Creekside Church, Sunday, December 20, 2020
PERSEVERANCE IN THE WAITING
Locations & Times
Creekside Church
660 Conservation Dr, Waterloo, ON N2J 3Z4, Canada
Sunday 9:00 AM
Hopomone (hoop-om-on-ay')
Definition
steadfastness, constancy, endurance in the NT the characteristic of someone who is not swerved from their deliberate purpose and their loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings
patiently, and steadfastly
a patient, steadfast waiting for
a patient enduring, sustaining, perseverance
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Both Paul and Jesus use this word to describe Christian character
1 Thesselonians 1:2-3
We always give thanks to God for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers; constantly keeping in mind your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,
Revelation 1:19
‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith, and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.
We are to be people of perseverance
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Hebrews 11-12
12:1
...let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us...
11:13
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
11:39
These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,
11:8-10
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
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Psalm 37:34
Wait on the Lord
and keep his way.
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Application
1. I will keep going
2. What can you do?
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Perseverance Exercise | Meditate on these verses
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. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Definition
steadfastness, constancy, endurance in the NT the characteristic of someone who is not swerved from their deliberate purpose and their loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings
patiently, and steadfastly
a patient, steadfast waiting for
a patient enduring, sustaining, perseverance
---
Both Paul and Jesus use this word to describe Christian character
1 Thesselonians 1:2-3
We always give thanks to God for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers; constantly keeping in mind your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,
Revelation 1:19
‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith, and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.
We are to be people of perseverance
---
Hebrews 11-12
12:1
...let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us...
11:13
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
11:39
These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,
11:8-10
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
---
Psalm 37:34
Wait on the Lord
and keep his way.
---
Application
1. I will keep going
2. What can you do?
---
Perseverance Exercise | Meditate on these verses
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. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.