Looking unto Jesus
L. D. Bevan. Hebrews 12:1-2 Why seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight… I. WHY SHOULD WE LOOK TO JESUS? 1. Because He is the supremest object of human interest. When we remember everything that goes to make up what we may call "the things of Christ," the preparation for His coming, and all that centred in Him, the various movements of the preceding generations, the symptomatic changes alike in the political and religious condition of men; then His own history, when He went about living His life, speaking His words, doing His work; and then what He has since been, the place He has taken in human regard, the influence He has exercised upon human life — what a wondrous series of interesting objects we meet with! 2. Because we find in Him the answer to the deepest needs of our souls. 3. Because He is the dearest object of human love. II. WHERE SHALL WE SEE JESUS? 1. Look at Him in the scenes of His earthly career. 2. Look at Him in the place of His atoning death. 3. Look at Him on the throne of His triumphant mediation. III. WHEN SHALL WE LOOK TO JESUS? 1. In the time of your temptation. 2. In the moment of penitence. By thy side He stands with an arm extended, and will take thee back to His bosom and His love. 3. In the hour of need. That is every hour, for every hour am I needy, and always do I require that Saviour to be near. (L. D. Bevan.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, WEB: Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,