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The gospel doesn’t just get you forgiven and leave you to scrape by until heaven. It gives you an unshakable reason to get out of bed every morning: because of Jesus, you are headed toward real glory — the same moral beauty and holiness that belongs to God Himself. This final episode answers the big “So what?”: justification by faith alone gives every believer a rock-solid, joy-filled hope that changes everything right now.

In this week’s episode, we explore:

• Why Paul says Christians have something legitimate to “boast” about — and it’s not our performance
• What biblical hope actually is: a confident, eager expectation (not a vague wish) that we will one day be holy like God is holy
• How suffering and tribulation don’t disprove your faith — they actually prove it and make your hope brighter
• The stunning logic of Romans 5: if God loved you enough to save you while you were His enemy, He will 100% finish the job now that you’re His friend
• Why your future holiness is as certain as the cross — because it’s God’s gift, not your project
• How being reconciled to God turns your whole life into a celebration of what He has done and will do

When you finish listening, you’ll walk away with a hope that doesn’t shrink back from pain, disappointment, or your own remaining sin. You’ll know — really know — that the best is always yet to come, that God is fiercely committed to making you gloriously good, and that you already have every reason to boast, rejoice, and live with unstoppable joy today. This is the hope the gospel was always meant to give.

Series: What is the Gospel?

Start Strong: A New Believer’s Guide to Christianity is available now wherever books are sold.