The document provides commentary on running the race of faith based on scripture passages from Hebrews 12:1-3 and 2 Timothy 4:7. It emphasizes fixing one's eyes on Jesus, who initiated and completed the race of faith. To run well, believers must lay aside weights and sins that slow them down, and study Jesus' example by reviewing details of his life and work. Focusing on Jesus in this way will energize one's soul to continue the race despite challenges. The commentary encourages believers to rely on Jesus as the author and perfecter of their faith as they run the race.

1. Look Unto Jesus
Hebrews 12:1-3

2. Prayer For This Service
• When I was given the Theme of this conference
• I immediately asked God what to say to you
• God directed me to the Message Bible

3. Scripture Reading
• “Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It
means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no
parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it.
Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up
with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right
alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that
long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!” Hebrews 12:1-3 MSG

4. BreakDown
1. “Do you see what this means—
2. all these pioneers
3. who blazed the way
4. all these veterans
5. cheering us on?
6. It means we’d better get on with it.
7. Strip down,
8. start running—and never quit!
9. No extra spiritual fat,
10. no parasitic sins.
11.Keep your eyes on Jesus,
12. who both began and finished this race we’re in.
13. Study how he did it.
14. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—
15. that exhilarating finish in and with God—
16. he could put up with anything along the way:
17. Cross, shame, whatever.
18. And now he’s there, in the place of honor,
19. right alongside God.
20. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith,
21. go over that story again,
22. item by item,
23. that long litany of hostility he plowed through.
24. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!” Hebrews 12:1-3 MSG

5. Introduction of the Book
1. Written by Paul
2. It does not take the form of a letter, with salutations and naming the author
3. It takes a direction of a sermon / preaching to them
4. You get a sense that this book was written to Believers who have difficulties remaining in the faith
• Chapter 5:11 "Since you have become Dull in your spiritual hearing and sluggish in achieving spiritual insight
• Chapter 6:12 "that you may not grow weary"
5. The book is written to those who know the faith in Jesus Christ

6. Do You See What This Means
NB: All these Pioneers
1. “Paul is requiring the Hebrew Church to perceive
• and spiritually have an idea or understanding
2. Sometimes the greatest strategy of the enemy is to blind us to the truth
• To concentrate on the false narrative
 Office of the Prophets
 The Gift of Knowledge
 Diliverance & Healing
3. What is it that Paul you want us to see
4. “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of
angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the
spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks
better things than that of Abel.” Hebrews 12:22-24 NKJV
1.Company of Angels
2.Church of the firstborns registered in heaven
3.To God
4.Spirits of just men made perfect
1. Jesus the Mediator
NB: IF YOU THINK GOD IS DEAD: OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK AROUND

7. All These Pioneers
1. Hebrews 11 Gives the names of these pioneers
• Abel offered an acceptable sacrifice
• Enoch walked before God and became no more
• Noah was warned of the calamity to come and got instructions to build an Ark
• Abraham was called out of his people to a place destined for him
• Sarah in her old age got pregnant
• Isaac
• Jacob
• Joseph
• Moses who when he was grown refused to be called the child of Pharaoh
• Rahab the prostitute received the spies
• Gideon
• Barack
• Samson
• David
2. All the pioneers blazed the way
• Pioneer means trend setter / first to do something
• blazed the way

8. Who Blazed The Way
1. Blazed mean
• They fired themselves a new way, defying the odds
2. They did the hardest work
• Being literally beaten for the Gospel
• To be hung up on a tree
• Fighting lions and bears

9. All These Veterans Cheering Us On
1. All of them cheering us on
2. “I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons
who need no repentance.” Luke 15:7 NKJV

10. It Means We Better Get On With It
After seeing this : Better get on with it
1. Waste no more time,
1. How
1.Strip down,
• Do not entangle yourself
2.start running—and never quit!
• Start doing what you are called to do,
• You can't wait for attending Bible College
• You can't wait to have money / to be married
3.No extra spiritual fat,
• Spiritual fat is necessary but not extra
• Fat: protects your vital organs
• Once extra you will be obese and run a risk of having
• Things that are pulling you down
4.no parasitic sins.
• In its nature it is parasitic

11. Keep / Fix Your Eyes On Jesus
1.Why would the writer plead the Hebrew saints to fix their eyes on Jesus
• He really did speak to our forefathers through the prophets BUT today He has spoken through Jesus
• He specifies that Jesus is above Angels
2.Because
1. who both began and
2.finished this race we’re in.
3. Jesus invented this road
4. As a matter of fact He is the road
• Remember He said "I am the Way"
5. How can you fail on the Road that is the Road itself
6. In Him there is no failure
7.How

12. Study How He Did It
1.Study how he did it.
2. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed
3. he could put up with anything along the way:
4. Cross, shame, whatever.
5. And now he’s there, in the place of honor,
6. right alongside God.
7.When you find yourselves flagging in your faith,
8. go over that story again,
9. item by item,
10.that long litany of hostility he plowed through.
11.That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!” Hebrews 12:1-3 MSG

13. When You Find Yourself Flagging In Faith
1. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith,
1. go over that story again,
2.item by item,
3.that long litany of hostility he plowed through.
2.Why
3.That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!” Hebrews 12:1-3 MSG

14. Item By Item
1. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 NKJV “
2. And the Word became flesh John 1:14 NKJV
3. “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given Isaiah 9:6 NKJV
4. Gabriel said, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
• How can this be because I know no man
• Don't worry the Holy Spirit will do this
 Not by Power, not by might but my Spirit says the lord
5. Mary visited Elizabeth and her baby was not moving, she greeted and her baby started moving
6. 9 months down the line the baby was ready to be born but all the hotels were full to capacity
7. 12 years down the line, her mother thought he was lost, found explaining mysteries to church leaders
8. At age 30 John sees him and exclaims, here is the lamb of God
9. Baptized by John
10. Holy Spirit fell down on Him
11. Then God spoke, this is my beloved son, whom I am well pleased, listen to Him
12. Led by the Spirit to the Wilderness to be tempted by the devil and he defeated him

15. Item By Item...
1. He started healing the sick
2. Raising the dead
3. Judas accepted money to sell him
4. The seized Him and made him a cross
5. Made him a thorn of crowns
6. The beat him, insulted him, his back was bitten 39 stripes
7. He could no longer carry his own cross
8. They took him to the cross
9. Hung him between two criminals
10. Until He cried, unto your hands I commit my Spirit
11. Pierced His side
12. They took him to the grave
13. Hired guards to guard it
14. On the third day He arose from the dead

16. That will Shoot Adrenaline Into Your Spirit
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1. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!” Hebrews 12:1-3 MSG
 Adrenaline: hormone secreted by the adrenal glands
 Increases blood circulation
 Breathing
 Prepares your muscle for exertion
 Adrenaline is a survival hormone
 It helps you survive under pressure / threat
 It pumps glucose for increased energy

17. We Have Noted With Great Concern
Remain faithful to the vision

18. Online Church
The Race of Faith

19. Greetings & Introduction
Remain faithful to the vision
Psalm 91:11 : “For He will command His angels in regard to you, To protect and defend and guard you in all
your ways [of obedience and service].”
Song: Uyalile iNgelosi UKUBA zindibambe ngesandla

20. Scripture Reading

21. The Race of Faith
NB: THE BIBLE TELLS US TO RUN THE THE RACE OF FAITH
1. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Tim 4:7
2. “You were running a good race. Who hindered you from obeying the truth”Gal 5:7
THEME: HOW TO RUN THE RACE OF FAITH
Songs: There is a race that I must run

22. Dont's
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us,
1. NB: WEIGHT
1. Weight are those things that are not particularly wrong
• but might make you not reach your full potential
• Will make you not enjoy salvation
• You are always tired, moody,
2. NB: SIN THAT SO EASILY ENTANGLES US
1. It is easy for sin to entangle you than to disentangle
2. It's easy o form a bad behavior than to undo a bad behavior

23. Do's
“looking unto Jesus,
NB: SOME VERSIONS SAY "LET US FIX"
1. There only do given in this part of scripture is fix your eyes on Jesu
• JESUS OR NOTHING
NB: PETER SAYS
• “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”
• So He said, “Come.”
• And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.
• But when he saw that the wind was boisterous,
• he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
Song: Bhekani kuJesu enguMholi ke
NB: As long as Peter had his eyes on Jesus 1. He was not afraid 2. He walked on the water
Declaration : Fear is as a result of taking your eyes off of Jesus

24. What Does This Mean
NB: THE MESSAGE TRANSLATION MENTIONS FEW THINGS
1. Study how He did it
2. When you find yourself flagging in your faith
• Go over that story again
• Item by item
• That will shoot adrenalin into your soul
NB: FOR AN EXAMPLE
1. His genealogy
• Ruth a Moabite
• Rahab a prostitute
• Beersheba (Urriah's wife)
NB: THE GENEALOGY ALONE IS ENOUGH TO SHOOT ADRENALINE INTO UOUR SOUL
• God does not choose the perfect

25. Why Fix Your Eyes On Jesus

26. The Author & Finisher
“the author and finisher of our faith
1. NB: THE AUTHOR/INITIATOR OF OUR FAITH
• Jesus Christ is the Author of my faith
2. NB: THE FINISHER OF OUR FAITH
• Jesus Christ is the PERFECTER of my faith
NB: In the publishing world there is
1.Autho
2.Editor

27. We Can Rely on Jesus
NB: HE IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS ROAD
1. In fact He is the way, truth & life
• We cannot fail as long as we fix our eyes on Him
NB: THE EARLY CHURCH IS AN EXAMPLE
1. These guys preached Christ
• I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• We preach Christ and him crucified
NB: IF WE ARE TO RUN THE RACE, LETS LOOK TO
HIM

28. Let's See Him as He is
I HAVE SENT MY WORD TO INTRODUCE MYSELF
1. Alpha and Omega
2. Author and Perfector of our
faith
3. Bread of Life
4. Chief Cornerstone
5. Faithful and True
6. Good Shepherd
7. Head of the Church
8. Thee Great I Am
9. King of Kings
10.Prince of Peace
11.Lamb of God
12.Lion of the Tribe of Judah
13.Mediator between men and God
14.Risen King
15.The Rock of our Salvation
1. Son of God
2. Son of David
3. Resurrection and Life
4. Way, Truth and Life
5. True Vine
6. Thee Word
7. The Lilly of the Valley
8. The Bright Morning
9. The One who Was, who Is and
to
10.Yes and Amen
11.Everlasting Father
12.First and the Last
13.Our High Priest
14.Holy One Israel
15.Imannnuel "God with us"
16.Ancient of Days
1. Man of Sorrows
2. Thee Messiah
3. Our Passover
4. The Root of David
5. The Rose of Sharon