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Letters To The Elect Of God |
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1. The Power of Example
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Seeing we are encompassed with such a great cloud of witnesses, let us get rid of every impediment and the sin that ensnares us so easily, and let us run steadily the course mapped out for us, with our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith who, in view of the joy that lay ahead for him, submitted to the cross, thought nothing of the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Compare your experience with his, who was willing to stand so much hostility from sinners against himself, so that you may not become weary and despondent. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted so that it has cost you blood, and you have been forgetful of the appeal that speaks to you as sons: "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, neither become discouraged under His reproof; for the Lord disciplines the person He loves and punishes every son whom He receives." You must endure for the sake of correction; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom the father does not discipline? If you receive no correction, such as all sons share, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.-- Hebrews 12:1-8 (Berkeley and A.V.)
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