Playlist: Faith, Hope, and Love (topic)
Hope Is the Strategy
Sermonette byHope is the ability to expect positive outcomes despite current circumstances. Faith, hope, and love are the three elements of the fuel for our spiritual journey.
Perseverance and Hope
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughWe are reminded that faith, hope, and love are essential qualities that abide with us continuously, needed every day throughout our lives. These three elements are the building blocks of a successful and abundant life, inextricably tied to our relationship with God. They are the forces that drive us to function as He intends, …
Passover and Hope
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughAmidst the despair and challenges that pervade our personal lives, the church, and the world, there shines a blinding ray of hope. Passover, despite the darker matters we often notice, is a time of profound hope, intertwined hand in glove with this season. The heart of this hope is faith in God, a confident and enduring …
Hope in a Turbulent World
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Faith, hope, and love are the three qualities that best support believers in all circumstances. These virtues give strength to function, grow, and endure as God intends. Only faith, hope, and love that comes from God enables fulfillment of responsibilities and transformation into the image of Jesus Christ. Faith is the …
We Are Saved in This Hope
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsFaith, hope, and love are three great virtues listed in I Corinthians 13:13. Faith, joy, perseverance, and love are four spiritual qualities that harmonize with hope. Faith, hope, and love require both thought and action. Faith without works is dead; love is the keeping of the commandments; and hope requires rejoicing and …
Trumpets Is a Day of Hope
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughFaith, hope, and love form the three abiding virtues of Christian life, with love identified as the greatest. Hope functions as a positive, future-oriented quality directed toward what one expects but does not yet possess. It possesses an internal dimension as a motivating emotional quality that anticipates success or good, and …
Hope to the End
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughFaith, hope, and love form the three essential qualities that Christians must possess, with love identified as the greatest. These qualities function as gifts from God resulting from His election, and they operate together in harmony. Faith serves as the foundation that supports hope, providing the substance of things hoped for …
Hope to the End (Part Three)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Faith, hope, and love form the three virtues that must be emphasized together at all times in the relationship with God and with one another. These qualities stand and fall together, cannot be truly separated, and must be developed and strengthened as though they were almost one because their use is never perfected in this life. …
Faith (Part Five)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughFaith serves as the foundational element upon which hope and love are built in the life of a believer. It begins with trust in the unseen God who rewards those who diligently seek Him, enabling perseverance in prayer and endurance amid pervasive iniquity at the end of the age. This trust undergirds every aspect of spiritual …
How Satan Destroys Faith
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughFaith is the foundation of hope and love, the three supreme spiritual virtues that abide. Without faith, hope remains only an ephemeral longing, but faith supplies vision and solid assurance that the hope can be accomplished. Though love stands as the greatest virtue, faith provides its reason and purpose. Faith stands under …
Loving Christ and Revelation 2:1-7
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThere is a direct relationship between loving Christ and doing the right works. God's love for us places us under a compelling obligation to reciprocate.
Love's Basic Definition
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughLove is not a feeling, but an action—defined as keeping God's commandments, the only means by which we can possibly know Him, leading to eternal life.
Elements of Motivation (Part Three)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughIn the familiar triumvirate (faith, hope, and love), faith serves as the foundation, love serves as the goal, and hope serves as the great motivator.
The Resurrection From the Dead
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughOur lives revolve around the hope of a resurrection from the dead. Hope, deriving from Christ's resurrection, gives faith and love impetus and energy.
Joy in Our Time
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Attainment of calm joy does not come from anything earthly, but it comes from God, and is dependent upon inculcating godly love.
Hebrews (Part Seven)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughWith godly hope, we need to envision the successful accomplishment of God's purpose for us, realizing that God has bound that promise with an oath.
No Failsafe Needed
Sermon by Mark SchindlerThe free-will God has allowed mankind has led to some tragic consequences or disruptions, but none of these are outside of His control.
Deuteronomy (Part 2) (1994)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughDeuteronomy, which is to be reviewed every seven years, provides us with vision and instruction for living in our spiritual Promised Land.
Seeks Not Its Own
Sermon by Bill OnisickThough as a Pharisee, the apostle Paul had abundant knowledge of God's law and obedience, he was a spiritual babe because he lacked agape love.
Elements of Judgment (Part One)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The last days of the Worldwide Church of God demonstrated a dearth of righteous judgment. God expects us to judge wisely within the parameters of His Law.
Prophecy Fails
Sermonette by Richard T. RitenbaughDespite its prominence in scripture, prophecy is not as important as doctrine and Christian living (especially overcoming).
The Fear of God (Part Two)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughEven before we acquire the necessary building blocks of faith, hope, and love, we must acquire the fear of God, which unlocks the treasures of God.
The Fear of God (Part One)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughWe must have established some relationship with God before we can rightly fear Him. A holy fear is the key to unlocking the treasuries of salvation and wisdom.