RUN WELL … EYES FIXED

HEBREWS 12:1-3

 

THEME OF HEBREWS: JESUS IS BETTER

 

THOUGHT: THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS UNDER A NUMBER OF METAPHORS … EXAMPLES, WARFARE – WRESTLING – BOXING – FARMING – MARRIAGE – A RACE …

 

FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS

 

THE PATTERN OF CHRIST LIFE …

 

“AUTHOR AND PERFECTER OF FAITH”

 

JESUS FAMILY DID NOT BELIEVE IN HIM,

PSALM 69:8; JOHN 7:5; MARK 3:21

 

JESUS FACED GRIEF, “JESUS WEPT”

 

JESUS WAS DENIED BY HIS FRIENDS,

JUDAS, SIMON

 

JOHN 10:10; JAMES 1:2-3

 

THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST IN OUR LIVES …

 

HIS WORD, JOHN 1:1, 14; HEBREWS 4:12

 

HIS CHURCH,

 

THE PERSONAL INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT …

 

JOHN 14:15-17

 

ROMANS 8:11

 

COLOSSIANS 1:27

 

HEBREWS 12:2, FIX, A COMPOUND WORD, “LOOKING AWAY FROM”

 

PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE …

 

ROMANS 8:28

 

APPLICATION