LOOK TO
JESUS
Year Theme
and sermon series
Hebrews 11 & 12
1. Therefore we also, since we are surrounded
by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which so easily
ensnares us, and let us run with patience the
race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus,
the author and finisher of our faith, who for the
joy that was set before Him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and has sat down at the
right hand of the throne of God.
How Did David
Make it?
Hebrews 11:32-34
And what more shall I say? For the time would fail
me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and
Jephthah, also of David & Samuel and the prophets:
who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the
mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire,
escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness
were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned
to flight the armies of the aliens.
How did David
make it to the
list?
Highs & Lows
A hardened killer of men
• 1 Chronicles 22:8 And David said to Solomon:
…the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You
have shed much blood and have made great
wars; you shall not build a house for My name,
because you have shed much blood on the earth
in My sight.
Many Wives
2 Samuel 3:2-5. Eight wives and 10 + concubines.
Michal , Ahinoam , Abigail , Maacah , Haggith , Abital , Eglah , Bathsheba, (+?)
Highs & Lows
Undisciplined Sons
• I Kings 1:5-6 "Then Adonijah the son of Haggith
exalted himself, saying, "I will be king"; …. 6 (And his
father had not rebuked him at any time by saying,
'Why have you done so?‘)
Neglect of God’s instructions (Ark on cart)
• 2 Samuel 6 Then the anger of the LORD was
aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for
his error; and he died there by the ark of God. 8 And
David became angry because of the LORD's outbreak
against Uzzah;… 9 David was afraid of the LORD that
day; and he said, "How can the ark of the LORD
come to me?"
Highs & Lows
Numbered the people
2 Sam 24:10 And David's heart condemned him
after he had numbered the people. So David said to the
LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O
LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very
foolishly.“
Adultery, Lies, Treachery & Murder (Bathsheba & Uriah)
2 Samuel 11:27 But the thing that David had done
displeased the LORD.
How Did David
Make it?
Highs & Lows
•Goliath – Physical Challenges
•Psalm writer – (73+). Worship, praise, fighting talk, etc
•In the cave – Tempted to take the easy way
•Ziklag – Emotional low. Threatened by his closest
friends (Strengthened himself in the Lord, inquired of
the Lord)
•Messianic prophet – Psalm 2 and onwards! Saw (by
faith) the messiah
The Greatest Testimony
Acts 13:22 "And when He had
removed him (Saul), He raised up for
them David as king, to whom also He
gave testimony and said, 'I have found
David the son of Jesse, a man after
My own heart, who will do all My
will.'
After God’s own heart…
Knew how to repent & the purpose of repentance – Psalm 51 (& 2
Sam 24:10)
1-5 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went
to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According
to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. For
I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me.
Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight--That
You may be found just when You speak, and blameless when You
judge.…
10-12 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit
within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take
Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And
uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your
ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
After God’s own heart…
Knew how to give to God – I Chronicles 21:22-26
• Then David said to Ornan, "Grant me the place of this
threshing floor, that I may build an altar on it to the LORD.
You shall grant it to me at the full price, that the plague may
be withdrawn from the people.“
• 23But Ornan said to David, "Take it … Look, I also give you
the oxen …, the threshing implements …, and the wheat …; I
give it all.“ 24Then King David said …, "No, but I will surely
buy it for the full price, for I will not take what is yours for
the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings with that which costs
me nothing."
• 25So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight
for the place. 26And David built there an altar to the LORD,
and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called
on the LORD; and He answered him from heaven by fire on
the altar of burnt offering.
Are you after God’s own heart?
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Not perfect & not sinless!
BUT not continuing in sin!
Repenting for the right reason!
Giving to God for the right reason!
Making the List
(Getting on the Hebrews 11 list)
39 And
these all, … obtained a good report through faith…
What got David a good report? Seeking God again and
again!
Psalm 27:4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, That
will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All
the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple.
He was able to hang on in faith because he loved
God above all. SO, keep looking to Jesus in Love !
CONCLUSION - looking to Jesus:
1.Deal with sin – repent and get
back to sharing the good news
HAVE YOU? Will you?
2. Give everything to God for his
service. SACRIFICE!
Will YOU?
3. Seek to stay in His presence.
Will YOU
Question of the year: Are
you …
Looking to
Jesus
… and seeking to walk in his
presence as a light to the world?