Overcoming
Obstacles to Advancement
Memory
Verse: Hebrews 12:1b
…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.
Scripture
Reading: 2 Kings 7
Introduction: Hebrews 12:1b
How to Overcome Obstacles to Advancement
1.
Replace Unbelief with Faith. 1-2, 17-20.
2 Kings 7:1–2; 2 Kings
7:17–20; Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 145:18; Matthew 24:35; Hebrews 3:17–19; Hebrews 11:6
2.
Change Inactivity to Positive Exploration. 3-4.
2 Kings 7:3–4; Numbers 5:2–3; Leviticus 13:46
3.
Eschew Selfishness, but Embrace Generosity. 8-9.
2 Kings 7:8–9; Psalm 34:8
Evangelism “a
beggar telling another beggar about where to get bread.”
4.
Change from Doubting to confidence 12
2 Kings 7:12; Psalm 119:113;
James 1:5–7;2 Kings 7:13–16
Conclusion:
Hebrews 12:1b; John 3:16; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:8; John
1:12; Revelation 3:20
