Serve
God and Persevere
Until
You Attain the Goal
Hebrews
12:1,2
1.
Wherefore seeing we also
are compassed about with so
great a cloud of witnesses, let
us lay aside every weight, and
the sin which doth so easily
beset us, and let us run with
patience the race that is set
before us,
2.
Looking unto Jesus the
author and finisher of our
faith; who for the joy that was
set before him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and
is set down at the right hand of
the throne of God.
This
race analogy is continued in
reading 1
Corinthians 9:23-25.
1
Corinthians 9:23-25
23.
And this I do for the
gospel's sake, that I might be
partaker thereof with you.
24.
Know ye not that they
which run in a race run all, but
one receiveth the prize? So run,
that ye may obtain.
25.
And every man that
striveth for the mastery is
temperate in all things. Now
they do it to obtain a
corruptible crown; but we an
incorruptible.
We
must show up for practice
everyday or you're already
defeated and then when that shot
is fired run. Run with all that
you have in you. Use all of your
knowledge of racing to run as
well as you can run. If you run
to come in second you will never
finish first. Run to come in
first.
Knowing
without doing is like plowing
without sowing.
Many
believe certain things because
they don't study the word first.
They just process or listen to
studies of the word. Then what
is applied is wrong and the next
person learns from that
application until the truth is
lost. It's ok to believe a
preacher or teacher but you
should always keep in mind that
even the greatest men of God can
make mistakes. they are human
just like us. use the scripture
to test what men may say. if
words of a man disagree with
God's word the man is always
wrong.
My
preacher and I may not agree on
every single issue, I know Dana
and I don't agree on all things
but we agree on the most
important issue - salvation. It
is given as a gift bought by the
life and death of Jesus who rose
again. Its not earned by
anything we can do. That is the
essence of all scripture. That
is the single most important
issue. And it will determine
your eternal fate.
Maybe
you have never accepted Jesus as
your Savior. Accept him today.
Just as New Year's Eve marks the
end of an old year and the
beginning of a new one. Let
today be the end of your old
life and the beginning of a new
life in Jesus. Maybe you have
accepted Jesus as your savior
but you're not growing
spiritually as you should let
today be a new beginning for you
as well. Make a renewed
commitment to study and live by
His teachings given to us in the
Bible.
IHFHBOH
Adam
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All scripture references
from KJV unless otherwise noted
