RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE

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RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE

• HEBREWS 12

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The Christian Race 1-3

• Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of
  witnesses
• Let us throw off everything that hinders
• And the sin that so easily entangles
• Let us run with perseverance
• The race marked out for us
• Let us fix out eyes on Jesus
• The author and perfecter of our faith
• Who for the joy set before him endured the cross
• Scorning its shame

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The race

• And sat down at the right hand of the throne of
  God.
• Consider him who endured such opposition from
  sinful men
• So you wont grow weary and lose heart
• In your struggle against sin, you have not yet
  resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
• You have forgotten the word of encouragement that
  addresses you - sons

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Word of encouragement 5-13

• My son, do not make light of the Lords
  discipline,
• And do not lose heart when he rebukes you.
• Because the Lord disciplines those he loves
• And he purifies everyone he accepts as a son
• Endure hardship as discipline
• God is treating you as sons
• What son isnt disciplined by his father?

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Discipline

• If you arent disciplined, then you are
  illegitimate children and not true sons.
• We respect human fathers when they discipline us
  imperfectly.
• How much more should we submit to the father of
  spirits and live? His discipline is for our
  good, that we may share His holiness.
• It doesnt seem good, but painful
• Later it produces righteousness and peace.

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Therefore

• Strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees
• Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame
  may not be disabled, but rather be healed.

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LISTEN TO GOD 14-21

• Make every effort to live in peace with all
• And to be holy, without it no one will see the
  Lord.
• See to it that no one misses Gods grace.
• And that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble
  and defile man.
• See that no one is sexually immoral or godless
  like Esau who for a single meal sold his
  inheritance rights as the oldest son.

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Esau

• Afterward, he wanted to inherit the blessing, but
  he was rejected.
• He could bring about no change of mind, though he
  sought it with tears.
• You havent come to a mountain that can be
  touched, burning with fire, darkness, gloom and
  storm, to trumpet blast or such a voice speaking
  that people begged for it to stop.
• They couldnt bear what was commanded. Even Moses
  trembled with fear.

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The Kingdom that cant be shaken 22-29

• Youve come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly
  Jerusalem, the city of God, to thousands upon
  thousands of angels.
• You have come to the joyful assembly and to the
  church of the firstborn,
• Whose names are written in heaven
• You have come to God, the judge of all, to the
  spirits of righteous men made perfect, to Jesus
  the mediator of the New Covenant and to the
  sprinkled blood.

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Listen up

• Dont refuse Him who speaks
• They didnt escape who refused him who warned
  from earth.
• How much more will we not escape if we turn away
  from him who warns us from heaven.
• The voice then shook the earth.
• But now the promise, Yet once more signifies
  the removal of things shaken created things- so
  what cannot be shaken remains.

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Therefore

• Since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be
  shaken,
• Let us be thankful
• And so worship God acceptably
• With reverence and awe
• For our God is a consuming fire.