0722. 705. Runners

705. Runners

1. A Fruitless Task. “Not of him that runneth” (Rom_9:16).

2. A Heavenly Race. “Let us run with… the race” (Heb_12:1).

3. A Definite Object. “So run that ye may obtain” (1Co_9:24).

4. A Trained Athlete. “I therefore so run” (1Co_9:26).

5. A Stunted Assembly. “Ye did run well; who did hinder you?” (Gal_5:7).

6. A Hindering People. “Lest by any means I should run, or had run in vain” (Gal_2:2; Php_2:16).

7. A Successful Word. “That the Word of the Lord may have free course (“run,” R.V., margin) and be glorified” (2Th_3:1).

By: DR. F. E. MARSH