WHEN FAITH PUTS ON ITS RUNNING SHOES
Hebrews 12.1-3
Promised Land: Following God’s Lead – Part 4
10.39 “But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.”(esv)
11.1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (esv)
HOW DO WE RUN THE RACE OF FAITH?
FEEL Victorious Encouragement
v. 1 “… we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses …” (esv)
2 Timothy 4.7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (esv)
FLING Aside Entanglements
v. 1b “… let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles …” (niv)
FOLLOW Jesus’ Endurance
v. 1c “… run with endurance the race that is set before us …” (esv)
Mark 4.5–6 “It sprang up quickly … But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.” (niv)
v. 3 “Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” (niv)
FOCUS On Jesus’ Empowerment
v. 2a “… keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.” (csb)
Hebrews 4.15 “… high priest … has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin.” (csb)
v. 2b “For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame …” (csb)
2 Corinthians 4.17–18 “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (niv)
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