Jesus, the Object and Perfector of Our Faith

Jesus, The Object and Perfector of Our Faith

Hebrews 12:1-3

1. What keeps us from in Jesus every day?

• The cares of the . v. 1

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Matthew 6:34

“Christians should travel light.” Leon Morris

• The sin that easily .

 “Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you.”
John Owen, The Mortification of Sin

2. The cross is what   us to place our faith in Jesus daily. v. 2

“And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23

• The work on the cross validates Jesus as the author and  of the faith.

“It was by his death that he wished above all else to be remembered. There is then, it is safe to say, no Christianity without the cross. If the cross is not central to our religion, ours is not the religion of Jesus.” John Stott, The Cross of Christ

• Jesus looked through to the joy of the                             of man and the of their hearts

3. Because of the  we have in Jesus, we don’t give up. v. 3