WE do not mean what is your hope for this life, but for the life to come!
Is it for a blessed eternity? Is it a sure and certain hope? Can it ever be moved? You may have a hope sure and certain and immovable for a blessed eternity, provided you are building upon the right foundation. If your foundation be self, or your doings, or the work of men for you, it is but sand, which will be swept away, with the building upon it, when the storm comes. The man who builds on a firm foundation, builds upon the words of Jesus Christ the Lord. (Matt. 7:24-2724Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (Matthew 7:24‑27)). He hears and does what the Lord enjoins.
In the coming day the mere profession of the Christian faith will not save― “Not everyone that saith unto Me” (are our Lord’s words), “Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven” (vs. 21). Lip service will not avail. There must be subjection to the authority of Christ’s words―absolute bowing to Him as the alone Saviour and Hope of God’s people. To build on Him is to build on the Rock that can never be moved. Whosoever believes on Him shall not be ashamed. No one is ashamed in the day of testing of a faithful friend, and not one who puts His trust in Christ shall ever be moved. Hope in God makes not ashamed.
Very many of the theories of our day will cause their adherents shame and confusion of face when Christ comes. These theories will perish when He appears. Where will be the expectations of men in the progress of humanity, in the forms of education, in the uprising of the people in that day? The only sure and certain hope a man can have is that which centers in and depends upon the Lord Jesus Christ.