The Christian Hope

Q What is the Christian hope?

A The Christian hope is to live with confidence in newness and
fullness of life, and to await the coming of Christ in glory, and the
completion of God's purpose for the world.

Q What do we mean by the coming of Christ in glory?

A By the coming of Christ in glory, we mean that Christ will come,
not in weakness but in power, and will make all things new.

Q What do we mean by heaven and hell?

A By heaven, we mean eternal life in our enjoyment of God; by hell,
we mean eternal death in our rejection of God.

Q Why do we pray for the dead?

A We pray for them, because we still hold them in our love, and
because we trust that in God's presence those who have chosen to serve
him will grow in his love, until they see him as he is.

Q What do we mean by the last judgment?

A We believe that Christ will come in glory and judge the living and
the dead.

Q What do we mean by the resurrection of the body?

A We mean that God will raise us from death in the fullness of our
being, that we may live with Christ in the communion of the saints.

Q What is the communion of saints?

A The communion of saints is the whole family of God, the living and
the dead, those whom we love and those whom we hurt, bound together in
Christ by sacrament, prayer, and praise.

Q What do we mean by everlasting life?

A By everlasting life, we mean a new existence, in which we are united
with all the people of God, in the joy of fully knowing and loving God
and each other.

Q What, then, is our assurance as Christians?

A Our assurance as Christians is that nothing, not even death, shall
separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Amen.