Episode 129: STEADFASTNESS - KEYS TO ENDURANCE FROM THE BOOK OF HEBREWS - HEB. 12:25 - SEE THAT YOU DO NOT REFUSE HIM WHO IS SPEAKING…

hupomoné (Gk) - steadfastness, constancy, endurance (Hebrews 10:36, 12:1)10:23 Let us hold fast [*unswervingly] the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.  Faithful? 2 Tim. 2:13 – if we are faithless/not steadfast, He remains faithful/steadfast) Heb 10:36 - For you have need of endurance (hupomoné - Gk), so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. Heb 12:1 - Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also throw off every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance (hupomoné - Gk) the race that is set before us… #1 - GATHERING  - HEB 10:24-25 - 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. #2 - Repent / Deal with Sin - HEB 10:26-27, 12:1 - 10:26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a fearful expectation of judgment,… 12:1 - Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also throw off every weight, and sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race… Jn 8:34 - Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin 1 Jn 1:8-10 - 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. #3 – Fear - HEB 11:23, 27, 33-34; 13:5-6 - 11:23 - By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, …and they [his parents] were not afraid of the king's edict. 11:27- By faith he [Moses] left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 11:33 - who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight Heb. 13:5-6 - 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” #4 – FORGIVE - HEB 12:14-15 - 14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled… Colossians 3:13 – “forgive one another AS GOD IN CHRIST has forgiven you. So, you must also forgive” Matt. 6:14-15 - 14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. #5 – LOVE - HEB 10:24; 13:1 10:24 -And let us consider how to stir up one another to love13:1 - Let brotherly love continue#6 – SELF-PITY - HEB 11:35-39, 12:2-4 - 12:2 - looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider Him who endured from sinners such hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.  Definitions - “to have a victim mentality” “Don’t Feel Sorry for Yourself” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUt5DDYTpbA&t=25s