NIV, Believe: The Hope of Easter
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Celebrate Easter with this inexpensive ebook designed to focus on the hope of eternity. With three chapters from Believe—a thirty-week topical experience with the NIV Bible—this Eastertime ebook explores the three topics of hope, eternity, and sharing your faith.
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Believe: The Hope of Easter
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1. Eternity
Chapter 2. Single-Mindedness
Chapter 3. Hope
Chart of References
Foreword
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, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.
1 Peter 1:3 – 4
Maybe you’re in a season of life where you’ve lost hope. A wise sage once told me, You cannot cope without hope.
It is impossible to deal with life’s difficulties if there is no hope of a new and better day to come.
I have some good news. Easter is all about the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus rose from the dead to give us hope. This little book is aimed at helping you grab hold of it. It is a collection of Scripture stories from Genesis to Revelation built around three key themes of the Christian life — Beliefs, Practices and Virtues. All three hold the secret to God’s offer of hope.
BELIEF — ETERNITY
To experience a brand of hope that never perishes, spoils or fades, you must come to understand and believe the unwavering promises God has made to us about the future. They are simply amazing.
PRACTICE — SINGLE-MINDEDNESS
For a belief to have a full impact on us, we can’t just believe it in our heads; we must also believe it in our hearts. This spiritual practice will help the belief above take the 12-inch journey from the head to the heart.
VIRTUE — HOPE
As God’s promises take root in your heart, hope will grow in you from the inside out.
Bask in the gift of God’s Word this Easter and before long you will be declaring with confidence, I can cope with the hope I have in Jesus Christ!
— Randy Frazee
General Editor
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1
Eternity
KEY IDEA
I believe there is a heaven and a hell and that Jesus will return to judge all people and to establish his eternal kingdom.
KEY VERSE
Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
John 14:1 – 2
While the Old Testament writers don’t address the afterlife in as much detail as the New Testament writers, the Old Testament does contain the magnificent description of the prophet Elijah being taken up to heaven without dying. Elijah is one of only three people taken to heaven in bodily form, the other two being Enoch (you can read about him in Genesis 5:21 – 24) and, of course, Jesus.
THE ENDING OF A LIFE
When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here; the LORD has sent me to Bethel.
But Elisha said, As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.
So they went down to Bethel.
The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?
Yes, I know,
Elisha replied, so be quiet.
Then Elijah said to him, Stay here, Elisha; the LORD has sent me to Jericho.
And he replied, As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.
So they went to