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September 9, 2015

Title: Greek Lesson
Topic: Life Group Greek Lesson 2 Part 1

Discussed by Mark Lanier
with Biblical Literacy (www.Biblical-Literacy.com)

Day 2

Hope in the New Testament - elpis (??p??)

Mark continues to tell the story of a young slave girl in Acts 16 who was a fortune teller and made her masters a lot of money. They “hoped” she would keep giving them good fortune for the rest of their days. He then moves on the Acts 27:20 where Paul is sailing to Rome and there is a massive storm. Paul and the others aboard the ship were scared and helpless. They were tossing things overboard to lessen the load. They were tired and hungry – the storm had been raging for weeks! There didn’t seem to be any “hope”. But then….listen in as Mark tells the rest of the story and how God restored their hope.

Others passages referenced: 1 Corinthians 13; Galatians 5:5-6; 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3, 1 Thessalonians 5:8; Romans 5:1-5; Colossians 1:3-5. The basic lesson in each of these passages is “faith works through love to give us hope”.

Mark is leading his 800+ member class into a deeper understanding of God’s Word through lessons in the beautiful Greek language. Join him next Sunday at Champion Forest Baptist Church in NW Houston.

For more information about Mark’s Class, click [here].

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September 8, 2015

Title: Hope
Topic: Life Group Greek Lesson 2 Part 1

Discussed by Mark Lanier
with Biblical Literacy (www.Biblical-Literacy.com)

Day 1

Hope in the New Testament - elpis (ἐλπίς)

Did you ever buy a lottery ticket? Did you “hope” you would win? I knew a good Christian man once who did not dare believe he would see heaven. He was aware of his own sin and shortcomings, and said the best he could do was “hope.” In a sense, he had his spiritual fingers crossed. One time I pressed him on this and he pointed to the multiple passages that spoke of our “hope” for eternal life. To be “confident” of such a thing, to this dear believer, seemed presumptuous and out of line.

The Greek elpis (ἐλπίς) denotes “hope,” but not in the sense of a lottery ticket. It is not a dart thrown against a dartboard with “hopes” of a bull’s eye. The Greek word conveys a “confident expectation.”  It is not “finger’s crossed;” it is “I am confident it will be there, it just isn’t there yet!”

In Acts 16, we read the account of Paul in Philippi. In Philippi, there was a slave girl possessed by a spirit of divination. By this spirit, the slave was a moneymaking machine for her owners. She was their meal ticket. As the story unfolds, the slave girl begins pestering Paul and his fellow missionaries. Paul was fed up with the girl’s pestering, and he cast the demon out of her.

The money train was derailed, and the owners were livid!

But what does ‘hope mean? Listen in:

Mark is leading his 800+ member class into a deeper understanding of God’s Word. Join him next Sunday at em>Champion Forest Baptist Church in NW Houston.

For more information about Mark’s Class, click [here].

For this lesson's handouts, PowerPoint slides, unedited audio, or video click [here].

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