Hebrews Chapter 12 — Run the Race Quiz Flashcards

#1

According to Hebrews 12:1, what must believers throw off in order to run the race marked out for them?

📖 Hebrews 12:1

#2

Who does Hebrews 12:2 identify as the one who should be the focus of believers as they run the race?

📖 Hebrews 12:2

#3

In Hebrews 12:5-6, the author quotes a proverb about God's discipline. What is God compared to in this discipline metaphor?

📖 Hebrews 12:5-6

#4

According to Hebrews 12:12-13, believers are encouraged to strengthen weak hands and knees so that what does not become disabled?

📖 Hebrews 12:12-13

#5

What does Hebrews 12:14 say believers should pursue?

📖 Hebrews 12:14

#6

In Hebrews 12:16-17, Esau is given as a warning example. What did Esau do that the author cautions against?

📖 Hebrews 12:16-17

#7

According to Hebrews 12:18-21, what mountain did the Israelites NOT approach when God gave the Law?

📖 Hebrews 12:18-21

#8

What is described in Hebrews 12:22-24 as the destination believers approach instead of Mount Sinai?

📖 Hebrews 12:22-24

#2

Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith

Hebrews 12:2 states, 'Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross.'

Hebrews 12:2

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Sin and every encumbrance

Hebrews 12:1 explicitly states that believers should throw off 'everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles' to run the race with perseverance.

Hebrews 12:1

#4

The limbs of the body

Hebrews 12:12-13 encourages believers to strengthen their weak hands and knees 'so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed,' using the body metaphor to encourage spiritual strengthening.

Hebrews 12:12-13

#3

A loving father disciplines his son

Hebrews 12:5-6 quotes Proverbs 3:11-12, comparing God's discipline to that of a father disciplining his child as a sign of love and care.

Hebrews 12:5-6

#6

He sold his birthright for a single meal and later found no chance to change what he had done

Hebrews 12:16-17 uses Esau as a cautionary example of someone who 'sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son for a single meal' and later regretted it, finding no opportunity to reverse his decision.

Hebrews 12:16-17

#5

Peace with everyone and holiness

Hebrews 12:14 states, 'Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.'

Hebrews 12:14

#8

Mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, with the city of the living God and thousands of angels

Hebrews 12:22-24 presents Mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, as the contrasting destination that New Covenant believers approach, described as the city of the living God with innumerable angels and the church of the firstborn.

Hebrews 12:22-24

#7

Mount Zion

Hebrews 12:18-21 contrasts Mount Sinai, where the Law was given with fire and fearsome conditions, with Mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, which believers approach instead in the New Covenant.

Hebrews 12:18-21

#9

In Hebrews 12:25, what warning does the author give to those who refuse to listen?

📖 Hebrews 12:25

#10

According to Hebrews 12:28-29, what two attitudes should believers maintain in response to God's grace?

📖 Hebrews 12:28-29

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#10

Gratitude and reverence

Hebrews 12:28-29 concludes the chapter by exhorting believers to 'be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.'

Hebrews 12:28-29

#9

They will not escape if they turn away from God who speaks from heaven

Hebrews 12:25 warns, 'See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks...if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?'

Hebrews 12:25

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