Brent and Ian discuss Hebrews 12:1-13
Are you struggling to keep believing in Jesus? Are you having trouble keeping going in the Christian faith?
- (1:03) Hebrews is addressed to Christians who are struggling to persevere;
- (3:54) What the writer advises us to do to put our eyes on Jesus;
- (4:30) Running and race imagery in the passage;
- (4:55) What to do with things that are keeping us from Jesus;
- (6:23) Fixing our eyes on Jesus;
- (7:02) Persevering and enduring hardship;
- (10:55) God using suffering for the purpose of discipline;
- (11:20) Why Christians suffer;
- (13:35) The goal of God’s discipline;
- (16:00) We’re being trained for heaven;
- (18:30) How discipline produces a harvest of righteousness and peace;
- (22:35) The Christian race is a team effort;
- (24:20) How pastors can train their churches to run the race.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Palmerston North - Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
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