“OUR HOPE!”

1 Timothy 1:1                                    (ESV)

“Paul, an apostle of CHRIST JESUS by command of GOD our SAVIOR and of CHRIST JESUS “OUR HOPE”,”

The Apostle Paul was known for being bold in his writings, even when he wrote in this same letter in 1 Timothy 1:15 “The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that CHRIST JESUS came into the world to save sinners, of WHOM I AM THE FOREMOST!”  Paul KNEW who he was, but he also KNEW WHO CHRIST JESUS was and what HE did for the entirety of mankind, from the uttermost to the guttermost!

How then can we expect to live in victory when we are sinners who have no hope?  Thanks be to the “command of GOD our SAVIOR and of CHRIST JESUS “OUR HOPE”!”  We have to have our EYES OPENED to SEE that SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT (https://www.moodybible.org/beliefs/positional-statements/substitutionary-atonement/) is ONLY available through FAITH in CHRIST JESUS, and no other way!  

“OUR HOPE” is ONLY available through CHRIST JESUS!  There is nothing we can add to, nor take away, from HIS offering for our sins!  Earning salvation apart from JESUS is not possible.  HE is “OUR HOPE”!!!