29. A Sevenfold Exhortation<\/p>\n
Hebrews 12<\/p>\n
1. Stripped Bodies. \u201cLay aside every weight,\u201d etc. (Heb_12:1). The simile used is the putting off of a garment, as the athlete who lays aside every encumbrance before he runs in the race.<\/p>\n
2. Looking Eyes. \u201cLooking unto Jesus\u201d (Heb_12:2). The figure indicates the looking away from one object to another. Christ is the Leader and Completer of faith. We have a Perfect Example of faith to follow, and a Perfect Indweller to impart the faith He requires.<\/p>\n
3. Lifting Hands. \u201cLift up the hands,\u201d etc. (Heb_12:12). A loving heart to Christ in remembering how He lifted us up from sin to Himself, will prompt us to have hands for Christ in helping others in need.<\/p>\n
4. Straight Paths. \u201cMake straight paths,\u201d etc. (Heb_12:13). The best way to restore others is to be perfectly sure we are right with God ourselves. We need to be straight ourselves if we would straighten others.<\/p>\n
5. Pursuing Feet. \u201cFollow peace,\u201d etc. (Heb_12:14). Peace is the terminus which is reached by travelling in the way of holiness.<\/p>\n
6. Alert Attention. \u201cLooking diligently,\u201d etc. (Heb_12:15). Not to take in supplies is to be devoid of provender. To fail the grace of God is to fail to take God in His grace, who never fails.<\/p>\n
7. Good Service. \u201cServe God acceptably,\u201d etc. (Heb_12:28). To be well-pleasing to God is the highest form of service. Acceptable service has love for its motive, truth for its guide, the Spirit for its power, and God\u2019s glory for its end.<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
29. A Sevenfold Exhortation Hebrews 12 1. Stripped Bodies. \u201cLay aside every weight,\u201d etc. (Heb_12:1). The simile used is the putting off of a garment, as the athlete who lays aside every encumbrance before he runs in the race. 2. Looking Eyes. \u201cLooking unto Jesus\u201d (Heb_12:2). The figure indicates the looking away from one object … Continue reading “0031. 29. A Sevenfold Exhortation”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}