"Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope... (v1)" Do you get it? Jesus is our HOPE!
Bro. McLaughlin preached once that some people play the lottery and that is their hope, others look for hope in a bottle of pills or alcohol, and others in other forms of abusive behavior. However the only hope we have for our lives is in Jesus Christ. How important is it for us to show and to share our Jesus/Hope with others!
Verse 13 points to many of us as we were not as we are but as we were,Then the verse says but I obtained mercy. It doesn't say deserved mercy or I should have mercy but we obtained mercy from our only hope.
Darryl McGee
