The Best is Yet to Come: Pt. 2

Sermon Text: Hebrews 12: 2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Sermon Title: The Best is Yet to Come: Pt. 2

Point 1: Joy in Running vs. 1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witness, let us throw off everything that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. The writer of Hebrew uses the image of a race.

Point 2: Joy Releasing vs. 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witness, let us throw off everything that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. The writer of Hebrews also says throw off some things during the race. Why? Because there is something called runners block.

Point 3: Joy Cheering vs. 11Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witness, let us throw off everything that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. There is a joy the writer is trying to get us to see that a runner gets that is derived from Cloud of witnesses.

Point 4: Joy Driven vs. 2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Finally, Jesus was joy driven. In other words, it was not the joy of the cross nor dying on the cross that brought Jesus joy. I mean really, dying on a cross is not a joyful experience. It was the joy SET before him! Joy set in front of you is like a finish line.