everlasting life ! Hope coupled with a conditional threat, is NO hope at all… only a false hope of short duration. People need ETERNAL lasting hope, their inadequacies and weaknesses despite! This hope one can ONLY find in the unconditional eternal hope the True Jesus Christ of the Bible gives. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 “Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope .” - New International Version ‘Whom did Paul address here? His Thessalonian followers, who were believing in the true Christ, having saved ALL mankind already through His death on the cross. The Jesus whom the Samaritans have proclaimed to be the Saviour of the world . John 4:42 “They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world . ”” - Berean Study Bible Jesus, Saviour of the world… when? The very moment He died on the cross! Hebrews 10:29 “How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctifi ed them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?” - New International Version (Past tense) Pastor, ‘Christian’, stop trying to ‘save’ the world! The world is already saved. First of all, start by yourself… earnestly praying to the Holy Spirit to open your own eyes to the Truth of everlasting life for ALL , a done deal Truth already. And once you find this Truth, then you can effortlessly share it with the world, yourself being cloaked in a radiance of the love of Christ who did it all already. This then comes automatically… when one is overjoyed, one wants to share it with the world… for free. Matthew 11:30 “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”” - New International Version This is the hope the world needs to have… in order to carry on with life amidst any adversity… having the focus fixed upon the eternal- and lovely end result for all. Then the world will know that death is no threat anymore, that their deceased loved ones will share in this same hope come true… the hope Jesus gave to the spirits in the grave upon His resurrection to life ( 1 Peter 3:19 ). Though judgement is- and will be a sore affair, its outcome will be bliss for ALL! Paul and his followers were judged on earth. 1 Corinthians 11:32 “Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.” - New International Version Please take note that the “condemned” in this verse means “to judge worthy of punishment”, not eternal damnation at all. Judgement is ALL about discipline and correction. #2632 katakrithōmen κατακριθῶμεν Those who did not believe before they died WILL be disciplined by God to purity, by them washing their robes in the Blood of Christ unto white ( Revelation 7:14 ). To conclude, all that is asked from true Christians is to share the message of hope to the uninformed, give them love and help them in their needs… WITHOUT trying to save them. They will from themselves start searching for this Truth and God will help them there… for those who seek will find ( Matthew 7:7 ). May you yourself start searching and may God let you find.