1. Message 7: Remedy – Looking Unto Jesus
Hebrews 12:1-3

2. Running the Race 7

3. Run without Encumbrance7
“Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us …” (Heb. 12:1).
“weights” – burdens which weighs us down.
Cares of this world (Mark 4:19)

4. Run without Encumbrance7
Light burdens when carried for a prolonged period can turn into heavy burdens.
Remedy: Cast your burdens upon Jesus (Matt. 11:28; Ps. 55:22; 1Pet. 5:7).

5. Run without Encumbrance7
“besetting sins” – eu-peri-statos
Not cardinal sins but subtle sins appealing to our self and lust.

6. Run without Encumbrance7
It is the besetting sins that cause our downfall (Song 2:15).

7. Run without Encumbrance7
Kill sin before sin kills you!

8. Run with Endurance 7
“… and let us run with patience (hupomonē) the race that is set before us” (Heb. 12:1).

9. Run with Endurance 7 The Christian race takes a lifetime to complete.
Spurgeon: “By perseverance even the snail reached the ark”
Jesus: He endures to the end shall be saved (Matt. 24:13).

10. Run with Encouragement7
The cloud of witnesses refer to the heroes of faith in Hebrews 11.

11. Run with Encouragement7
Looking Unto Jesus
The Author and Finisher of Our Faith