Christ All in All: Christ is Our Hope

I'm reading a series of sermons by Philip Henry (Matthew Henry the Bible Commentator's father), and thought I would share some quotes as I go along. Using the book "Christ All in All" as a devotional, I'm reading just one sermon a day, but each one is full of rich doctrine!

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The saints of God are people of great hopes...They trade not, as the men of the world do, for pebbles but for rich pearls; for a kingdom, an eternal kingdom.

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What in Jesus Christ do we make the grounds of our hope touching all these things? There is nothing of all these blessings and benefits but what he has expressly told us in His holy Word will be certainly conferred on us, if we will believe in Him and be ruled by Him. But may we trust Him? Is He faithful? Will He not deceive us? I answer: There is no danger. Had you as many souls as you had hairs on your head, you might venture them all on His bare word. But for our more abundant consolation we have His oath, His bond with two seals.

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He is Jesus, a savior, one raised up on purpose to bring people to heaven. The very name encourages hope.

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He is Lord; Jehovah, blessed forever; King of kings and Lord of lords; almighty in power; able to save. Other hopes are weak and unable. 

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Try your hopes and be sure they be right, else expect disappointment. How were they wrought? If born with you, and you never did otherwise than hope, suspect that hope. The foundation of good hope is laid in a kind of despair—no hope in the way I am in, therefore I must have a better foundation.