A Race Well Run! Hebrews 12:1-3

Hw t Run and Finish Well? Hebrews 12:1-3 1 Therefre, since we are surrunded by such a great clud f witnesses, let us thrw ff everything that hinders and the sin that s easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked ut fr us. 2 Let us fix ur eyes n Jesus, the authr and perfecter f ur faith, wh fr the jy set befre him,

Hw t Run and Finish Well? Hebrews 12:1-3 endured the crss, scrning its shame, and sat dwn at the right hand f the thrne f Gd. 3 Cnsider him wh endured such ppsitin frm sinful men, s that yu will nt grw weary and lse heart.

Abut Faith Faith is t believe what we d nt see (Hebrews 11:1)- the reward f faith is t see what we believe (2 Tim. 4:7-8). Faith is hearing the inaudible, see the invisible, believe in the incredible and receive the impssible!

Abut the Race 1 Crinthians 9:24-27 24 D yu knw that in a race all the runners run, but nly ne gets the prize? Run in such a way as t get the prize. 25 Everyne wh cmpetes in the games ges int strict training. They d it t get a prize that d nt last; we d it t get a crwn that will last frever.

Abut the Race 1 Crinthians 9:24-27 26 Therefre I d nt run like a man running aimlessly, r fight like a man beating the air. 27 N, I beat my bdy and make it my slave s that after I have preached t thers, I myself will nt be disqualified fr the prize.

Abut the Race 1 Crinthians 9:24-27 S Strict Discipline (v25) P Purpse, Calling, Character (v27) E Eternal Prize (v25) [2 Tim. 4:7-8] E Every Finisher Wins (v24) D Disqualificatin pssible (v27)

Abut the Race Hebrews 12:1-3 H O N K Hard Wrk (v3) Own Race (v2) Nt Running Alne (v1,2) Kingdm Citizens Only (v1-3)

Hw t Run and Finish Well? Lk At: 1. Past Participants (saints) [Heb. 11-12:1] A. They ran their race well. Their faith was shwn in what they did. They were still living by faith when they died. B. They revealed a reliable Gd. Gd tk care, sustained, blessed, hnured their faith.

Hw t Run and Finish Well? Lk At: 2. Present Participants (self) [Heb. 12:1] A. Prepare well. Put away weights Put away sins B. Persevere. Stand up & face trials curageusly

Hw t Run and Finish Well? Lk At: 3. Persn f Jesus (Saviur) Mst imprtant wrd in this passage is Cnsider (analgizmai). It s a cmmand. Abve all, we are t lk beynd the past participants, lk beynd self, and lk int Jesus, because He ran and finished the race perfectly.

Let us nt lk tward human beings fr the perfectin f ur faith. In fact, amng them ne is gd fr smething, but the ther is nt. Rather let us lk int Jesus Christ, the pineer f ur faith, wh was made ur leader and the perfecter f ur faith, because He began frm the Jrdan the fight against the enemy, then cntinued it in the desert, and finished it in Jerusalem thrugh the crss, which was erected by the persecutrs n Glgtha. Ephrem the Syrian 306-373 A.D.

Hw t Run and Finish Well? Lk At: 3. Persn f Jesus (Saviur) [Heb. 12:2-3] A. The race He ran. He started, endured and finished the race He s nw helping the believers in the race B. The reasn He gave. His jy f seeing salvatin t believers, redeeming glry He shared with His Father, sin destryed, satan defeated, righteusness rule in new heaven and new earth.

Hw t Run and Finish Well? Lk At: 3. Persn f Jesus (Saviur) [Heb. 12:2-3] C. The reward He received. He sat n the right f the thrne f Gd fr all eternity At His Secnd Cming, bth past & present finishers will receive the eternal reward

The 4Rs f Running Yur Race Well Whenever yu am weary r feel discuraged, Dn t Give Up! Remember the past heres f the faith wh are cheering yu n. They didn t quit when the ging gt tugh. Remve any spiritual fat and rip ut every sin in yur sul. Recall Jesus stry: hw He sacrificed, suffered and died, fr Gd s glry, fr yur sake. Realise He s helping yu in yur race, He s waiting fr yu at the finish line, with yur reward in His hand.

Respnse What is Gd asking yu t d tday? Put away weights? Put away sins? Fcus n Jesus?