Keep your eyes on Jesus and run the race – that's sort of the motto of the Christian life. And you’ll notice in each of the verses the three directives – lay aside, run, and consider Him. Those are the three directives in each of the three first verses of the chapter and they outline for us three important parts of living the Christian life. Laying aside the hindrances of sin and other things, obstacles, especially in us, that keep us from living the Christian life. Running with endurance; not growing weary. Looking to Jesus who endured the cross; considering Him as He faced hostility from sinners and following after Him. And so our theme last week was – to live the Christian life you had to fix your eyes on Jesus and prepare to run a distance race. Well this whole…

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 12.В We’re going to be looking at the first three verses this morning and especially on the theme, “Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus.”В This whole passage is about living the Christian life, and I want to say just a couple of things about that by way of introduction.В This passage is not telling you how you come to be right with God.В The Bible explains to us that the way that we come to be right with God is through the person and work of Jesus Christ – Christ taking our sins upon Himself and our trusting and resting, receiving Him alone for our salvation as He is offered in the Gospel.В When we address the issue of the Christian life, how you live the Christian life in the New Testament, it is not…