PERMAI CAMBODIA CHURCH NEWSLETTER
ISSUE DATE | 25 OCTOBER 2020
HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS Pastor Lee Sok Fong
In life, various events may bring us to the point
the Father. Our hope can be found in the
of hopelessness. Hope may seem far when
finished work of Christ on the Cross where He
one is faced with the unexpected death of a
took our punishment and freed us from the
loved one, the loss of a job, an illness, a
penalty of sin. Hope arises when we believe in
broken marriage or relationship, a rebellious
Jesus Christ, Son of God, who came to die for
child or even the uncertainty of the political
us in our place, buried and rose again in three
situation in the country. Even a microorganism
days. When we receive Him as our personal
like COVID-19 is turning the world upside
Saviour and Lord, we are forgiven of all our
down and robbing the peace and hope of
sins and delivered from God’s condemnation
humanity. Jesus said,
and eternal punishment. Our hope is found as “…hope is from Him” (Psalm 62:5). He is the
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10
When sin entered the world, our perfect relationship with God was broken. Jesus Christ has come to show us the way to the Father. He has come to restore our life and broken hopes so that we may reconcile with
source of hope, and He gives hope. Hope is found in hopeless situations when we fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith!
