Sunday Theme

07/04/2024: Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus - Hebrews 12:1-2

Key Verse: Hebrews 12:1-2

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside
every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance
the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who
for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the
right hand of the throne of God.

Purpose of the Theme:

 To focus on Jesus so that we can become more like Him.

 To learn from Jesus how to run our race well.
 To recognize what made Jesus so unique, and therefore makes His disciples different
from the rest of the world.
 To move our attention away from the distractions of life and onto the perfect example
of Jesus.

Sermons on the Theme:

1. Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus

Focusing on Jesus:
2. His Identity: The Author and Finisher of our Faith
3. His Motivation: The Joy Set Before Him
4. His Life: Enduring the Cross, Despising the Shame
5. His Exaltation: Sitting at the Right Hand of God’s Throne
6. His Reliability: The Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever

Living Like Jesus:

7. Laying Aside Every Weight & Sin (12:1)
8. Sharing in His Holiness (12:3-17)
9. Seeking the City That Is to Come (12:18-29, 13:14)
10. Loving Sacrificially (13:1-6, 15-19)
11. Rejecting Strange Teaching (13:7-14)
12. Jesus Working in Us (13:20-25)