Our Hope in Jesus, Part 2 — Christ in You, the Hope of Glory

Hope in Jesus is not wishful thinking; it is a confident expectation built on the certainty of God’s Word. In this second message on our hope in Jesus, Pastor Paul teaches that Christ in you, the hope of glory, is meant to produce something in your life that other people can see. He walks through Romans 5, where tribulation produces perseverance, character and hope, and then through the story of Jairus and the woman who touched the hem of Jesus’ garment.

The message picks up where the previous week’s teaching left off and moves from simply having hope to letting that hope bear fruit. Below you will find the full video, a structured summary, every Scripture linked to the New King James Version on Bible Gateway, a timestamped outline and practical steps.

Sermon at a Glance

This message was preached at the New Testament Church, NTC Ministries, in early 2026 and posted on February 3, 2026, as a Word of the Day teaching. It runs about 51 minutes and closes with a prayer that clears out doubt, unbelief and anxiety so that hope can rise. Pastor Paul briefly reviews the previous week’s message before moving into new material.

His recurring picture is a runner training for a marathon. Nobody starts with 26 miles. You start with one, push through the pain, and one day you notice that what used to hurt no longer does. That, he says, is how hope grows through tribulation.

Why Hope in Jesus Never Disappoints

Pastor Paul opens with what hope in Jesus gives a believer every day. Instead of waking up wondering how to get through, we can wake with expectation. We are overcomers, because He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4). God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think, and He makes a way where there seems to be no way.

People can put their hope in government, a job or circumstances, he says, and spend a lifetime hoping without ever receiving. But hope in Jesus never disappoints. That is why we seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things are added to us (Matthew 6:33). God is a heavenly Father who has given gift upon gift. Because of Jesus, every day is like Christmas.

Those gifts come through salvation, which he connects to the Greek word sozo: healing, provision and the gift of the Holy Spirit alive and active within us. All the promises of God in Him are yes, and in Him amen (2 Corinthians 1:20). It is good to be optimistic rather than negative, he says, because doubt and unbelief are tactics of Satan.

He pushes back on two sayings the world likes. One is, “Don’t get your hopes up.” The other, which he has heard from Christians, is, “They’ll never change.” His answer is simple: God changed you, so He can change your children, your parents and your grandparents. With God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). The world has no such hope, but sons and daughters of the living God do.

Christ in You, the Hope of Glory

Hope is not only for getting things, Pastor Paul says. The Word of God is not a collection of catchy quotes to get us through the week. It is living and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). When we study, keep our devotions and declare the Word, it produces in us. And God wants it to produce so that we can share, because we are His hands and feet, the body of Christ.

When people see us, he says, they should see Christ in us, the hope of glory, reaching out to those who do not have that hope. He tells a story from when he was 14 or 15. After school he would run to the park to ice skate until dinner, then skate again from six to nine. Once an older boy came up and asked him, out of the blue, “Are you high on life?”

Pastor Paul says God spoke to him in that moment: “That’s Christ in you, Paul. That’s the hope of glory.” He did not swear like the other kids or join in what they did. He is clear that he was not a perfect child. But because he had been applying the Word to his life, even without realizing it, it was producing on the inside of him.

He grew up in the church, and he wants people with a similar story to know it is a great testimony. You do not need a dramatic backslide to have a testimony; decades of walking with Christ and growing is amazing. And he stresses that the work is God’s. Every time he gets up to preach, he humbles himself and asks for God’s presence, because in His presence is fullness of joy (Psalm 16:11).

The hills melt like wax at the presence of the Lord (Psalm 97:5), he says, and those hills are often the mountains we face. When we wonder how we will get through, we need to remember the hope we have. By my God I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall (Psalm 18:29). So do not be surprised when the impossible happens.

Confident Expectation, Not Crossed Fingers

Pastor Paul gives the Greek word for hope as elpis. It does not mean an optimistic outlook or wishful thinking without any foundation, he explains, but a confident expectation based on solid certainty. The world hopes the way people cross their fingers, or tries strange rituals to win money or get healthy. You can cross your fingers until they turn blue, he says, and it will not do anything.

Biblical hope rests on God’s promises, especially those pertaining to Christ’s return. We were created in God’s image, and the God who spoke the sun, moon and stars into being breathed His breath into us. If He is creative and we are made in His likeness, our words carry weight too. Death and life are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21), so he chooses to speak the Word over his life.

The difference between worldly hope and hope in Jesus, as he describes it, looks like this:

Right now, he says, we see glimpses of glory: signs, wonders and miracles, an unexpected promotion, a relationship reconciled. Do not overlook them. At night, instead of replaying the day’s tasks, he thanks God for what He did, even if it did not seem like much, and sets his mind on things above (Colossians 3:2). Then his sleep is sweet, because he knows what God has in store tomorrow.

Hebrews 11:1 says faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith and hope work together, he teaches. God wants us to hope in Him and in a better future, and by faith we take the steps He asks without hesitation, even before we see results.

Tribulation Produces Perseverance

The central text is Romans 5:1–5. Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. “And not only that,” Pastor Paul says, laughing that it sounds like an infomercial: but wait, there’s more. If salvation were only about heaven, why would God leave us here after we receive Jesus?

Verse three says we also glory in tribulations, and he admits this is where some people check out. Many call on Jesus only to get through a disease, a financial struggle or a family problem. He will help, Pastor Paul says, but He produces through us. Jesus said that in the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer (John 16:33).

Here the marathon picture comes in. A runner does not start with 26 miles. He runs one mile, maybe walking half of it, with a split side and aching muscles. After a week he runs the whole mile, then two, then five. Eventually the shin splints and sore calves of the first miles are gone. If you want to run 26 miles, he jokes, train to about 30.

Tribulation produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character produces hope. Press through the situation that seems like a mountain, and a few years later you notice it no longer bothers you. Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble (Psalm 119:165). Character, he says, is who we become, even when we cannot see it.

He does not tell believers to avoid friends who do not know Jesus. He has such friends and prays for them. He does not need to bring a Bible to every meeting. He can simply be the Paul God created him to be, and people notice. Verse five is the promise: hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.

Feelings still come, he admits. David asked why his soul was cast down and told himself to hope in God (Psalm 42:11). In Lamentations 3, reading from the Passion Translation, the writer remembers wandering in misery yet finds a ray of hope: the Lord’s mercies never end and are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22–24). Yahweh, the writer says, is his abundant portion. Like a plate at a buffet, God is a portion that never runs out, and He knows what we need before we ask.

Jairus and the Woman Who Pressed In

Pastor Paul then turns to Luke 8:40–56. A multitude welcomed Jesus, and Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, fell at His feet and begged Him to come, because his twelve-year-old daughter was dying. Jairus, he says, was a man of the law who did everything religiously, and it was not working. He had heard that what Jesus was doing was different.

Jesus went with him, but the multitudes thronged Him. Then a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians, came from behind and touched the border of His garment, and immediately the bleeding stopped. She had tried everything the world offered and was out of money and options, but she heard about the hope in a man named Jesus and pressed through.

Jesus stopped and asked, “Who touched Me?” Pastor Paul asks us to put ourselves in Jairus’ place, his daughter dying while Jesus waits. As a father, he says, he is not sure he would have stayed quiet. The woman came trembling and declared before everyone why she touched Him and how she was healed. We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony (Revelation 12:11), and her testimony may have built Jairus’ faith.

Then the news came: “Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher.” Jesus answered, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.” At the house He told the mourners she was only sleeping, and they ridiculed Him. He put them all outside, took her by the hand and said, “Little girl, arise,” and she got up immediately.

Not even death can hold down the hope we have in Jesus Christ, Pastor Paul says. And sometimes we must do what Jesus did and put doubt and unbelief outside. He models it: anxiety does not belong in my house. I have the mind of Christ, and I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13).

Trees That Produce in Due Season

God gives us hope, Pastor Paul says, because He has a purpose for our lives. We are not here by chance. Psalm 1:1–3 describes the blessed man who delights in the law of the Lord: he is like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth fruit in its season, whose leaf does not wither, and whatever he does prospers. God wants us to prosper even through difficult relationships, trouble at work or what is going on in the world.

Goofy thoughts like “why would God want little old me to prosper?” are the ones to grab and put outside, he says. Even if you have to wait like Jairus, or you are in a desperate place like the woman who lost everything, God loves us too much for doubt and unbelief to stay.

In Colossians 1:24–28, Paul the apostle speaks of the mystery hidden from ages and generations but now revealed to the saints: Christ in you, the hope of glory. We may not be perfect, Pastor Paul says, but we have the perfect One inside us who leads, guides and strengthens us, and gives us hope when we cannot see it.

Galatians 6:7–10 says whatever a man sows he will also reap, and let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. That, he says, is hope. The promises God spoke to you years ago are still alive. He has not exhausted Himself; He is just getting started in you.

Putting Your Hope in Jesus This Week

Pastor Paul calls himself a Christian in training, like the marathon runner, and invites the church to keep training too. He mentions Wednesday night prayer, a women’s Bible study and a men’s study, saying that you have to start somewhere. Here are practical steps from the message:

• Replace the world’s sayings. When you hear “don’t get your hopes up” or “they’ll never change,” answer with what God has already done in you.
• Thank God before you sleep. Name what He did today, even if it seemed small, and set your mind on things above.
• Train through the hard miles. Treat the current tribulation as the first mile of a marathon, and keep going until it no longer hurts.
• Put doubt outside. Like Jesus with the mourners, speak to anxiety and unbelief and tell them they do not belong in your house.
• Tell your testimony. Like the woman who was healed, share what God has done, because it builds someone else’s faith.
• Join a place to grow. Start with a prayer meeting or Bible study, because a tree produces where it is planted.

He closes by praying that God would clear out doubt, negativity, anxiety and fear, and that hope would rise so people can see Christ in us.

Timestamped Outline

• 0:00 Our hope in Jesus never disappoints
• 0:45 Seek first the kingdom: Matthew 6:33
• 2:37 “Don’t get your hopes up” and “they’ll never change”
• 3:43 The Word is alive and active
• 4:44 We are His hands and feet
• 6:01 Growing up in the church
• 7:29 “Are you high on life?”
• 9:57 Elpis: confident expectation
• 10:53 Death and life in the power of the tongue
• 12:54 Glimpses of glory and sweet sleep
• 13:49 Faith and hope: Hebrews 11:1
• 15:55 Romans 5:1-5: but wait, there’s more
• 17:59 Training for a marathon
• 21:49 Great peace and character
• 23:39 Lamentations 3: my abundant portion
• 26:39 Jairus comes to Jesus: Luke 8
• 29:38 The woman with the flow of blood
• 32:58 “Who touched Me?”
• 36:12 “Your daughter is dead”
• 38:10 Put doubt and unbelief outside
• 40:10 A tree planted by the rivers: Psalm 1
• 42:07 Christ in you, the hope of glory: Colossians 1
• 44:33 Do not grow weary: Galatians 6
• 49:45 Closing prayer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it wrong to have friends who do not know Jesus?

Pastor Paul says it is okay to have friends who do not know Jesus. He has some and prays for them to come to know Him. He does not need to carry a Bible to every meeting or turn every conversation into a sermon. By pressing into God and simply being who God created him to be, he trusts that they will see Christ in him and be drawn to that hope.

Do I need a dramatic story to have a testimony?

No. Pastor Paul grew up in the church and says some people feel they have no testimony because they never went through great hardship or backslid. He calls a lifetime of walking with Christ and continuing to grow a great testimony. The skating story shows that the Word was producing in him as a teenager, even when he did not realize it.

What if I feel hopeless even though I believe?

Pastor Paul acknowledges that believers still have feelings. David asked why his soul was downcast and told himself to hope in God, and the writer of Lamentations remembered drinking the poison of bitterness before recalling that God’s mercies are new every morning. He encourages you to keep pressing in, because your feelings are not always in tune with what God has in store.

Scripture References

All passages open in the New King James Version on Bible Gateway:

• Romans 5:1–5 — tribulation, perseverance, character and hope
• Luke 8:40–56 — Jairus and the woman who touched His garment
• Colossians 1:24–28 — Christ in you, the hope of glory
• Hebrews 11:1 — the substance of things hoped for
• Lamentations 3:22–24 — new mercies every morning
• Psalm 1:1–3 — a tree planted by the rivers of water
• Galatians 6:7–10 — do not grow weary in doing good
• Matthew 6:33 — seek first the kingdom of God

How this summary was made: written with AI assistance from the sermon’s own transcript and checked against the Scriptures listed above.

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