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I Corinthians 13:13

HEBREWS

The Book of Hebrews was written to a Church that was getting old and was settling into a world and losing its wartime mentality and starting to drift through life without focus, without vigilance and without energy. Their hands were growing weak with no enthusiasm (No Clapping in praise) of God’s actions; Nor the closing of hands to grip to prepare for a fight against evil, nothing like David passion in concerns to the preacher’s call that even is use in the modern march in the fight against evil as in Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr or Jericho’s walk that will go against the public war of sin by the protest of civil rights seen outside of the church, politically left silent and our children fighting this fight outside of most church’s on their own. The church’s current dilemma can also be seen in this current reflection.

In Hebrews, their knees grew weak and feeble to pray for strength or pray as in worship. It was just easier to meander in the crowd of life than to run through life to distribute the divine will and message of God: to be a vessel to his divine power and carry the divine message that salvation has been offered from the Spiritual House of Heaven (seed House) which is the word of life placed in the embodiment of Christ Jesus as if you were in a marathon, as the generations of the past would say “To run to make a 100,” within one’s own journey.

Hebrews 12:1

English Standard Version Chapter 12

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us

Here the writer of this text to the Hebrews community exhorts all who professes faith in Christ Jesus, the “Author and perfecter,” of our faith (vs 2) to do two things. (1) First, we are to remove or put off any burdens that keeps us from Christ-likeness especially in concerns to sin, because sin ensnares us and keeps in bondage to itself (as a Web). (2) Second, we are to persevere, patiently enduring all things until we grow and mature in the faith. James reminds us that trials serve to strengthen our faith and bring us to maturity (James 1:2-3). (Hebrews 12:1) is reminding us to persevere through those trials, knowing that, by God’s faithfulness, we won’t be overwhelmed by them (1 Corinthians 10:13).

No temptation has overtaken you (or us) that is not common to man. God is faithful,and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape that you may be able to endure it.