Gospel Community Church

If you’re going to finish strong, How will you face suffering?

Live in such a way that we finish strong BECAUSE of our suffering

Outline:
1) Life’s a Race (v. 1)
2) Why to Run (v. 2-4)
3) How to Run (v. 5-11)

1) Lifes a Race (v. 1)

1. “Lay aside every weight and sin”
2. “Run with endurance”
3. The Greek word for “race”

Clue 1

“Lay aside every weight and sin which clings”

Sin is any behavior, thought or motive that is outside of God’s plan for optimal human flourishing.

Clue 2

Run with Endurance

“there will be need of patience to encounter the difficulties that lie in our way, of perseverance to resist all temptations to desist or turn aside”

Clue 3

The Greek word for “race”

AGONE

2) Why to Run? (v. 2-3)

When I am weak, I am strong

3. How to Run (v. 5-11)

1. “Do not regard lightly”
2. Nor be weary when reproved

Despair is just arrogance in hiding

1. Think with humility
2. Evaluate, critically
3. Run with endurance