Sermon: “Gospel Endurance”

Hebrews 12:1-17
Rev. Mike Werkheiser

Outline

1 ) Enduring alongside Saints (Witness; Hebrews 12:1-2)

2 ) Enduring as Sons (Discipline; Hebrews 12:3-11)

3 ) Enduring against Sin (Repentance; Hebrews 12:12-17)

Quotes

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. [8] Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing. — The Apostle Paul (2 Timothy 4:7-8)
His plans concerning His people are always thoughts of good, of blessing. Even if He is obliged to use the rod, it is the rod not of wrath, but the Father’s rod of chastisement for their temporal and eternal welfare. There is not a single item of evil in His plans for His people, neither in their motive, not in their conception, nor in their revelation, nor in their consummation. — Theodore Laetsch
The only thing that will ever get us moving along this path of self-denial and discipleship is fixing our eyes on Jesus and what He has done for us, coming to love Him as a result, and thus wanting also to be with Him both now and always. Jesus is our only possible model for self-denial. He is the very image of cross-bearing. And it is for love of Him and a desire to be like Him that we take up our cross and willingly follow Him. — James Montgomery Boice