Hebrews 12 starts off by encouraging our walk in Christ. When we follow Jesus, many times we get discouraged. So many of us think when we decide to follow Jesus...all of our troubles will just melt away. But the truth is that we will still face trials.
So what is the encouragement? Think of following Jesus as a marathon race....to finish you must persevere."And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith." And when you run this Christian race....throw off all the sin that entangles you and makes you stumble....and focus your vision on our Savior Jesus Christ.
If Jesus is our focal point.... that should give us great encouragement!!!! Why? Jesus put forth far more effort than what we put forward, "In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood."
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