The Living Hope

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 22, 1910

But the genuine hope of the coming of Christ is based upon the promise of the Lord Jesus and the sure word of fulfilling prophecy. The generation has come, we know, that is to see Christ coming in the clouds with power and glory. This hope transforms the life. When we let it weaken, we begin to grow careless, and to live for the world. When we repent and turn to God with all the heart, the hope glows brightly, and we become careful, and plan and live only for that great event. Hold to this living hope; for it means eternal life. “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”