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INHERIT THE PROMISESINHERIT THE PROMISESBY PATIENCEBY PATIENCE

Patience and Inheritance

Acts 2

37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, AND be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

“And” Means Both Are Required

(Not Like “Or”)

Hebrews 6 12That ye be not slothful, but followers of

them who THROUGH faith AND patience inherit the promises.

“And” Means Both Are Required

Patience and Farming

James 5

7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Patience and Farming

How Does the Farmer “Wait Patiently”? By Sitting Idle?

Definition of Patience

“Patience” is It is defined as cheerful endurance, or constancy.

It implies keeping on keeping on.

Patience Is Cheerful

Endurance

Colossians 1

10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness.

Patience Is Enduring Hardship

Romans 12

10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another; 11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation.

Patience Requires

Enduring People

1 Thessalonians 5

14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 15See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

Patience Requires

Endurance While Waiting

2 Thessalonians 3

5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

Patience Requires

Enduring in Work

Romans 2

7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life.

Patience and Salvation

These People Heard and Taught but Did Not Do

Romans 2

4Or despisest thou the riches of his good-ness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6Who will render to every man according to HIS deeds.

Romans 2 7To them who BY patient continuance in

WELL DOING seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: 8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile.

Romans 2

10But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that WORKETH GOOD, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 11For there is no respect of persons with God. 12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law.

Romans 2

13For NOT the hearers of the law are JUST before God, but the DOERS of the law shall be JUSTIFIED.

Let’s Notice Who Gets What in This Passage

To them who by patient continuance in well doing

seek for glory and honor and

immortality.

Eternal life to whom?

To them who are contentious and do not obey the truth,

but obey unrightesouness.

Indignation and wrath to whom?

Patient Patient continuacontinuancence

is literally steadfastness, perseverance, or patient continuance.

υπομονηυπομονη

In “well doing”is literallyis literally

““working good.”working good.”

εργου εργου αγαθουαγαθου

After He Patiently Endured

Hebrews 6 11And we desire that every one of you

do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who THROUGH faith and patience inherit the promises. 13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself.

Hebrews 6

14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15And so, AFTER he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Who Is Used as an Example

Hebrews 6

13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself.

God Promised Before; When Did Abraham

Obtain It?

Hebrews 6

14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15And so, AFTER he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

How Do We Inherit the Promises?

Hebrews 6

11And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who THROUGH faith and patience INHERIT the promises.

What Does Slothfulness Have

to Do With Inheritance?

Hebrews 6

12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

What Does Diligence Have

to Do With Assurance?

Hebrews 6

11And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence TO the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who THROUGH faith and patience inherit the promises.

“To” Indicates Cause-and-

Effect, Or Result

“…Diligence

Resulting in the Full Assurance”

These Passages Have the Same Grammatical Construct…

heb9:13;rom15:2;1tim4:7;2cor10:4;2co1:20;1co14:12,26heb9:13;rom15:2;1tim4:7;2cor10:4;2co1:20;1co14:12,26

2 Corinthians 1:20

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, UNTO the glory of God by us.

2 Corinthians 10

4For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God TO the pulling down of strong holds.

In This Next Passage, He Is

Speaking to Christians…

Hebrews 10

35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. 36FOR ye have need of patience, that, AFTER ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Our Confidence Will Be

Rewarded by…

Hebrews 10

35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. 36FOR ye have need of patience, that, AFTER ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

How Did Noah Inherit the

Righteousness That Is by Faith?

Hebrews 11

7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark TO the saving of his house; BY the which he condemned the world, AND became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

The Stony Ground Lacked

Patience!

Luke 8

13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a WHILE believe, and in time of temptation fall away…

Luke 8

15But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

How to Keep from Being the Stony Ground

Luke 21

17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake. 18But there shall not an hair of your head perish. 19In your patience possess ye your souls.

Patience Cause and Effect

James, What Produces Patience?

James 1

3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith WORKETH patience. 4But let patience have her perfect work, THAT ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

What Does Patience Produce?

James 1

3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4But let patience have her perfect work, THAT ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Paul, What Produces Patience?

Romans 5 1Therefore being justified by faith, we

have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation WORKETH patience.

What Does Patience Produce?

Romans 5

4And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

What Do You Mean,

“Patience Works Experience”?

means experience or trustiness (as in a test).

How do you test whether a bullet-proof vest is trusty?

Romans 5

4And patience, experience; and experience, hope.

Patience Patience produces produces trustinestrustiness.s.

that scientific experimentation works on. If a test produces the same results consistently, it is considered to be “reliable.”

This is the This is the same same principleprinciple

Romans 15

4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Romans 5 Puts Experience

Between Patience and Hope

Romans 5

4And patience, experience; and experience, hope.

Trustiness makes us hopeful!afterafter we patiently we patiently endure, then the fact endure, then the fact that we are patiently that we are patiently enduring should give enduring should give us hope that we will us hope that we will receive the promise.receive the promise.

If we If we believe that believe that we will we will receive the receive the promisepromise

BUT Hope Also Motivates Us to

Be Patient

Romans 8

24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Colossians 1

3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father

We Are Commanded to

Be Patient

Commanded to Be Patient

Titus 2

1But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

– sound / healthy

Examples of Patience

An Example of Joyful or Cheerful

Endurance

Hebrews 12

1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.

Hebrews 12 2Looking unto Jesus the author and

finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Another Example of Cheerful Endurance

Examples of PatienceJames 5 – more examples 7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the

coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

James 5 – more examples

10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Patience Receives Grace

Patience Results in Grace / Favor

Patience Receives Grace

1 Peter 2

19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

“thankworthy” and “acceptable”

are both the word χαρις.

In this passage,In this passage,

The word χαριςχαριςSo patience, when So patience, when suffering to do right, suffering to do right, receives grace!receives grace!

is usually is usually translated translated “grace” or “grace” or “favor.”“favor.”

Patience By Itself Is Not Enough

BUT… Patience By Itself Is Not

Enough!

The Ephesians Were Patient and Fought

False Doctrine

Revelation 2

2 I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast labored, and hast not fainted.

BUT… They Had Left Their

First Love

Revelation 2

4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the FIRST WORKS; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

The Church in Thyatira Were

Patient and Loving

Revelation 2

19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

BUT… They Didn’t Combat False Doctrine

Revelation 2

20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

Philadelphia Had Kept the Word of His

Patience

Revelation 3

10BECAUSE thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. 11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

Revelation 3

12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

If That’s Not Motivation, I Don’t Know

What Is!

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