Title: Marathon of Faith/Hebrews 1:1-2
Contents Teacher Paul said in many places that our life of faith is like a race.
you said Indeed, our faith life is like a long-distance race.
They are running one course from the day they stand before the Lord. Paul Mr.
In the race of faith, the method and posture are taught in detail.
First, the runner must be comfortable.
The racer is the one who wears long clothes and heavy shoes and walks in a cumbersome way.
there will be no First you have to take off the heavy thing and run. this heavy
To cry means to carry a heavy burden of sin. Jesus said, "Toil and
Come to me, all you who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
I did. The burden of sin is infinitely heavy. People will build this heavy house
Because I live in the past, there is hard work, sorrow, and complaints.
Next, you need to untangle the tangled chains. The thing that bothers me is God
of obstacles. Any obstacle on the body of the racer must depend on it.
You can run right away. We start today's race from now on
must be Are there any obstacles or anything easy to get caught up in this race?
Let's be brave and decisive, and we'll go ahead and race straight ahead.
Second, the latter is forgetting.
"Forget what is behind..." (Philippians 3:13). Forget all these words as success or failure
It tells you what to do and what to do. People often forget all their faults
Let go and remember what you did well. But man is his own success
If you are proud of yourself, it is easy to become arrogant and easy to become careless and despise others. Also
If you think too much about your own faults, you will fall into inferiority and lose courage and become a loser.
easy to be
Paul said, “The only thing you do is forget what is behind and look ahead.
I am going towards the goal to catch what is in the world.” So the race of faith
We must completely forget what is behind. If you have failed
are you? What do you do when you see a broken vessel and lament only what do you do when you cry
lyo. You will have to completely forget all the resentment, anger, and arguing. and everything
You will have to start anew by looking at the glory ahead of you. this
Third, we will race towards the mark.
In a race, there must be a goal. That means there is a goal.
Our religious life also has a purpose and a goal. However, our faith
Your goal is Jesus Christ. Jesus, who became the goal of our faith,
I am the same today and forever. he is our savior
You are the Lord of life.
Teacher Paul has lived his life aiming for Jesus. to get to know him
I worked hard to live like him, and I worked hard to do his will.
I wrote, I wanted to suffer like him, I wanted to die like him, and I wanted to get rich like him.
He wanted to live, and he wanted to live in heaven with him.
Before repentance, Paul aimed for honor, power, knowledge and glory, but he repented.
Afterward, the fruit and the carnal will be thrown away like dung, and will be eternally immortal
It's been living for the sake of it. We are now in the race of the life of faith.
I did. From the day our life of faith begins, we follow in the footsteps of Jesus every day.
is to r. “With patience we run the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1). this
The Word tells us that the life of faith is a race.
A race is reminiscent of a marathon. The origin of this race is the old marathon plain
110,000 Persians and 10,000 Greeks engaged in a head-to-head battle, and 10,000 Greeks
I got victory. Spreading this Good News from Athens, Seoul, Greece
A young soldier came to Athens at once and said, "Rejoice, victory is for us.
It is!" He said this and died. This incident led to Lord Marathon
period has started.
Like this young soldier, we will win the marathon of faith and win this victory.
Lee's news must be passed on to the next generation. Our saints are the moon toward heaven
You must be brave and sacrificial like this young man. Of course we
The course run is not 42km or 195m. Our race is in Jerusalem
It begins in Judah and Samaria and continues to the ends of the earth. this race is old
It continues in a relay manner from the saints. Even at this moment, without simplicity
that is ongoing. Also, this race is not just about running. Gospel
is to run with it on your back. Crossing the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans carrying the Gospel
It crossed the Himalayas and the deserts of Africa, and crossed the icy mountains of the Northern Ocean. the gospel
We sometimes run to distant countries with our shoulders, but there are many sinners around us who will be saved.
is. How many poor souls go down to perdition and cry in the trap of sin
are you? Finding these souls is all one race.
How many people have you shared this news with wearing the shoes of the gospel of peace? this belief
The marathon was a charge battle that ran towards the enemy, and this charge was a blood and flesh battle.
Not by possessing it, not by taking possession of the land, but by occupying the hearts of men,
It is to save souls.
Marathon racers, how tired are you? how many obstacles
many? But do not be discouraged. Be more courageous and claim your faith.
Let's look to Jesus. And so many great players of all time applaud
They are cheering while waving cross flags.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are running a marathon of faith at this moment. Our
Where is the race now? Where are you running and how are you running now?
how? We take off our heavy burdens, let go of the things that are easy to entangle us, and
Let's forget what we have and run with a light heart. see the one who falls
Instead, we must run past those who are ahead of us.
When I preach, I do it with a racing spirit. This sermon was preached through
As they resonate, they run toward the world. we are this
We must run with new courage and determination. each has their own
With the spirit of racing in everything in the field, keep your mind and run with all your heart.
All. It can be passed down to the next descendants so as not to live up to the expectations of the predecessors.
I wish you great marathon runners.