Hebrews Part 30

HEBREWS PART 30

Hebrews 12:1-17

1. INTRODUCTION

II. GOD’S FINAL WORD IN HIS SON 1:1-10:18

III. PRACTICAL APPLICATION FOR WALKING WITH THE SON 10:19-13:25

A. Urgings—Warning—Encouragement - 10:19-39

B. The Evidence of the Life of Faith - 11:1-40

C. The Urging to Have Faith that Endures - 12:1-29

1. Faith and Discipline - 12:1-11

a. The Reasons to Endure - 12:1-2

1. We have witnesses in this race to imitate (v1)

2. We fix our eyes on the author and finisher of faith (v2)

b. The Measure of Endurance - 12:3-4

1. Consider the trials and sufferings of Jesus (v3)

2. You may need to resist the sin unto death (v4)

c. The Purpose of Suffering - 12:5-11

1. They have forgotten they are sons of God (v5)

2. God disciplines and it is evidence of sonship (v6)

3. It is for discipline that you endure (v7)

4. Without discipline you’re not a son of God (V8)

5. Even earthly fathers disciplined their children (v9)

6. Earthly fathers discipline was short and faulty (v10)

7. Sorrow yields peaceful fruit of righteousness (v11)

2. Faith and the Believer’s Obligations - 12:12-29

a. The Obligations - 12:12-17

1. Strengthen the weak and feeble (v12)

2. Remove stumbling blocks to yield peaceful fruit (v13)

3. Pursue peace with all men (v14)

4. See to it that you appropriate the grace of God (v15)

5. Don’t let bitterness spring up like Esau (v16)

6. Esau’s decision was irrevocable (v17)