Teaching Outline

GPNAZ TEACHING OULTINE – AUGUST 3, 2025
Run the Race: “God has for us”
The Word of the Lord: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

HOW TO RUN THE RACE: GOD HAS FOR US…

• The first principle of running the race: Training.

• Second, running the race well requires perseverance.

 
" perfecter of our faith, who Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 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. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." – Hebrews 12:1-2

• Third, running well requires a good support system.

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! . . . Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” – Ecclesiastes 4:9

“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. . . . Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” – 1 Peter 4:8-10

“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:11
 

• Fourth, running well requires that we keep the goal in mind.

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." – Hebrews 12:2

"Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." – Philippians 3:13-14

• Fifth and finally, to run the race well, you must be on the right path.

"All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away." – Isaiah 64:6
“. . . everything that does not come from faith is sin." – Romans 14:23a