Romans 15:13 “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
There are some big and wonderful words in this passage of scripture.
It seems that each phrase is selected to reveal the sufficiency and wonder of God.
All joy and all peace are found in Him, and every ounce of hope given to man is “His hope.”
These, some of the greatest gifts in the world, come not as a result of our efforts to obtain them, but rather through the realization we cannot obtain them without Christ!
Simple faith in the only One that could make them accessible (by belief in His death, burial and resurrection), provides freedom from a joy-less, peace-less and help-less life.
By Jesus Christ, we are brought near to God and given the Holy Ghost, who indwells us, and endues us with abundant and heavenly comfort.
The world provides cheap substitutes that are momentary and vain. Only Christ can provide the fulfillment spoken about in this passage, but it can come about only through the two main words: “in believing.”
Romans 15:13 “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”