The Evangelical Preacher Hebrews 12:1-2 Why seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight… I. OUR COMMENCING THIS RACE. 1. It is not any race, but a particular one. "The race set before us." 2. The introduction to this race is by regeneration (John 3:2, 7). 3. We must lay aside every hindrance that would impede our progress. II. OUR PROGRESS IN THIS RACE. 1. We must keep the course. 2. We must keep on in the way. 3. We must go on patiently under all difficulties. 4. We must keep the prize in view. 5. We must persevere to the end. III. OUR FINISHING THIS RACE. 1. The certainty of having the prize. 2. The prize will be a glorious and enduring one. 3. The prize will be a just one. "Crown of righteousness." 4. The honour connected with the bestowment of this crown. (The Evangelical Preacher.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, |
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