Facing Trials, Finding Victory!
The Endurance of Jesus! Hebrews 12:1-3

The Context:

Hebrews 10:36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

Hebrews 11: – The Hall of Fame, The Heroes of the Faith! Men and women who have gone before Us and Endured to the End! Notice: Verses 35-38

1st Run The Race With Endurance!

Perseverance – A patient enduring, sustaining, perseverance to keep on Following Jesus! It’s the characteristic of a believer who is not swerved from His deliberated purpose and her loyalty to faith in even Through Life’s greatest trials and sufferings.

Acts 14:22 Paul, strengthened the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God!

Matthew 10:22 “You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

Matthew 24:13 “But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
Mark 13:13 “You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
2 Timothy 2:12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us;
James 1:12 Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
James 5:11 We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.
Luke 21:19 (“By your endurance you will gain your lives.
James 1:3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
James 5:11 We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

Revelation 14:12 Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

Just Like the Witnesses Surrounding Us:

We Run With Endurance to Finish and Win! 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

We Lay Aside the Sin and Encumbrances that Easily Entangles Us!

Galatians 5:19-21 and Jude 1:16 – Lay them all aside!

We Fix our Eyes On Jesus – The Author and Finisher of Our Faith!

2nd We Run Our Course With The Endurance of Jesus!

Like Jesus We Empty Ourselves, We Humbled Ourselves!
Philippians 2:1-11
Jesus Endured the Cross, Despised the Shame!

2 Corinthians 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our ehalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him!

1 Peter 2:21-25 – The Great Example of Suffering!

Jesus Sat Down at the Right Hand of the Father!

The Promise of Endurance: Victory!

Luke 20:42 For David Himself says in the book of Psalms, “The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for Your feet!”

Romans 8:34 Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us!

3rd We Consider The Endurance of Jesus so that we Do not Grow Weary and Lose Heart!