Six Things to Remember When You Think About Quiting the Lord
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Introduction
Endurance
and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Is it all worth it?
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Frustration, anger, disappointment, unmet expectation, betrayal - You Want to Quit (This is where self-control is at its utmost importance
#1 You’re in Good Company
#1 You’re in Good Company
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,
Cain, Abraham, Moses, Isaac, Jacob, Gideon, David, Sarah, Rahab
They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
#2 Ask Yourself “Why?”
#2 Ask Yourself “Why?”
Were you beguiled by another Gospel?
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
Prodigal Son’s Older brother felt slighted
but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
The fact that you’re in fellowship with God is cause for daily celebration
Joy over the lost brother - instead, anger, hatred, jealously, covetousness
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
#3 The Consequences of Quitting
#3 The Consequences of Quitting
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
Demas left Rome because he fell in love with the world. In other words, Demas chose the corrupt value system of the unsaved world over what heaven values.
choose the temporary benefits of this world over the eternal riches of heaven.
What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”
Dogs since of smell is 1,000 to 10,000 times superior to what humans can.
Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
#4 The Church is Your Family
#4 The Church is Your Family
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
#5 The Crown That Awaits
#5 The Crown That Awaits
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
Storing up treasures in heaven
Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.
#6 Jesus
#6 Jesus
looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.