Because we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also put off every weight . . . , and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. —Heb. 12:1. Many of the faithful ones whom Paul mentioned in chapter 11 of Hebrews had circumstances sim- ilar to ours. For example, Noah was living when the pre-Flood world was ending. We are liv- ing near the end of the present system of things. Abraham and Sarah were called upon to leave behind their homeland to pur- sue true worship and await the fulfillment of Jehovah’s prom- ise. We are urged to disown our- selves and gain Jehovah’s approv- al and the blessings he holds out for us. Moses journeyed through a fearsome wilderness, heading for the Promised Land. We are on a course through this dying system of things, heading toward the promised new world. What these men went through, their successes and failures, as well as their strengths and weaknesses, is truly worthy of our consider- ation.—Rom. 15:4; 1 Cor. 10:11. w11 9/15 3:12
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