Ccr Sermons

Confronting Culture Part Four: No Distractions By Louie Marsh, 3-19-2023 1) To be a good witness I must be FOCUSED on Jesus.   “1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:1–2, ESV)   Looking away from everything which may distract. - Marvin Richardson Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament, vol. 4 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1887), 537–538.   ·       To look towards Jesus means looking AWAY from everything else.   2) To stay focused on Jesus I must REJECT all sin.   “1So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salv