1 Peter 3:15 says always be ready to give a reason for your
hope to anyone who asks. But if you don’t seem very hopeful why would anybody
ask?
And if we’re always supposed to be ready to give the reason for our hope, doesn’t that mean we’re always supposed to be hopeful?
So, the question you need to ask yourself is, where am I looking for my hope?
If you’re not a Christian, you’re a slave. But if you are a
Christian, you’re still a slave. Just a different kind of slave.
Romans 6:17-18 says that Christians can thank God, because they were once slaves of sin, but now, they have been set free from sin and have become slaves of righteousness.
And Hebrews 2:14-15 says that the death of Jesus delivers Christians from being slaves to the Devil and the fear of death.
So, you can be a slave of sin, the Devil, and the fear of death. Or you can be a slave of righteousness, Jesus, and eternal life.
