This week, pastoral elder Eric Byrom encourages us to finish well the race that the Lord has laid before us.

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Sermon Passage: Hebrews 12:12-17

Sermon Outline

1. What to do to finish well.
  A. Run tough (v. 12)
  B. Run tough together (v. 13)
  C. Run after peace and holiness (v. 14)
2. What to avoid to finish well.
  A. Gracelessness (v.15a)
  B. Apostasy (v. 15b)
  C. Appetites (v. 16-17)
     i. Sexual Appetites
     ii. Physical Appetites

Study/Discussion Questions

• How does the relationship between verse 11 and verse 12 lead Christians to be able to run tough?  Why are we able to run tough?
• What keeps you from running tough together with other Christians?  What would it look like to make straight paths for yourself and others?
• What does it look like to pursue peace and holiness for you?  What does it look like doing it with others?
• What does it mean to fall short of God’s grace?  What role do we have in helping to make sure others don’t fall short as well?
• How have you seen apostasy rear its head in what you have seen in your life?  Why does it also have a tendency to draw in others and defile them as well?  What can we do about it?
• Why do you think our sexual and physical appetites are so warned against here?  Why is it that these two tend to cause people to not finish well?
• What is one thing that God wants you to remember, do or change in response to what you have heard today or discussed?