What a Name - Living Hope

I love the name of my church – Living Hope. It comes from 1 Peter 1:3 "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,"

The founders did a great job in naming the church. This designation speaks of a powerful and personal reality that exists for all who believe in Jesus. When we simply believe God by grace through faith in Christ alone, we are given a hope that endures. The nature of the hope does not change, but our experience of it does and it grows in us and through us. Our God is a living God and the hope he gives us is a Living Hope.

MacArthur has some thoughts on this as well that I read this morning.

When God saved you and transformed you, He gave you “an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away” (1 Pet. 1:4). As a result, Christians can live in the hope of that eternal inheritance.

Why is this hope important? Unbelievers do not trust Him, so they cannot hope in Him. But as a believer, you have seen that God has been faithful in your past and present and that gives you the hope that He will be faithful in the future. And that gives Him glory.
Simply put, God is glorified when you trust Him. He’s glorified when you believe Him. And He is glorified when you hope in His future promise. The God who has given you such a great salvation is worthy of your hope.