“2in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began” – Titus 1:2 (ESV)
When you read the verse above, it is important to use the punctuation to add emphasis. You see, I have to admit that a lot of times I read through things and miss out due to not making note of the punctuation placement and impact on the words and phrases.
We can rearrange the words a bit and break out some other to see the meaning as I believe should be. “in hope of eternal life, which God promised before the ages began” oh and by the way, God “never lies”. When I look at them in this format, I get a much more impactful verse.
Now I want to look at the first 2 words: “in hope”. I believe that we often think of hope as wishful thinking. Although, when God is involved “hope” is a certainty (ESV Commentary) based on the following: “which God, who never lies, promised”. If there are “never” lies, then a promise is ironclad statement of fact, and if ironclad statement of fact, then the promise of eternal life is ironclad statement of fact and hope is therefore a certainty.
When God makes a promise, HE KEEPS IT!
What do you think of when thinking of eternal life? When you think about eternal life, are you thinking in terms of certainty? Are you able to have certainty in the promise of eternal life?
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