A Lap with John
June 2, 2024

A Lap with John
Hebrews 12:1–2 (NLT)

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.

1. Jesus opened the door to salvation.
- Jesus is the

way to be saved.
- John 14:6 (NLT)
- Revelation 3:7–13 (NLT)
- Jesus opened the door of the ark in Noah’s day, and today the door to life is open.
- Jesus shut the door to the ark in Noah’s day, and the door to will be shut one day.

2. Jesus will open the door for the rapture of the church.
- Revelation 4:1–4 (NLT)
- The twenty-four elders represent the Old and New Testament

.
- Be to be raptured.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15–18 (NLT)
- As times get hard and uncertain, each other that we will be raptured out of this world one day.

3. Jesus will open the door to return one day to judge the world.
- Jesus would rather

you than you.
- One day the door of salvation will be .
- Revelation 19:11–18 (NLT)
- The world will be one day.