Today, we\u2019re concluding our study of Hebrews chapter 12. And we\u2019re nearing the finish line of a marathon\u2014the race of faith that Hebrews 12:1-3 first began to describe to us. But just as a runner must not break stride, the author of Hebrews gives us some final, urgent warnings and overwhelming motivation to continue running for the goal. And what is the goal? It\u2019s Christ Jesus and His Kingdom.<\/p>\n
Yet many of us are exhausted, distracted, and the world is always calling us to settle for less. Many of us are living as if the finish line is here on earth, pursuing things that are guaranteed to decay, rust, and ultimately pass away. At the same time, the world around us is \u201cshaking\u201d\u2014economically, politically, morally. We need something greater, something unshakable.<\/p>\n
And this is exactly what the Lord is calling us to in Hebrews 12\u2013\u2013 a greater, unshakeable kingdom! In the book of Hebrews chapter 12:14-29, the author challenged believers to stay faithful in running life\u2019s race as citizens of Christ\u2019s greater, unshakeable Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13715,"template":"","tags":[2019],"series":[2938],"scripture-book":[1325],"scripture-chapter":[1345],"speaker":[2007],"class_list":["post-13714","message","type-message","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-exposition","series-jesus-is-greater-an-exposition-of-hebrews","scripture-book-hebrews","scripture-chapter-1345","speaker-gary-combs"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message\/13714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/message"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message\/13714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13747,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message\/13714\/revisions\/13747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13714"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=13714"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=13714"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=13714"},{"taxonomy":"speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker?post=13714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}