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Let's
Fix our Eyes Only on Jesus
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Let
us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the
joy set before him endured the cross, scorning the shame, and sat down at the
right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)
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In the Bible there
are many people introduced that have great faith.
Just to name a few there are David, Daniel, Joseph and the Apostle Paul.
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All of these men had
a similar trait.
That is they never abandoned their faith even in a difficult situation.
Even in the worst possible situation they only looked to God and they won.
Today I want us to focus on their lives.
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David was a person of
great faith.
He believed nothing is impossible with God.
So he was able to defeat Goliath.
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Even after he
defeated Goliath he went to war and won to save the Israelites from
difficulties; he was a faithful soldier. However, King Saul tried to kill
this faithful David. So he ran away facing many dangerous happenings.
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David had the chance
to kill King Saul, but he didn't.
Because he knew that God would not be happy.
David was a faithful man who always looked to God in any situation.
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We can also talk
about another man of faith named Joseph.
Joseph`s brothers hated him for being loved more by their father.
So they sold Joseph to Egypt as a slave.
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Joseph became a
slave, who was not even considered to be a human according to Egyptian
standards, all alone in Egypt. However, Joseph had the faith to only rely on
God. Even in his life as a slave he looked to God and asked for help.
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Even bigger
difficulties came to Joseph. That is being called a fraud by the wife of his master and going to jail. Even inside the jail Joseph only looked to God and tried his best without
losing his faith.
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In the New Testament
there was an apostle called Paul.
Paul traveled around the world to spread the good news about Jesus.
Everywhere he went he had difficulties.
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He was even
imprisoned unjustly because he was preaching the gospel.
However even though he was imprisoned he did not lose his faith and worshiped
God. Even jail could not steal his faith.
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When the church first
started, just because they believed in Jesus they were seized and imprisoned
and in even worst cases the Christians were thrown to fight with lions to
their death.
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At that time the
Christians who believed in Jesus insisted on their faith even in danger of
death. They never gave up their faith in Jesus Christ who died on the cross
for them and gave them the present of heaven.
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There are many
countries that do not believe in Jesus Christ.
Some of these countries that do not believe in Jesus imprison the believers
and in worst cases they kill them. However in any danger many of them only
look up to Jesus and never give up on the hope for eternal heaven.
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Those who have true
faith will only look to Jesus even though people will try to destroy their
faith and they will win like David, Joseph, the Apostle Paul and the early
church members.
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There are many things
that will try to make us not to have faith in Jesus. When we encounter those
things we should only look to Jesus and win against them like what we learned
today. To all those who came to worship today, I hope we will win against all
the difficulties and disturbances and be great people of faith.
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