Hebrews 12:1-3 ... Wherefore 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, 2 Looking 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. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners
against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Exhortation: Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
When the Jews delivered Jesus to Pilate to be judged, Pilate examined Jesus and then Pilate returned to the Jews and said: he went out again unto the Jews, and said unto them, "I find in him no fault at all." Jn. 18:38
But the Jews insisted they wanted Pilate to deal with Jesus. And though Pilate found no fault with Jesus, we read the following action of Pilate ...
Jn. 19 ... 1Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 2And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, 3And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
They scourged Jesus and mocked Jesus and then crucified Jesus.
And we are told:
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners
against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
By the Holy Spirit, God encourages us to continue in the area to which God has assigned us.
Certainly we become discouraged and we even begin to think, "What good does it do for me to do this?
When I think that way, so often the Holy Spirit reminds me of the following and by this I am restored and straightened out. I Cor. 15...58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.