If the whole congregation, by their united and consistent walk, trod a plain and beaten path for men's feet, these lame ones, though halting, would be easily able to keep in it, and, by keeping in the 'straight tracks,' would even acquire the habit of walking straight onward, and so be healed; but if the tracks were errant and confused, their erratic steps would deviate more and more, till at length they fell away out of the right way altogether.". Did our Lord Jesus Christ fail to bring His weak ones home, it would be much to His dishonour. 6. (1) By believing prayer to God. "Lay aside every weight." Event. 12-13. Hebrews 4:12 For the word of ... as is the usage of some who make a sermon but matter of wit and fine oratory. Full many of the Lord's sheep are lame because they have been worried. It is possible, and may be desirable, to construct two sermons from this passage: 12:12-13 and 12:14-17. 5. 3. Some of these people of God who are compared to lame sheep seem to have been so from their birth. Sylmar and freeway destruction. (2) By the recollection of former mercies. It is so with you. Audio sermons Audio/video sermons Reading sermons Lectures Meditations. HOW tenderly the Lord cares for the lame! Lesson 47: Perseverance, Peace, and Purity (Hebrews 12:12-14) Related Media. Hebrews 12:1-2 1. ver. 13 “Make level paths for your feet,” [] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed. Heaven spare us from turning aside to folly! The final sub-paragraph in this section is 12:14–17. Unholy Christians are the plague of the Church. Exercises such as these are calculated to inspire moral courage, and increase spiritual strength, and promote Christian progress. From the discipline to which we are subjected. Can you not detect, too, some who are lame in point of character? The haunting fear that in some great matter which vitally affects us we have made mistake is a frequent cause of discouragement. 2. Verse 17 is introduced by the Greek subordinating conjunction gar which provides the ground or reason for the preceding warning. Little good ever comes of your subtle disputations, but they do gender much strife. To seek renewal of strength. Hebrews 12:18, 19 The Inferiority of Judaism. Everyone in a contest wants to win: be it a political race, a game of HORSE, or first in line at Starbucks. (Isaiah 40:29-31). If we mean to do good we must come unto men's hearts, not in word only, but with power. The Lord has graciously helped them through all their adversities. A genuine Christian may suffer with lameness in some element of his character or some faculty of service. The heroes of Hebrews 11 endured and overcame by faith. . 13 “Make level paths for your feet,” [] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed. They have backslidden; they have been remiss in prayer, and forsaken communion with God, so it is no marvel that their walk betrays their weakness. See Neva Miller, The Epistle to the Hebrews: An Analytical and Exegetical Handbook, 399-408; J. Harold Greenlee, Hebrews: An Exegetical Summary, 530-43; and David L. Allen, Hebrews, 583-88, for more detailed exegetical and semantic analysis of the text. It is in their constitution. Other sheep of Christ's flock are halt and lame because they have been ill-fed. Jun 22, 2012. What was safe for the strong nerves and sturdy strength of the father, might be exceedingly perilous for the weak and unpractised step of the child. SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE MAY TRIUMPH OVER THIS SO COMMON MOOD OF DISCOURAGEMENT. Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees. Andrew Davis. Therefore, the father must "make straight paths for his feet," &c. It is a lesson running through all life and conduct. The slighter disappointments of life in most real way shadow the spirits. 2. "Lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees." The Paperback Bible presents the Bible by the Book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations. Let not the faint yet sincere Christian yield to discouragement. John Piper Apr 10, 1988 73 Shares Sermon. The meaning of this command is usually taken as a striving to be at peace with other people. The mature ought to strengthen the weak (those close to shrinking back). This condition is variously described in the text. The superiority of Christ - He 1:1-7:28 b. From the neglect of the means by which hope and effort are sustained. A father, climbing up a steep and precipitous cliff at a summer watering-place, says that, to his astonishment, he heard his little boy calling out behind him, "Take a safe path, father, for I am coming after you." Besides, you know somewhat of our blessed Redeemer's covenant engagements. The despondency of some good people arises no doubt from a natural gloominess in their constitution, which disposes them to dwell on the dark side of every subject rather than on the other. Subscribe | RSS | Privacy Disclaimer. Were we to compare Christians in general of the present day with those of the first ages, it would appear that they are grown weak and faint. Verse 15 also begins with imperatival force with the translation “see to it,” which governs the three following clauses. A. To seek to keep each other in and help each other onward in the way. Hebrews 12:14 A Call to Diligence. Aug 31, 1997. I. Once more let me admonish you. 2. 2. You cannot heal the man's bad foot, but you can pick all the stones out of the path that he has to pass over. In the Divine economy the more care you require the more care you shall have. Verses 14–17 expand the command of v. 14. 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. I.THE LIABILITY TO FAINTNESS AND INFIRMITY IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. Hebrews 12:12, 13 A Call to Steadfastness. If you are a child of God, and you know your bearings, keep always as much as ever you can out of the jingle-jangle of controversy. Beware of catching a chill in religion. All rights reserved. Sermon. Besides, have you never noticed a constitutional tendency in some professors to stumble and get lame? We are to make straight paths because of lame people. IN GOD'S FLOCK WHERE ARE ALWAYS SOME LAME SHEEP. For example, if one finds himself shadowed by ill health, he will increase both his ill health and the shadows which it casts by perpetual thought of it and constant attention to its symptoms. Let us be concerned to remove the stumbling-block out of the way, and so to "make straight paths for their feet. II. "The meaning seems to be," says Alford, "let your walk be so firm and so unanimous in the right direction, that a plain track and highway may be thereby established for those who accompany and follow you, to perceive and walk in (cf. Hebrews 12:12-13 "Feeble Arms, Weak Knees, Straight Paths" Introduction Hebrews, if you remember, is a "word of exhortation" (Heb 13:22). 3. Warning and Encouragement. It caused Greatheart much trouble to get him on the road. Yet there is a patience that I … 14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. II. John Piper Apr 10, 1988 73 Shares Sermon. "Strengthen" is literally "make straight," which is a word play on the next vers. In order to perform this duty aright, it is necessary to exercise much tenderness and forbearance towards those who are labouring under great discouragements. SERMONS ON HEBREWS. If we do not triumph over it, it will triumph over us. Lift up the hands that hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees. Ill health is a very frequent reason for a discouraged mood. Scripture: Hebrews 12:12… Do you not know some friends of yours who naturally incline to despondency? I. "It is safe to say that no great enterprise was ever yet inaugurated, sustained, or completed in any other spirit than that of hope. Many a sickly man, instead of being dosed with drugs, needs to be nourished with wholesome meat. YOU lame ones who cannot walk without limping, I know bow you complain. A new paragraph is begun with dio in v. 12 that ends in v. 13 and serves as a transition to the concluding exhortation of the paragraph begun in v. 4. (4) By contemplation of the great multitude who have reached the goal and won the prize (cf. II. 5. John Piper Jun 22, 2012 3.4K Shares Still the trouble they have had to endure has told upon their hearts. Hebrews 12:22-24 The Superiority of Christianity. "He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength," etc. Sort by. THE CHRISTIAN'S HELPFUL INFLUENCE. Let not the faint yet sincere Christian yield to discouragement. "Why," she said, "if I were happy I should think I had lost all my religion." 1. Some are ready to faint under difficulties and troubles of a worldly nature. Sermons from Hebrews 12. Scripture: Hebrews. The man who persistently thinks toward sickness is the man who will gather about himself the gloom of sickness. Now, the grace of God should eradicate these vices; it can and will, if you yield to its influence. Others are distressed not only with the difficulties of life, but from being under the chastening hand of God. George Matheson wrote, “We commonly associate patience with lying down. 27 Do not turn to the right nor to the left; Turn your foot from evil. Would you make straight paths, then take care that your teaching is always according to the Bible. Apr 10, 1988. Hebrews 12:1–17 is closely connected with the preceding chapter by the use of the strong inferential conjunction toigaroun, “therefore,” which occurs only one other time in the New Testament. Discipline misunderstood or resented may disable us for a time. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Hebrews 1:1-12 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: The author identified neither himself nor the people to whom he was writing. John Piper Oct 6, 2019 1K Shares Sermon. Congregation. Hebrews 12:15 A Call to Examination. From the discipline to which we are subjected. Hebrews 12:20, 21 The Inferiority of Judaism. Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, … Fort Worth, Texas. Hostile circumstances are causes of discouragement. Sermon Hebrews 12:1-2 A Gallery of Saints By Dr. Philip W. McLarty As most of you are aware, the day after Halloween – a.k.a., "All Hallowed Eve," is All Saints' Day, a day in which we pay tribute to those who've lived and died in the faith. Hebrews 12:4–11 is followed by a short paragraph 12:12–13 introduced by the conjunction dio, “therefore,” and a final short paragraph 12:14–17 concerning Esau’s failure. Bad food is the cause of a thousand disorders. We may faint when we are corrected by him (ver. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which … SermonAudio.com - Hebrews 12 Sermons. With some it is a cross temper; with others it is a general moroseness, which it does not seem as if the grace of God itself would ever cure in them; or it may be a natural indolence oppresses them; or it is quite possible that habitual impatience harasses them. But then our good Lord is very patient; He does not mind taking trouble. The writer of Hebrews said if we are going to run the Christian life with no distractions and not get off track, we must keep our eyes carefully focused on Jesus. 2. If the way be very rugged and tedious, requiring painful effort to walk in it, those who are lame may be turned out of it. The superiority of the New Covenant - He 8:7-10:18 2. Let all Christians in the strength of God press onward to the goal and to the crown. I read once of a woman who said that she always went through at least two hours of worry and despondency about her trials, and when she had cried until she had a wet handkerchief spread out to dry on every chair in the room, she thought she might cheer up a little, but she never expected to be happy in this life. Hebrews 12:12. THE DUTY OF CHRISTIANS TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER UNDER THESE DISCOURAGEMENTS. Church Membership, Marks and Purposes, The Purity and Unity of the Church, Church Dysfunction. THE DANGER ARISING FROM FAINTNESS AND INFIRMITY IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. Hebrews 12:4–11 is followed by a short paragraph 12:12–13 introduced by the conjunction dio, “therefore,” and a final short paragraph 12:14–17 concerning Esau’s failure. 3. A frequent cause of spiritual discouragement is allowed sin. The text follows 12:4-11 and on the basis of understanding how God’s educative discipline works in our lives, we are to press on in the Christian life. The Christian life is a race. Browse Sermons on Hebrews 12:12-13. He says of poor Mr. Feeblemind, that when he came to the lions, he said, "Oh, the lions will have me." "Make straight paths Tot your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed." By the law of opposites. There are two ways of conquering the discouragement. 12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. Let all Christians in the strength of God press onward to the goal and to the crown. Jesus Christ will be sure to cover you with His power, so that when you are utterly defenceless you shall be most efficiently defended. Lecture category. Under such conditions it requires no little patience and heroism to keep moving onwards even at any pace; and the temptation to turn aside is very great. This short paragraph has about it a certain Lukan flavor in that within the short confines of two verses there is a cluster of six words which are primarily Lukan, three of which are unique to Luke and Hebrews. 14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. Our sermon ideas on Hebrews will help you preach a powerful message on Christ as the all-sufficient mediator. 1. The compassionate tenderness of the great Shepherd of the flock is left as a pattern for our imitation (Isaiah 40:11; Matthew 12:20). Relaxed hands and tottering knees may cause the Christian runner to give up running, and to relapse into ignoble ease. Romans 5:3-5; James 1:2, 3, 12). Cheer the hearts when the limbs are weak. “Peace” is emphatic by word order. It will be necessary, then, to be tender of their infirmity. Start well. And he put the young men at once on the right track. Tell the doubting that God is faithful. Cessation of Christian effort. The steady asking of Him and the following of His directions will deliver from many of life's mazes and from its gloom. 2. It may be I am addressing some poor child of God who has been beset by Satan, the accuser of the brethren, and frightfully tormented. Perhaps more still are lamed through the rough road of controversy. Chapter. Hebrews 12:1 tells us to “run with endurance” the race set before us. Hebrews 12:1 Run with Endurance. “Afterward” refers to the time after Isaac had given the blessing to Jacob. Some are discouraged through distrust, and groundless fears of future ills. Such evidence strengthens the suggestion that Luke may have written Hebrews. Tell the backsliders that God never does cast away His people. There is a something about their gait that is unsteady. Being good Presbyterians, we celebrate All Saints' Day on the Sunday THE LIABILITY TO FAINTNESS AND INFIRMITY IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. There are days when the sky wears a steadily disappointing grey, and when an east wind of discouragement blows steadily through all its hours. "Let us learn from hence: 1. You are strong, and have no need to be afraid of rough places; but perchance there is a weak and crippled brother coming after you, who will stumble and fall where you tread firmly. I. II. Hebrews 12:12-17 New International Version (NIV). 3. "THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS" The Earthly Sanctuary (9:1-10) INTRODUCTION 1. Oftener we have ourselves hidden ourselves from God by doing what we know He cannot smile on. Some are greatly discouraged by inward conflicts, arising from the evil propensities of their own hearts. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. The first effect of discipline may be to discourage us, and this will probably lead to lack of earnestness and vigor in Christian life and service. The inconsistencies of professors spread dismay among weak, desponding believers. The Suez Canal was not built, nor the ocean cable laid, nor the great war of a quarter of a century ago brought to a successful termination by men who were easily discouraged." 1. Hebrews, Expository Sermons - From The Executable Outlines Series by Mark A. Copeland - Hundreds of free sermon outlines and Bible study materials available for online browsing and downloading. Another way in which our compassion may be exercised is to point out to one another the directions and consolations of the gospel, according as the case may require; and here the tongue of the learned is necessary to speak a word in season to him that is weary. Intro: Few things are more awesome than an earthquake. Evidently, we ought to comfort them. Hebrews 12:12-29 New International Version (NIV). The man who persistently thinks toward health is the man who will soonest get both into it and into its sunshine. 6. John Piper Aug 31, 1997 1.7K Shares Article. This feebleness may arise: 1. "Why," he answered, "that is just what I am here for. Do you ask me how you can observe this precept? At 7 p.m. on October 20, 1968, a few thousand spectators remained in the Mexico City Olympic Stadium. When the "terra firma" is not so "firma" it gets rather terrifying. Satan moves not for a thousand squibs and wit-cracks of rhetoric. All these undertakings, and all undertakings of any sort, must have their root in hope. 3. The Danger of Dull Hearing. Search Clear filters Advanced Save this search Rss feed. The Church's Commitment to Holiness (Hebrews Sermon 64 of 74) Hebrews 12:12-17. Fail Not to Obtain the Grace of God. 3. ... As Jesus pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, moral purity must begin on the heart level. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Hebrews 12:1-3 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "LOOKING UNTO JESUS." WHAT NOW SHALL I SAY TO YOU WHO FEEL YOUR OWN WEAKNESS AND INFIRMITY? "That which is lame" indicates, says Afford, "that part of the Church which was wavering between Christianity and Judaism." III. The encouragement which we derive from St. Mark's history is, that the feeblest among us may, through God's grace, become strong; and the warning to be drawn from it is to distrust ourselves, and, again, not to despise weak brethren or to despair of them, but to bear their burdens and help them forward, if so be we may restore them. Intro: Our text looks at life as a race with a course to run, and a prize to gain. Hebrews 12:12 Religious Cowardice. That all our difficulties and discouragements in the ways of God arise from ourselves, and from the evil that is in the world. * It is a contrast with God as He manifested Himself to people under the Old Covenant and His manifestation under the New … And no man can be well or do well who is in the perpetual gloom of a shadowed heart. The description, however, is more particularly applicable to certain individual cases and characters amongst us, who need the compassion of their brethren, under their various difficulties and discouragements. Let there be no unnecessary stumbling-blocks to cause him pain. DO YE ASK, THEN, WHAT HE SAYS WE ARE TO DO FOR THESE LAME ONES? Related Sermons Select one: Running the Race (Hebrews 12:1-4) Running the Race (Hebrews 12:1-3) The Father’s Discipline (Hebrews 12:5-11) The Discipline of the Father (Hebrews 12:5-11) Discipline in the Fellowship — Part Three (Hebrews 12:7-17) Essentials of Christian Maturity (Hebrews 12:12-27) But oh, it is very difficult when the hearts are heavy, and the hands nerveless, and the limbs are lamed, and the way is rough and steep! They seen to have been so from their very birth. May God supply us constantly with strong meat, and sound health to digest it. Others, too, have been harassed by persecutors. 2. Warning and Encouragement. Had he something better to feed upon, he might conquer his diseases. If you have to preach the gospel, preach it plainly. 35:3, which may be the background of the whole discussion in chapter 12. Intro. Though in all sincerity I do believe in Jesus, yet I fear that after all he will disown me." The primary meaning of the text seems to be that the Christians addressed "are to guard against differences among themselves; they are not to quarrel with one another, but every one is to be earnestly intent on his own sanctification;" for without holiness no one shall see the Lord with joy. We think of it as the angel that guards the couch of the invalid. The way is, as far as possible, to front health, and in all right ways to determine to reach it. In like manner, Christians must do the same (12:1–3). . Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Hebrews 4:12 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "THE WORD OF GOD." 1). Verse 13 is a quotation of Prov 4:26 LXX (see the context of Prov 4:25–26). The Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep, evidently cares for the lame ones. Hebrews 12:16, 17 A Warning against Apostasy. Tell the distracted the Lord doth devise means to bring back His banished. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Hebrews 12:25-28 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "THE UNSHAKEABLES." Hebrews 12:12, 13. And he was afraid of the giants, and afraid of everything on the road. 4. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. 4. Some precious saints I have known have grown lame through a rough and weary way, just as sheep can be lamed if they are driven too fast, or too far, or over too strong a ground. 8/3/2015 Rev. Christians are often faint and feeble in our own times. Scripture: Hebrews. For example again: Nobody need be discouraged by sin, if only one will repent of it. Minister. Too often such is the Christian notion. Series. When Mr. Greatheart went with Muchafraid and Feeblemind on the road to the celestial city, he had his hands full. (3) By consideration of the uses and benefits of our trials and discipline (cf. To seek to keep each other in and help each other onward in the way. Religious Cowardice. Verses 14–16 form one sentence in the Greek text with only one finite verb: “Pursue.” The NIV’s “make every effort” renders the present imperative verb in Greek which connotes earnest, diligent, continuous pursuit of something. Full many of the Lord's sheep have become lame through negligence, faintness, and the gradual declension of spiritual health. 1. 5). Many a poor woman has lost her cheerful spirits through a harsh, ungodly husband, who has excited her fears or vexed her with sneers; and not a few dear young children have been broken down for life through the hard treatment they have had for conscience sake to endure at home. 2. For them the road is always rugged, the pastures unsavoury, and the waters turbid. His ways are ways of pleasantness, and all His paths are peace. Lying down the preceding warning in word only, but you can observe this precept NIV translates pornos “. 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