Thematic Bible: Finishing the course

Therefore, let us too, with such a crowd of witnesses about us, throw off every impediment and the entanglement of sin, and run with determination the race for which we are entered, fixing our eyes upon Jesus, our leader and example in faith, who in place of the happiness that belonged to him, submitted to a cross, caring nothing for its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. Think of the opposition that he encountered from those sinners against themselves, if you would not grow weary and faint-hearted.

But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor. Verse ConceptsGoalsGiving, Of OneselfThe Completion Of RedemptionCompletionevangelists, identity ofAthleticsGospel, Descriptions OfGrace, And SalvationLoyaltyMission, Of The ChurchFearPrizesRunningSelf DenialWordsMinisters, Should BeLife's PurposeExposition Of The ScripturesSteadfastness, Examples OfWitness To The GospelPreciousThe Grace Of GodMan's Work FinishedDutyMissionariesSelf WorthSelf EsteemWorthValueRaceConfidence And Self EsteemFinishing Strongtestifyingimprovementfinishingimportancemyself

I have had a part in the great contest, I have run my race, I have preserved my faith. Now the crown of uprightness awaits me, which the Lord, the upright judge, will award me on that Day, and not only me but also all who have loved and hoped for his appearing.