LET US RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE! (9 OF 12)
Scripture: Hebrews 12:1
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Let Us Run With Perseverance! (9 of 12)
Series: Let Us
Dennis Marquardt
Hebrews 12:1
INTRO: I am always amazed at the athletes during the winter and summer Olympics. I am amazed because they have perfected their bodies to push the envelope of human endurance to set new world records and to be the best in the world in their particular sport.
How do they get there? I have exercised at times, run a little here and a little there, but there is no way I could run in a race with those guys and gals. They got there by constant and persistent training. They have to learn to persevere through pain, through hardships, through long hours of training, and only then can they even begin to think of competing for the highest honor among athletic endeavors. If you want to be the best, you must persevere!
ILLUS: The job of a football coach is to make men do what they don't want to do, in order to achieve what they've always wanted to be. -- Tom Landry, Leadership, Vol. 7, no. 3.
It is precisely this concept that the writer of Hebrews has in mind in this one kick off verse to chapter 12. In fact, it is likely the writer has in mind the Olympics which were a reality back in his own day. The verse starts by talking about a great crowd of witnesses, like at an Olympic event, and the discipline training that an Olympic athlete would have to endure to achieve his or her goal. He is specific in his use of analogy here to those who ran races.
As in our own day of the Olympics, races were set up and the course decided by the Olympic committee, all the runner had to do was run the race marked out faster and better than any other runner to win the gold. The writer of Hebrews likens this to the race God has marked out for each of us, and encourages us to run it with perseverance.
PROP. SENT: The Bible teaches us that God has established a course and race for every one of His followers. To achieve what He has in mind for our lives we will need to run with perseverance, ev ...
Series: Let Us
Dennis Marquardt
Hebrews 12:1
INTRO: I am always amazed at the athletes during the winter and summer Olympics. I am amazed because they have perfected their bodies to push the envelope of human endurance to set new world records and to be the best in the world in their particular sport.
How do they get there? I have exercised at times, run a little here and a little there, but there is no way I could run in a race with those guys and gals. They got there by constant and persistent training. They have to learn to persevere through pain, through hardships, through long hours of training, and only then can they even begin to think of competing for the highest honor among athletic endeavors. If you want to be the best, you must persevere!
ILLUS: The job of a football coach is to make men do what they don't want to do, in order to achieve what they've always wanted to be. -- Tom Landry, Leadership, Vol. 7, no. 3.
It is precisely this concept that the writer of Hebrews has in mind in this one kick off verse to chapter 12. In fact, it is likely the writer has in mind the Olympics which were a reality back in his own day. The verse starts by talking about a great crowd of witnesses, like at an Olympic event, and the discipline training that an Olympic athlete would have to endure to achieve his or her goal. He is specific in his use of analogy here to those who ran races.
As in our own day of the Olympics, races were set up and the course decided by the Olympic committee, all the runner had to do was run the race marked out faster and better than any other runner to win the gold. The writer of Hebrews likens this to the race God has marked out for each of us, and encourages us to run it with perseverance.
PROP. SENT: The Bible teaches us that God has established a course and race for every one of His followers. To achieve what He has in mind for our lives we will need to run with perseverance, ev ...
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