The Bible is very clear that not everyone will inherit the kingdom of God. John, is in John Braise, talks about those men as being disqualified regarding the faith. But only one man will win. Everyone runs; one wins.

It also speaks of a boxing metaphor. What is Paul really saying here? Dont you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Theres no proof text saying you cant eat meat sacrificed to idols. 24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize?

But as much as its true for these small goals we have in this life, Paul is saying how much more true is this of the imperishable prize of Christ? Including today, today is December 22nd, there are ten days left in 2019. Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural. So run--i.e., run in the way referred to, so that you may gain a prize. Westminster Larger Catechism When we come to this passage where Paul isnt giving us a detailed systematic orderly nuanced account of systematic theology. Thank you, Father, that you have poured all of the treasuries of your graces into your son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit takes what is Christs and gives to us by the work that he does in us, to apply everything that Christ has accomplished for us. Only those who finish get the prize. Who are you working to get in the race for Jesus? You cant summon this strength up and you cant lift weights that will give you this kind of strength of your character.

He is the most important human being who has ever existed. Each time, her friend Tally caught her and helped her wake up again. Then is 2 Corinthians 13:5 Paul urges the Corinthians to examine yourselves to see whether you are the faith. Romans 10:9 (NIV) That if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

But again, its very important to see that he is not worried that he might right now have this faith but that he might somehow some fumble it away. Let me put this in a simpler way. Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural, Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular. So run to win! They do it for a gold medal that tarnishes and fades. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. The first use of the law is to put a mirror in front of us, where we see us as we are in light of Gods word. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. The third, and were going to close on this point, a promise to belief. Test yourselves. You will have to give up those small short-term desires in order to gain what you really want. Again, no Paul says in Philippians 1:6, Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? 1 Corinthians 9:27, ESV

Thus, so, in this manner. In fact, perhaps the reason you dont have what you want yet is due to a lack of self-control over the past year or more. You know that in a race all the runners run.

We pray not that we would find ultimately that we were disqualified, never having truly possessed Christ by faith, but we pray that in this life we would grow to have an abundance of Jesus.

You will not be snatched out of Jesus hand, you will in fact grow to have him in abundance. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. If so, thats not the kind of self-discipline we are called to have. Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. The only solution and remedy to the curse of your sin the wrath that God has against all of us for our sin is Jesus Christ. Pastor Andrew talked about saving faith last week, so perhaps some of this is review and thats good because we need to be reminded of these things. This doesnt mean that you should leave this world and retreat to a mountain to become a monk or something. Maybe you goal is to lose a bit of weight this year; you are probably recognizing that you will have to give up food. We approach the word of God not as people who want to be justified by how well we keep what God says, only Christ can justify us and make us righteous before God. Paul is very clear on this in a very clear passage in Ephesians 2:8-9, Theres a warning for all of us to consider, is this you? Paul wants to make sure that he doesnt have a dead faith that is alone, but rather that he has it so entrusted himself to Christ by true living active saving faith so that on the last day you should not be disqualified. The crown of righteousness is the righteousness of Jesus Christ,that will be received in fullness at the Judgment Day. In order to win or save as many as possible. I say this not to mock you, I say this to show you the promise, the solution to your sin. 1 Corinthians 9:26 (NIV) Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. But rather so that you will be pricked and goaded and encouraged on to have more of Christ until you have an abundance. Well why should we do this? When youre running a marathon, every step is purposeful. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. The warning is sober and solemn. We approach it as people who relate to the law of God, the word of God, as a friend, as a guide, as a teacher.

All good athletes train hard. I did half marathon once. Understand if what is in control of your life is sin, not the Holy Spirit through faith in Christ, if sin is in control of your life then what the scriptures teach is that you will not inherit the kingdom of God. Maybe you want to achieve something, learn something, become skilled in something, you recognize that is going to require time and energy. The answer is absolutely no. In the 2012 London marathon, more than 37,000 runners competed. When youre running a marathon, you dont take a scenic detour, you go toward the race. What does he mean here in his third point, persevere to glory? Im not talking about withdrawing from that. Your body does not serve the old master, so it must be under the influence of the Spirit. Is all of your busyness go somewhere? 27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. The way that trust faith, that living active saving faith, will work out, is that Paul wants to see the fruit of that in the works that that saving faith produces, to give us evidence that we have a real active living saving faith. In the same way, you and I are called to enter into the lives of those who are not even in the race or who are struggling. ESV Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? That requires us to put to death the sin that is in us. 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? So run to win. The idea being that people are always under the influence of something that is controlling how we are acting. One. Paul tells us first that we must pursue the prize. How can we do that? Over the next 18 miles, Simone had 19 more seizures, each time collapsing and lsing consciousness for 30 seconds or more. YouVersion uses cookies to personalize your experience. Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural. Practice the disciplines of regular giving and serving in ministry. The boxer does not just punch the air, he directs his blows so that they have an effect. Know ye not, that they which run in a race, run all, yet one receiveth the prize? #1: Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Just as in modern competitions, in these Greek Olympics, there could be only one victor in each competition. Some thought that he would be a greater evangelist than Billy. All good athletes train hard. Dont you realize that everyone who runs in a race runs to win, but only one runner gets the prize? Circle the word all in these verses, it occurs four times. All, the whole, every kind of. Paul uses this word self-control in a very specific way. 1. Hes saying that there will be people who start the race not in the sense of having true saving faith, but in the sense of professing to believe something. So run that you may obtain. If anything, the point is actually strengthened by the extreme lengths athletes go to to be the best at what they do, to succeed at competition. So run ye, that ye catch. To avoid losing what we never had, Paul is saying here, to avoid losing what we never actually had, the Christian lives the life of persisting in self-control. In ancient Greece, the Isthmian games were held near Corinth on a small part of the land that connects the Peloponnesian peninsula with central Greece, otherwise known as an isthmus. These games had races, fights and musical competitions in honor of the sea god Poseidon. My message today is called Run the Race.This metaphor is used repeatedly throughout Scripture, both Old and New Testaments. 1 Corinthians 9:19 (NIV) Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. Well, you ought to run with your minds fixed on winning the prize! Do you remember how, on a racing-track, every competitor runs, but only one wins the prize? 24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So, the question is; is the Holy Spirit graciously in control here right now, or is my sin?

But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. After many years, Templeton renounced his faith completely and wrote his final book a few years before he died Farewell to God : my reasons for rejecting the Christian faithTempleton was interviewed by Lee Strobel shortly before he died. I would never want to do more than that. Thats true if this is real, if its possible to what you may never have had, if so then live in such a way to obtain it. Every competitor in athletic events goes into serious training. You want to know if your faith is true? But she denied her own desires, so that she could help Simone finish the race. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).

In the sixth petition (which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil), acknowledging, that the most wise, righteous, and gracious God, for divers holy and just ends, may so order things, that we may be assaulted, foiled, and for a time led captive by temptations; that Satan, the world, and the flesh, are ready powerfully to draw us aside, and ensnare us; and that we, even after the pardon of our sins, by reason of our corruption, weakness, and want of watchfulness, are not only subject to be tempted, and forward to expose ourselves unto temptations, but also of ourselves unable and unwilling to resist them, to recover out of them, and to improve them; and worthy to be left under the power of them: we pray, that God would so overrule the world and all in it, subdue the flesh, and restrain Satan, order all things, bestow and bless all means of grace, and quicken us to watchfulness in the use of them, that we and all his people may by his providence be kept from being tempted to sin; or, if tempted, that by his Spirit we may be powerfully supported and enabled to stand in the hour of temptation; or when fallen, raised again and recovered out of it, and have a sanctified use and improvement thereof: that our sanctification and salvation may be perfected, Satan trodden under our feet, and we fully freed from sin, temptation, and all evil, forever. Regardless of the reason, the runner who quits, does not finish and receive the prize at the end of the race. 2 Timothy 4:7-8 (NIV) I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

It is worth it. Heres the important part, including things that are not necessarily objective. Any sin persisted in, will take you off course and prevent you from finishing the race. Gods Word says that we are not to run or live aimlessly. What are the spiritual disciplines that a believer should utilize? Paul put it this way, Are you still controlled by your sin? You know that only one person gets a crown for being in a race even if many people run. Paul says dont you know that some wont receive the prize. You never had Christ and so you will lose the external dead faith that you claim to have right now. From brabeus; an award, i.e. When we see those temptations in front of us and we want them, we give up what we want in the short-term in order to have what we really truly want in Christ, by the power of the Spirit. Those that ran and fought in the Isthmian games kept a strict diet, trained and exercised self-control (1 Corinthians 9:25).

Its not losing something that person once had, its rather, according to the words of Jesus, losing what they never had. He says, So run that you may obtain it.. A. Who at the end of the day will not be saved, but will be turned away to the place reserved for the devil and his fallen angels in hell forever. You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, dont you? It is a grace, it is a gift, its what the fruit that the Spirit gives birth to. He summarizes his goal as .

This verse means that in a human race there is only one winner and that you should run the race to win. The crown symbolizes the eternal life that every believer who finishes the race will receive. There could be a number of reasons. So run that you may obtain the prize.

What does that mean on the course of life in the midst of stumbling and faltering in the midst of this race where I have to persevere when I dont think I have the energy of strength to do it. Faith alone saves us, faith, in the Westminster Confession question eleven paragraph two, is called the alone instrument of justification. The Spirit must be exercising control in us so that we can exercise self-control. Or is he talking about maybe we cant earn it, but once God entrusts this gift to salvation to us, is he saying that we have to hold on to it tight enough to make sure we dont fumble away our salvation before we get to the goal line? We talked a couple weeks ago about the use of the law. Run to win! Or finally, the runner may be disqualified by breaking the races rules. For if Jesus was not raised from the dead, then Hes still dead and unable to save anyone. Run in such a way as to get the prize. How do we grow in self-control? Many were saved through his ministry. In a race, there are a lot of runners, but there is only one first prize.

Youve all been to the stadium and seen the athletes race. Simones friend Tally Hall agreed to help train her and run the marathon with her. What we really want to know is how do we do that? To seek and to save the lost. Dont you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? Do you not know that the runners in the stadium all run in the race, but only one wins the prize? It would be some kind of vegetation that was wrapped so you would put it on your head. Sunday services at 10:30 am. Real athletes in a race run to finish the race and receive a prize at the end. If you are a high enough level athlete, far beyond the levels to which I attained in my athletic prowess, every part of our life is scripted so that you can exercise self-control towards winning the prize. John 10:27-29, ESV Self-control means that by the Spirit of God. Hes clearly not saying that because scripture interprets scripture and everywhere through the Bible we read about the people of God, plural and not the person of God, singular. We must persevere to glory. He was zealous for the Gospel and preached the gospel to large crowds. Earlier today we prayed The Lords Prayer and in that in the sixth petition we prayed, lead us not into temptation but deliver ss from evil.. Thats the bigger picture here. But only one gets the prize. They undergo strict training in order to do their very best to win the prize. For those of you who run, do you ever, like me, start to run and after a while, just get tired and think it would be easier to just quit and walk? In case youre wondering if we have to do the same things as the apostle Paul, Paul wrote in 1 Cor. Some would argue that Paul is talking about here is the possibility of losing a reward. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Dont be deceived, you wont to inherit the kingdom of God. In the sense of agreeing but not entrusting themselves to Jesus. Dont you know that when people run on the race-track everybody runs, but only one person gets the prize? So, run that you may obtain it. Instead, Paul preaches unity (1 Corinthians 1:10) and the goal of teaching the gospels to others (1 Corinthians 9:23). You must follow the rules or you will be disqualified and not have a chance to finish and receive a prize. So run [your race] that you may lay hold [of the prize]. But our contest is for an eternal crown that will never fade. If you want to grow in self-control, the way to do this is to maintain a posture of prayer. In this series, we are talking about being a slave or bondservant to Jesus Christ. Work out by yourself by reading your Bible and praying daily. So, ask this question, where are you running aimlessly? No one can snatch him out of your hand. You might see, say Jacob theres not a proof text against this so I can do it. What Paul is that he wants to make absolutely sure that he does have saving faith. Recruit new runners for the team by inviting others and sharing the Gospel. The way you should run is to run to win.

Run in such a way that you may obtain. Do you not have daas that the ones running on a race course all indeed run, but it is only one who receives the prize? Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. But how do we do this? Pursue the Prize We are supposed to grow in all of these areas. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor). So run that you may win. So, is Paul saying that we can somehow lose our salvation? But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. You must run so you will win the crown. 1. What is that path? have ye not known that those running in a race -- all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? You are recognizing that in order to gain what you want; its going to require a measure of discipline. By: Pastor Jacob Gerber | Series: 1 Corinthians. No, God uses all kinds of means to bring people to salvation. Dont you know that all the runners in the stadium run, but only one gets the prize? NLT Dont you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? Again, not as a way to save yourself, but this is what you were saved for.

So, run that you may obtain the imperishable prize. Hes probably talking about just like the idea of running aimlessly, being in the ring of competition but swinging without trying to hit the mark. We preached about this earlier in the year in 1 Corinthians 3:15. We must .

This is simple, but how often do we overlook it? Dont just agree with this, entrust yourself to this. 11 And such were some of you. People will not win merely for completing the challenge, instead, they must be the first to do so. Maybe you are asking yourself if Paul is talking about something we need to do to earn our salvation? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. 1 Corinthians 9:26, ESV I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings. So, if youre thinking, well Paul is saying I need to do something, I need to exercise self-control or perform some work to earn my salvation, understand the clear passages teach that is not what Paul is saying here. We are going to see three parts to this. Our goal is to win as many as possible. Though Paul used the analogy of an athletes training to Christian training, he did not intend us to interpret our training and maturing as Christians to be an individual endeavor or to be one where the goal is self-improvement.

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