Purifying Ourselves in Hope

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. I John 3:3 To appreciate this truth in regard to our hope, we do well to bear in mind that to hope, basically, is desiring with expectation. So often we use that word merely as meaning to desire to have something happen. We hope to have the sun shine and the rain to stop. We hope to have surgery help us stay alive in good health. However, correctly, as in the Webster Dictionary, the word hope means to desire with...