Anchor Of Hope Christian Reformed Church

In humility a person repents and believes and trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior. The Holy Spirit brings about this humility. If a person remains in unbelieving pride he thinks he can live however he wants and will not face judgement. The prideful live only for themselves and according to their flesh. Jesus sets us free from this deadly and destructive pride! Praise you Jesus!

As the Scriptures make clear, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places," [Ephesians 6:1] we have powerful enemy. The good news is that Jesus has defeated the devil on behalf of those who are saved by Jesus' work on the cross. Jesus has won the victory over sin, death and the devil! Let us live in this victory by God's grace in the power of the Spirit! Amen!

The salvation we have in Jesus Christ is greater than all the riches of this earth. It is stronger than any wind, wave or storm. It is more sure than any earthly guarantee. The salvation we have in Jesus Christ is truly our only hope, peace, strength and comfort because it is life, eternal life! Amen!

To have faith and trust and belief in God is to hunger and thirst for Him more than anything else. Jesus Christ alone saves! Jesus Christ alone gives hope, and peace, and love! Jesus Christ alone satisfies! He is our feast our joy our all! Amen!

This fallen world will be destroyed. Actually, all of these heavens and earth will be done away with and replaced with a New Heaven and New Earth. If you are placing you faith, hope, comfort, peace, security... in anything of creation then it will ultimately fail you as it passes away. Let us put our faith, hope, comfort, peace, and security in the Creator, in Jesus Christ the Savior, in the indwelling work of the Holy Spirit. Only in God is eternal life, let us live in Him!  

O Lord, help my hunger for you always be greater than my hunger for food,help my thirst for you always be greater than thirst for drink,help me in weakness to remember that you are our strength,help me to face plenty and hunger, abundance and need--all with thanksgiving, gratitude and faith in you! 

God is so good to His elect! He strips away their idols, He humbles them to repentance, He gives them the gift of faith in His son Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit! No matter how separated from God you are, if you have been chosen, atoned for, and loved, God will draw you near through the cross of Jesus Christ! Thank you Lord!

You can gain all the things of the world, yet if you forget God then you have nothing eternal, nothing that will last. If you remember God- trust, believe, and seek to give Him all the glory and obey Him then you have eternal life. Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of Lords and He will be exalted over every nation, person, and part of creation. Let us never forget who is God, who is King, who is savior, and who is the only way, truth, and life- Jesus Christ the Son of God.

God is so good! He displays his justice, mercy, and love. God brings about His vengeance, His glory, His love and truth. The attributes of God are on display on the cross of Jesus Christ! Let us praise God -- he so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son so that whoever would believe in Him would not perish but have eternal life.Amen!

Everyone who exalts themselves above God will be humbled by God. A person will either be humbled by being made alive by the Holy Spirit to repent and have faith in Jesus Christ as their true Lord and Saviorora person will be humbled by being cast down into eternal death and punishment. Let us humble ourselves in the sight of the Lord that He may lift us up by His grace and mercy! Amen!

God is holy! God is just! God is love! God is angry! God pours out his grace and mercy as refreshing rain on the elect! God pours out His wrath and fury on the condemned! The elect praise your name o Lord, for you have poured out the wrath and fury we deserved on your Son Jesus Christ so that we could receive your grace and mercy! Praise the Lord!

Every person needs a savior! Before we are saved we are under God's condemnation, wrath, anger, and punishment. If you have faith in and are alive in Jesus Christ you are saved from God (from his just wrath), you are saved by God (by his sacrifice) and you are saved for God (for his delight and praise). God is our Salvation in every way.Let us boast in the Lord our strength and salvation!

There was no other way for us to have salvation --than for Jesus to die the cursed death we deserved,than for Jesus to have our sin imputed to Him and His righteousness imputed to us,than for Jesus to receive the full wrath of God against sin on Himself so that we could be reconciled with God,than for Jesus to be raised from the sin in victory over sin, death and the Devil.There was no other way! Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life! No one gets to he Father except through Him! Believe in Jesus! Trust in Jesus! Have faith in Jesus! Cry out to Jesus! Repent to Jesus! He went the way of the cross. He is life. Amen!

There was no other way for us to have salvation --than for Jesus to die the cursed death we deserved,than for Jesus to have our sin imputed to Him and His righteousness imputed to us,than for Jesus to receive the full wrath of God against sin on Himself so that we could be reconciled with God,than for Jesus to be raised from the sin in victory over sin, death and the Devil.There was no other way! Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life! No one gets to he Father except through Him! Believe in Jesus! Trust in Jesus! Have faith in Jesus! Cry out to Jesus! Repent to Jesus! He went the way of the cross. He is life. Amen!

We long for the day when there will be no more sin, no more pain, no more sadness, no more sickness, no more death, and no more disobedience to God for all of God's people. We desire heaven and to be with all of God's people and God Himself face to face. Our passion is for the New Heaven and New Earth when Christ returns to be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. This can happen because of the atoning death of Jesus on the Cross, and this is why, when we proclaim the good news of reconciliation with God, that we know nothing but Jesus and Him Crucified! Jesus died so we could live! Amen!

In Isaiah, God is pronouncing His judgment and His grace for His people.  The tree that was Israel will be judged by being chopped down because of its prideful rebellion and self exaltation. Yet, from that very stump is promised the True Israel, the always faithful Son of God who will live in complete union with His righteousness and the Holy Spirit. We were all dead stumps in our sins and in need of a savior. Jesus is the savior, prophet, priest, king of kings and Lord of lords.Our only hope is His righteousness! Amen!

God is Sovereign! As Psalms 115:3 states "Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases." There is only room in the created order for one Sovereign God. We fall into the original deception when we think we can be like God or be God over our own lives and the lives of others. God is God and we are not. It is a gracious work of God to be humbled by Him into belief and trust in Him and Him alone. Let us humble ourselves before God and let Him exalt us in His time and ways in His Son Jesus Christ!

Four times in our passage it is stated "For all this his anger has not turned away and his hand is stretched out still." God is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. God is love. God is holy. God is just. When God's just wrath and anger is kindled against those who are not in Jesus Christ through faith alone, by God's grace alone -- they will be destroyed. This is why the cross of Jesus Christ is so important and our only hope. People will either experience God's just wrath and punishment for eternity or escape this wrath by believing in, thrusting in, having faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and the one who took the wrath they deserved on Himself. Thank you Jesus!

"Wonderful Counselor-" Jesus is the source of all wisdom, knowledge, truth, comfort and love."Mighty God"- Jesus is the eternal Begotten Son of God, God with us, fully human and fully God. "Everlasting Father"- Jesus will reign over, intercede for and protect believers."Prince of Peace"- Jesus in His death on the cross and resurrection makes peace between God and God's Elect by paying the full penalty of their sins."Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end"- Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords and in Him and in Him only is eternal life! Jesus is our everything!

For all of us who are saved in Jesus Christ, this is our reality:We were dead in our sins, yet thought we were living. We were in darkness, yet thought we could see clearly.We were lost, yet thought we were on the right track. Then Jesus Christ! Jesus saves us from our sins and the darkness, death, and punishment they bring about. Let us walk in the Light because Jesus Christ is the light, His word is the light and Jesus says to us who believe that we are the light of the world. What grace! Amen!