25 Heb 12:1-2 Running to Jesus

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Sermon outline

I Loved Track and Field in H.S.

Our Cheering Crowd (Heb 12:1)

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. They are all around us
            2. There are many witnesses
               1. So great is a term used to describe an indefinitely high number (Mt 15:33, Jn 12:37, 1 Cor 14:10)
               2. Cloud of witnesses
            3. Application: Consider if your life would be approved by them?
            4. Application: Read and being familiar with faithful people from the past

Things impeding our race (Heb 12:1)

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Let us also lay aside
            2. Weights impede progress. What’s impeding yours?
            3. Sin impedes progress: What’s regularly tripping you up? (Gen 4)

Running with Endurance

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Is it a race or an agonizing conflict? (Phil 1:30, Col 2:1, 1 Tim 6:12)
            2. So how do we either start the race, or keep at the race with an every quickening pace?

Look to Jesus (Heb 12:2)

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Look to the finish line where Jesus is.
            2. Jesus begins and completes our faith
               1. Founders start something
               2. The Perfecter or completer of faith
                  1. What is God’s goal for us?
                     1. Conformed to the Image of Jesus (Rom 8:29)
                     2. Be with God (Jn 17:24)
                     3. Be Holy and Righteous (Eph 4:23-24)

Jesus life shows us his strategy for running to God (Heb 12:2)

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. His strategy
               1. Kept his eyes on the Future
               2. Persevered through present suffering
               3. Didn’t take the world’s assessment seriously
               4. So he gained Glory
            2.  Application
               1. Punctuate your day with by stopping, praying, and reading the Scriptures
               2. Daily or weekly reflect upon when you were led away from Jesus and when you were drawn close. Let your reflections serve to open your eyes to the weights and sins you struggle with. Then pray for God to redeem you.
               3. Remind yourself that Jesus is the one working in you to will and to do according to his good pleasure.