Episode 129: STEADFASTNESS - KEYS TO ENDURANCE FROM THE BOOK OF HEBREWS - HEB. 12:25 - SEE THAT YOU DO NOT REFUSE HIM WHO IS SPEAKING…

hupomoné (Gk) - steadfastness,
constancy, endurance (Hebrews 10:36, 12:1)





10:23 Let us hold fast [*unswervingly] the confession of our hope
without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 


 


Faithful? 2 Tim. 2:13 – if we are faithless/not steadfast, He
remains faithful/steadfast)


 


Heb 10:36 - For you have need of endurance (hupomoné - Gk), so
that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is
promised.


 


Heb 12:1 - Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud
of witnesses, let us also throw off every weight, and sin which
clings so closely, and let us run with endurance (hupomoné - Gk)
the race that is set before us…


 


#1 - GATHERING  - HEB 10:24-25 - 24 And let
us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25
not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but
encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day
drawing near.


 


#2 - Repent / Deal with Sin - HEB 10:26-27, 12:1
- 10:26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the
knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for
sins, 27 but a fearful expectation of judgment,…


 


12:1 - Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us also throw off every weight, and sin that so
easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race…


 


Jn 8:34 - Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you,
everyone who sins is a slave to sin


 


1 Jn 1:8-10 - 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,
and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him
a liar, and his word is not in us.


 


#3 – Fear - HEB 11:23, 27, 33-34; 13:5-6 - 11:23
- By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months
by his parents, …and they [his parents] were not afraid of the
king's edict.


 


11:27- By faith he [Moses] left Egypt, not being afraid of the
anger of the king, for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.


 


11:33 - who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice,
obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the
power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong
out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to
flight


 


Heb. 13:5-6 - 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be
content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave
you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say, “The Lord is
my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”


 


#4 – FORGIVE - HEB 12:14-15 - 14 Strive for
peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one
will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the
grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes
trouble, and by it many become defiled…


 


Colossians 3:13 – “forgive one another AS GOD IN CHRIST has
forgiven you. So, you must also forgive”


 


Matt. 6:14-15 - 14 For if you forgive others their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not
forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive
your trespasses.


 


#5 – LOVE - HEB 10:24; 13:1


 


10:24 -And let us consider how to stir up one another to love


13:1 - Let brotherly love continue



#6 – SELF-PITY - HEB 11:35-39, 12:2-4 - 12:2 - looking to
Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for
the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the
shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 3
Consider Him who endured from sinners such
hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary
or fainthearted. 4 In your struggle against sin you have
not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 



 Definitions - “to have a victim mentality”


 


“Don’t Feel Sorry for Yourself” –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUt5DDYTpbA&t=25s