The Race

Therefore, We (Believers) also, since We (Believers) are surrounded by so Great a Cloud of Witnesses, let Us (Believers) lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares Us (Believers), and let Us (Believers) run with endurance, The Race that is set before Us (Believers), looking unto Jesus (Jesus Christ), The Author and Finisher of Our (Believers) Faith, who for the Joy that was set before Him (Jesus Christ), endured The Cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at The Right Hand of The Throne of God (God Almighty).

For consider Him (Jesus Christ) who endured such hostility, from sinners, against Himself (Jesus Christ), lest YOU (Believers) become weary and discouraged in Your (Believers) Souls.  YOU (Believers) have NOT yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.  And YOU (Believers) have forgotten The Exhortation, which speaks to YOU (Believers) as to Sons: “My Son, do NOT despise The Chastening of The Lord (God Almighty), nor be discouraged when YOU (Believers) are Rebuked by Him (God Almighty); for whom The Lord (God Almighty) Loves He (God Almighty) Chastens, and Scourges every Son (Believers) whom He (God Almighty) Receives.”  If YOU (Believers) endure Chastening, God (God Almighty) Deals with YOU (Believers), as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does NOT chasten?  But if YOU (Unbelievers) are without chastening, of which All have become Partakers, then YOU (Unbelievers) are illegitimate and NOT sons.  Furthermore, We (Believers) have had human fathers who corrected Us (Believers), and We (Believers) paid them (human fathers) respect.  Shall We (Believers) NOT much more readily be in Subjection to The Father (God Almighty) of Spirits and live?  For they (human fathers) indeed for a few days chastened Us (Believers) as seemed best to them (human fathers), but He (God Almighty) for Our (Believers) profit, that We (Believers) may be Partakers of His (God Almighty’s) Holiness.  Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields The Peaceable Fruit of Righteousness (to be in God’s Immediate, for Eternity), to Those (Believers) who have been trained by it.

Therefore strengthen the hands (of Believers) which hang down, and the feeble knees (of Believers), and make straight paths for your (Believers) feet, so that what is lame may NOT be dislocated, but rather be healed.  Pursue Peace with All people, and Holiness, without which no one will see The Lord (God Almighty): looking carefully lest anyone fall short of The Grace of God (God Almighty); lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his (Esau’s) birthright.  For YOU (Believers) know that afterward, when he (Esau) wanted to inherit the blessing, he (Esau) was rejected, for he (Esau) found no place for Repentance, though he (Esau) sought it diligently with tears.

For YOU (Believers) have NOT come to The Mountain, that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest, and The Sound of a Trumpet and The Voice of Words, so that those who heard it, begged that The Word should NOT be Spoken to them anymore.  (For they could NOT endure what was commanded: “And if so much as a beast touches The Mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow.”  And so terrifying was The Sight, that Moses said, “I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”)  But YOU (Believers) have come to Mount Zion and to The City of The Living God (God Almighty), The Heavenly Jerusalem, to an Innumerable Company of Angels, to The General Assembly and Church of The Firstborn, Who (Believers) are Registered in Heaven, to God (God Almighty) The Judge of All, to The Spirits (Believers) of Just Men made Perfect, to Jesus (Jesus Christ) The Mediator of The New Covenant, and to The Blood of Sprinkling (Jesus’ Crucifixion), that speaks better things than that of Abel.

See that YOU (Believers) do NOT refuse Him (God Almighty) Who Speaks.  For if they did NOT escape, who refused Him (God Almighty) Who spoke on Earth, much more shall We (Believers) NOT escape, if We (Believers) turn away from Him (God Almighty), Who Speaks from Heaven, whose Voice (God Almighty’s) then shook the Earth; but now He (God Almighty) has Promised, saying, “Yet once more I (God Almighty) shake NOT only the Earth, but also Heaven.”  Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things, that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.  Therefore, since We (Believers) are Receiving a Kingdom which cannot be shaken, let Us (Believers) have Grace, by which We (Believers) may serve God (God Almighty) Acceptably, with Reverence and Godly Fear.  For Our God (God Almighty) is a Consuming Fire.

Fellow Believers, let Those Words (above) from The Holy Bible, give YOU comfort in Your Daily Walk.  What is “The Race that is set before Us”, YOU ask?  Well, it’s Our Life and more specifically Our Christian Walk upon God’s Path (created specifically for each one of Us), and what We do along Our Way.  Once We acknowledge God’s Amazing Saving Grace AND accept God’s Free Gift of Salvation (i.e. accept Jesus Christ, as Our personal Lord and Savior), thereby becoming a Believer (a Brother or Sister, in Christ), We also accept the tasks and responsibilities, which come with it.  We accept the fact, that We become Jesus Christ’s Light upon the World, and as such, We also accept the responsibility of sharing and Preaching The Gospel of Jesus Christ.  We are Jesus Christ’s Disciples, and like His Original Followers, it falls upon Us, to continue sharing and Preaching to Yet-To-Be-Believers and Fellow Believers.  Yes, We will still minister to Unbelievers, as well.  So that All may know, The Ways of God Almighty and Jesus Christ, with guidance from The Holy Spirit.  We share The Truth, in Love, for We want NO ONE to miss the opportunity to be, in God’s Immediate Presence, Forever, for Eternity.  We, Believers, are also Children of God Almighty, and as such, We are The Earthly Reminder of God Almighty’s Word and God’s Will.  God Almighty’s Commandments and Statutes along with Jesus Christ’s Commandments and Statutes, written for Us, in God’s Word (The Holy Bible), are The Foundation of what God Almighty expects from each of Us.

Remember, Fellow Believers, God Almighty Chose YOU, and gave YOU to His ONLY Son, Jesus Christ.  Your Task now, is to give Your Testimony, and tell everyone, why Our God (God Almighty) IS The ONE and ONLY God Almighty.  God Almighty IS The Great “I AM”, God Almighty IS The ONLY God, that has Ever Existed, period!  God Almighty, through The Word (Jesus Christ), Created The Universe and every single thing in it, including the World and Mankind, period!  God Almighty Existed before the Creation of The Universe, Earth, and Mankind, God Almighty still Exists, Today, and God Almighty will still Exist after the destruction of His Creation.  Mankind is NOT, the center of The Universe, but God Almighty, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit are The Center (The Focal Point) of Mankind’s Universe!  Mankind was Created, and Mankind lives, to serve God Almighty.  We are to willingly serve God Almighty and reap The Reward, OR willingly fail to serve God Almighty (rebel against Him) and receive The Punishment due Our disobedience.  My thoughts and prayers go with each of YOU.  Amen.