{"id":4,"date":"2010-03-17T15:44:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T02:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2020-08-14T16:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T04:00:37","slug":"hope","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"G.O.S.P.E.L.\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/20960385?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/20960385\">G.O.S.P.E.L.<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/humblebeast\">Humble Beast Records<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The <strong>good news<\/strong> is that<\/p>\n<p>the <a title=\"Deuteronomy 4:35\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/reader.php?startverse=Deut.4.35\">one and only God<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/results.php?s=God%20is%20holy\">is holy<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Genesis 1:27\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=genesis+1:27\">made us in his image<\/a> <a title=\"Isaiah 55:6\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/reader.php?startverse=Isa.55.6\">to know him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But <a title=\"Romans 3:23\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+3:23\">we sinned<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abible.com\/devotions\/2005\/20050502-1812.html\">cut ourselves off from him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In <a title=\"1 John 4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/kjv\/1Jo\/1Jo004.html\">his great love<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"John 1:1-14\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/bible?passage=John+1:1-14\">God became a man in Jesus<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.answers.com\/Q\/What_Bible_verse_says_Jesus_was_sinless\">lived a perfect life<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostseed.com\/extras\/free-graphics\/images\/jesus-pictures\/jesus-crucified.jpg\">died on the cross<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>thus <a title=\"Matthew 5:17\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carm.org\/kjv\/Matt\/matt_5.htm#17\">fulfilling the law himself<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and <a title=\"Matthew 20:28\" href=\"http:\/\/scripturetext.com\/matthew\/20-28.htm\">taking on himself the punishment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>for the sins of all those who would ever turn and trust in him.<\/p>\n<p>He <a title=\"Luke 24:5-7\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke%2024:5-7;&amp;version=47;\">rose again from the dead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>showing that <a title=\"1 Peter 1:18-21\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Peter%201:18-21;&amp;version=47;\">God accepted Christ&#8217;s sacrifice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and that God&#8217;s wrath against us had been exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>He now calls us to <a title=\"Acts 3:19\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=acts%203:19;&amp;version=47;\">repent of our sins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and to trust in Christ alone for our forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>If we repent of our sins and trust in Christ, we are<\/p>\n<p>born again<\/p>\n<p>into a new life,<\/p>\n<p>an <a title=\"John 3:16\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_3:16\">eternal life<\/a> with God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8211; from &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gospel-Personal-Evangelism-Mark-Dever\/dp\/1581348460\">The Gospel &amp; Personal Evangelism<\/a>&#8220;, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitolhillbaptist.org\/we-are\/led\/senior-pastor\/\">Mark Dever<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>this. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>is. hope.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Behold our God - World Edition (Lyric Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bA96oPEJis4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G.O.S.P.E.L. from Humble Beast Records on Vimeo. &#8220;The good news is that the one and only God, who is holy, made us in his image to know him. But we sinned and cut ourselves off from him. In his great love God became a man in Jesus, lived a perfect life, and died on the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/hope\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hope&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5,"href":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}