Hymn: The Hope of Day
The sermon 'The Hope of Day' explores the future state of glory and perfection that believers will experience with Christ, highlighting the perfect, selfless, and all-encompassing love of Christ.
John Nelson Darby emphasizes the profound hope and joy found in the promise of being transformed into the likeness of Christ. He reflects on the depth of God's love, which not only redeems but also shares in the glory of His children, ensuring that they are fully blessed in His presence. The sermon highlights the anticipation of meeting Christ and experiencing the fulfillment of His perfect love, which brings complete satisfaction to the heart. Darby encourages believers to remain patient in hope, knowing that they will one day fully understand and rejoice in God's divine plans. Ultimately, the message is one of assurance and joy in the eternal relationship with Christ.
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AND is it so, I shall be like Thy Son, Is this the grace which He for me has won? Father of glory! Thought beyond all thought, In glory to His own blest likeness brought! O Jesus, Lord, who loved me like to Thee? Fruit of Thy work! With Thee, too, there to see Thy glory, Lord, while endless ages roll, Myself the prize and travail of Thy soul. Yet it must be! Thy love had not its rest Were Thy redeemed not with Thee fully blest - That love that gives not as the world, but shares All it possesses with its loved co-heirs! Nor I alone; Thy loved ones all, complete, In glory around Thee with joy shall meet; All like Thee, for Thy glory like Thee, Lord! Object supreme of all, by all adored!
And yet it must be so!
A perfect state, To meet Christ's perfect love - what we await; The Spirit's hopes, desires, in us inwrought, Our present joy - with living blessings fraught. The heart is satisfied, can ask no more; All thought of self is now for ever o'er; Christ, its unmingled Object, fills the heart In blest adoring love - its endless part. Father of mercies, in Thy presence bright All this shall be unfolded in the light; Thy children, all, with joy Thy counsels know Fulfilled; patient in hope while here below.
Sermon Outline
- The Hope of Day
- The Glory of Christ
- The Love of Christ
- The Fulfillment of Christ's Love
Key Quotes
“Yet it must be! Thy love had not its rest Were Thy redeemed not with Thee fully blest -” — John Nelson Darby
“The heart is satisfied, can ask no more;” — John Nelson Darby
“Christ, its unmingled Object, fills the heart In blest adoring love - its endless part.” — John Nelson Darby
Application Points
- Believers can rest in the hope of a future state of glory and perfection with Christ.
- Christ's love is the ultimate source of satisfaction and joy, filling the heart with endless love.
- The Spirit's hopes and desires are inwrought in believers, giving them joy and living blessings in the present.