1. Sins Which Cling Closely
Hebrews 12:1-2

2. “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,” (Hebrews 12:1, ESV)

3. Do you have sins in your life that you have a hard time putting off?

4. Giving Into Temptation
Sins Which Cling Closely – Hebrews 12:1-2

5. Matthew 26:41

6. Matthew 4:1-10
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.” (Hebrews 4:15, ESV)

7. James 1:12-15

8. 1 Corinthians 10:13

9. Placing The Material Above The Spiritual
Sins Which Cling Closely – Hebrews 12:1-2

10. Matthew 16:26

11. Luke 12:15-21

12. Matthew 6:32-33

13. Being Presumptuous With God’s Word
Sins Which Cling Closely – Hebrews 12:1-2

14. Luke 6:46

15. What about salvation?
“And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 2:38, ESV)

16. What about worship?
“addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,” (Ephesians 5:19, ESV)

17. Leviticus 10:1-2

18. Psalm 19:13

19. Partial Obedience
Sins Which Cling Closely – Hebrews 12:1-2

20. 1 Samuel 15:1-3, 9

21. 2 Chron. 12:1, 11
“And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.” (1 Kings 14:22–24, ESV)

22. Matthew 22:37-38

23. Looking Back
Sins Which Cling Closely – Hebrews 12:1-2

24. Matthew 16:24

25. Luke 9:61-62
“Remember Lot’s wife.” (Luke 17:32, ESV) and “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (1 John 2:15, ESV)

26. 2 Timothy 2:4
“Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,” (Philippians 3:13, ESV)

27. Procrastination
Sins Which Cling Closely – Hebrews 12:1-2

28. Acts 24:24-25

29. Matthew 25:1-13

30. “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,” (Hebrews 12:1, ESV)

31. Are you clinging to any of these sins?

32. Let them go and run, looking to Jesus!

33. “For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.” (Hebrews 2:10, ESV)

34. “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man
“No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13, ESV)

35. Sins Which Cling Closely
Hebrews 12:1-2