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Series: Jesus - Greatest Of All Time
Tim Badal
Hebrews 12:3-17
I'm going to ask you to turn in your Bibles to the book of Hebrews, as we continue our series ''Jesus: Greatest of All Time.'' Our passage this morning is in chapter 12. Last week we learned in our celebration of Easter that all people are part of a race. The question is are we running it well? Are we running it for the right reasons and toward the right person? Or are we simply running in vain? Here in Hebrews 12 the author continues this motif of a race. There are a lot of different kinds of races. There are sprints, short distance races, and long-distance ones. The longest race is the marathon-26.2 miles of arduous running. Throughout that race, at numerous times a runner usually wants to give up and give in.
Now, I know it surprises you by my physique, but I've not run a marathon before. I've read a lot about marathons, enough to know I don't want to run one anytime in the foreseeable future. The question that is asked of marathon runners is always, ''Which mile is the hardest during the race?'' I would think it would be at the beginning or the end of the race. At the beginning, you've run a couple miles and it's just not working for you. You look with great fear at all the miles still ahead. Or maybe it's at the end of the race, where you've spent all your energy, but you still have a handful of miles to go.
Actual marathon participants tell us that where most runners quit is between 17 and 21 miles into the race. Therefore the organizers of marathons set up the race based on this fact. If you were to watch the Chicago or Boston or New York marathons, you'll see a lot more tents and safety personnel between miles 17 and 21 than you would at the beginning or end of the marathon. So it's just beyond halfway when people start growing tired, become weary of running and give up. They step off the track. It's been described like this: ''At mile 20 you thought yo ...
Series: Jesus - Greatest Of All Time
Tim Badal
Hebrews 12:3-17
I'm going to ask you to turn in your Bibles to the book of Hebrews, as we continue our series ''Jesus: Greatest of All Time.'' Our passage this morning is in chapter 12. Last week we learned in our celebration of Easter that all people are part of a race. The question is are we running it well? Are we running it for the right reasons and toward the right person? Or are we simply running in vain? Here in Hebrews 12 the author continues this motif of a race. There are a lot of different kinds of races. There are sprints, short distance races, and long-distance ones. The longest race is the marathon-26.2 miles of arduous running. Throughout that race, at numerous times a runner usually wants to give up and give in.
Now, I know it surprises you by my physique, but I've not run a marathon before. I've read a lot about marathons, enough to know I don't want to run one anytime in the foreseeable future. The question that is asked of marathon runners is always, ''Which mile is the hardest during the race?'' I would think it would be at the beginning or the end of the race. At the beginning, you've run a couple miles and it's just not working for you. You look with great fear at all the miles still ahead. Or maybe it's at the end of the race, where you've spent all your energy, but you still have a handful of miles to go.
Actual marathon participants tell us that where most runners quit is between 17 and 21 miles into the race. Therefore the organizers of marathons set up the race based on this fact. If you were to watch the Chicago or Boston or New York marathons, you'll see a lot more tents and safety personnel between miles 17 and 21 than you would at the beginning or end of the marathon. So it's just beyond halfway when people start growing tired, become weary of running and give up. They step off the track. It's been described like this: ''At mile 20 you thought yo ...
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