Title: Fulfill your faith
Contents
Word: Hebrews 12:1~13
When you start a game, you don't have to be first, so you have to finish it to the end.
** The trial of faith is not an elective course for the saints, but a compulsory subject.
you need to know the thread
It is sometimes not understood that suffering is essential in the Christian life.
All.
** However, suffering becomes a channel through which believers can meet God.
Even the lighthouse of the tabernacle will take on the form of a complete lighthouse in the midst of daily suffering.
Don't forget that it was
ex) It cannot be easy to make an apricot flower shape. but persevere in hardship
It can be a holy thing that God uses.
So, what should we do to complete our faith?
First, we must cast off the heavy and easily entangled things.
Verse 1: “We have a multitude of witnesses surrounding us like a cloud;
Put off the sins that are easily entangled with
1) What is the life of a saint? Forgetting that the world is always watching
Can not be done.
Don't forget that you are a Christian!
“Through my life, people come to know the existence of God”
** It is true that the reality of life is difficult. But our ancestors of faith
Remember to persevere and be faithful in the face of hardship.
Just as our ancestors of faith exist without being frustrated and become a model for us, we
The religious life of the people is not only for my own faith, but for future generations to live.
to make known the existence of God.
2) Only when we cast away heavy things can we complete our faith.
** This means that athletes should throw away all the heavy things that get in their way.
All finishes? It should be light.
Remember that the heavy weight becomes a factor that quickly exhausts me.
How to live a Christian life?
** Any thoughts, qualities, or actions that may interfere
It means giving up individually and avoiding it most carefully.
3) It dulls our minds even though we should read the mind of God.
Works of darkness, false thoughts based on old dispositions, corrupt dispositions, and immorality
You must be free from your actions.
** Everything that blocks us from drawing near to God!
It refers to the love of wealth, worldly interests, or self-esteem.
4) In addition, we can complete our faith only by throwing away the sins that are easily entangled in us.
** ‘Sin’ - Greek “Hamartia”
It refers to the weakness experienced in completing the race of faith.
An immoral character or habit according to the temperament of the body and mind,
Judging from the circumstances of the individual, each person is more likely to fall in comparison with the other person.
easy sins.
ex) Young people? There are more factors that can lead to pleasure than other people.
middle age? A love of honor and power, life in old age? You can be obsessed with money.
What if you really want to complete your faith? Unnecessary chapters in the course of every race
We must give up our love and race with patience
Second, what is the completion of faith? do it by faith
Verse 2: “Let us look to Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. he is
He endured the cross for the joy set before him, despising the shame.
and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
1) What were the people of faith recorded in the Bible?
Not for their own honor, but because of us living in the last days.
remember that
** Why is your religious life important now?
Blessings or triumphs in personal life are important, but most important
One thing everyone who knows you does is make your children invisible.
Being an motivator and being an example.
2) Who is the best person who completes faith? It is Jesus Christ
All.
** Who is the writer of Hebrews? Jesus is called the “Lord of Faith.”
Put simply? Jesus is the central object of faith, and faith in the hearts of the saints
He is the one who evokes
What is the only object of our faith? There is only Jesus.
What is the final consummation of faith? made in the kingdom of God.
However, until we go to the kingdom of God, the 'righteous' and 'saints' only have faith.
have to live
3) What is a life of faith?
** Rather than looking for a way to live by looking at one's own abilities or circumstances, oh
It is to live by looking directly at Jesus.
Jesus did not live for the reality before his eyes, but for the joy in front of him.
He says he lived a life of patience.
** There was a cross and shame that had to be carried before Jesus.
Remember that He took the cross “without mind”.
4) Suffering itself is, of course, not a virtue.
** However, the fact that the cross and shame for the glory of God is a blessing
Don't forget.
The life and death of Jesus accomplish our salvation and at the same time the crowd must walk.
It is an exemplary form of life of faith to do.
Just as Jesus had faith and took up the cross!
** The cross bears by faith is the seed of the fruit called ‘glory at the right hand of God’
remember to be oh
Third, holiness accomplishes the completion of faith.
Verse 10: “They disciplined us for a little while as they pleased, but God
makes us a partaker of his holiness for our good.”
1) Christians at that time faced various trials.
** Many saints were in danger of returning to Judaism, back to the world.
Because.
Nevertheless, what was the end-to-end counsel?
“Look at the sufferings of Jesus Christ.”
2) What was Jesus' suffering?
** It was the suffering he suffered as the son of God
** It was also a suffering that even gave his life to death by shedding blood.
Jesus' life of suffering is an example that all believers must meditate on
Emphasize.
What difficulties do the saints face in particular?
It is not evidence that God has forsaken them, but rather God’s message toward them.
proof of love
3) Physical parents discipline their children, but their wisdom is not perfect.
Discipline for bad motives can lead to bad results.
remember that all
** However?
God's discipline is completely different from human discipline.
What is God's punishment? It comes from God's deep love and perfect wisdom.
What is the purpose of God's discipline? Let their children ‘share’ in his holiness
It's called 'Meta Rambano'.
‘Metarambano’ - ‘participate’, ‘accept’, ‘eat’
** What is this holiness?
It means the perfect disposition of God.
4) What is the final goal God has set for the saints?
** It is to plant the character of God in their character.
God is planting a small seedling called 'holiness'.
Who is the finisher of faith?
It refers to those who have faith and win in the race of life.
** Therefore, in order to finish in the arena of life, the human mind and environment
Don't try to make or grab something that satisfies you,
You have to have faith in your life, and you must keep holiness and move forward.
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** Without holiness there is no fellowship with God, no true peace and no happiness.
We need to know that suffering is sometimes the most effective way for us to gain holiness.
do.
ex) Go to the racetrack without warm-up!
In all likelihood, you will face difficulties and hardships.
Enjoy the warm-up of faith! Warm-up is the start of faith.
** What is the nature of sin within the saints? Its roots are very deep.
Just as pain and shedding of blood are necessary to uproot the rotten, so is the root of sin.
It should be noted that bleeding is also necessary when pulling out.
Do you want to become a finisher of your faith? Maintaining holiness overcoming the nature of sin
do it.
Fourth, receive the supply through the Word and complete it.
Verses 12-13 “Therefore, lift up your weary hands and feeble knees,
Make a straight path for the feet so that the lame legs do not become crooked.
Let him be spit”
1) 'tired hand' - 'disabled hand'
** Indicates that nothing can be achieved.
'Fragile knee' - An expression used to describe a person who is thoroughly exhausted and frustrated.
Sometimes the hands of the saints' faith are weakened by weariness, and the race of faith
It is a fact that even the knee of faith that was running can lose strength and fall down.
2) What do we need to know clearly?
** that faith does not provoke us to superhuman powers
to be.
Remember that even with faith you can fall into discouragement and fear.
ex) Seniors of faith - Elijah, Job
The power of the adversary is strong, and they are in despair because they are too many.
may fall out
** But what is the hope of the saints?
Remember that God knows our weaknesses.
3) First, work through the Word and be strengthened again through Jesus
And remember that He strengthened us by showing us our hope for the future.
** Be supplied with the word of truth from God and eat with faith!
Who eats by faith?
** Raise your weary hands and feeble knees, and rise again, the fight of faith
will fight
The restoration of faith makes the path of faith “straightened”. - [Ordos] “Honest, choice
old, flat
** What is the reason for not achieving the completion of faith?
Even though there is a finish line, the finish line is not visible.
Enduring suffering with wisdom and being unable to go out
Remove the doubts and fears that lie before us by faith.
What is absolute faith in God? Legged a soul limping from injury
heal at once
Do you want to achieve the perfection of your faith? Drinking ‘living water’ in the midst of difficult
Just like poetry quenches all thirst and refreshes!
Become a completer of faith who overcomes all situations with the word of God.