HEBREWS CHAPTER 12 (12 OF 13)
Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-29
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Hebrews Chapter 12 (12 of 13)
Series: Hebrews
Harley Howard
Hebrews 12
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,
The word, wherefore, is transitional in nature, as the writer concluded his thoughts from the previous chapter. As stated, the 11th chapter is the foundation that the writer uses in this 12th chapter; to urge the readers once again of the need to wake up and to go forward. To make a firm and once for all commitment to faith in Jesus Christ. And he will warn them again of the danger of not doing it. This has been his pattern throughout the epistle.
The church of Jesus Christ operates on the basis of a complete and absolute salvation, with complete provisions that come with that salvation; as well as the guarantee of the promises of God for the future. The point that I am making is that the believer operates on the basis of strength and not weakness. It seems rather evident today that weakness seems to be the accepted norm for the church today. Songs reflect weakness, sermons reflect the need for believers to accept spiritual weakness as the norm for their lives, and that they have to endure a lifelong struggle of fleshly weaknesses and inabilities; always chasing this elusive victory that the writers of scripture wrote about. Many alleged therapies today within the Christian community, also enhances the trend to accept spiritual and moral weaknesses as the norm for Christian behavior. But the Bible NOWHERE supports this kind of thinking. Even where in the pages of scripture where we find the greatest of saints as well as churches in moments of weakness, they are NEVER encouraged to revert to behavior which was characteristic of their sinful past, to wallow in it, unrepentant of it, defending it. But we do see them calling out to God in total depend ...
Series: Hebrews
Harley Howard
Hebrews 12
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,
The word, wherefore, is transitional in nature, as the writer concluded his thoughts from the previous chapter. As stated, the 11th chapter is the foundation that the writer uses in this 12th chapter; to urge the readers once again of the need to wake up and to go forward. To make a firm and once for all commitment to faith in Jesus Christ. And he will warn them again of the danger of not doing it. This has been his pattern throughout the epistle.
The church of Jesus Christ operates on the basis of a complete and absolute salvation, with complete provisions that come with that salvation; as well as the guarantee of the promises of God for the future. The point that I am making is that the believer operates on the basis of strength and not weakness. It seems rather evident today that weakness seems to be the accepted norm for the church today. Songs reflect weakness, sermons reflect the need for believers to accept spiritual weakness as the norm for their lives, and that they have to endure a lifelong struggle of fleshly weaknesses and inabilities; always chasing this elusive victory that the writers of scripture wrote about. Many alleged therapies today within the Christian community, also enhances the trend to accept spiritual and moral weaknesses as the norm for Christian behavior. But the Bible NOWHERE supports this kind of thinking. Even where in the pages of scripture where we find the greatest of saints as well as churches in moments of weakness, they are NEVER encouraged to revert to behavior which was characteristic of their sinful past, to wallow in it, unrepentant of it, defending it. But we do see them calling out to God in total depend ...
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