Welcome
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Thanks for tuning into Redeemer Al Ain’s online service. Due to the outbreak of covid-19 our regular corporate worship services have been suspended until further notice. We’d encourage you to participate in the online service with your family, roommates, or by yourself.
In this service, we’re continuing our study through the book of Hebrews. Pastor John Norris will be preaching on Hebrews 12:1–2, The Founder and Perfecter of Faith
July 3 Online Service
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Welcome & Prayer
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Drew Remke
Worship Through Singing
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Crown Him with Many Crowns – Norton Hall Band
O Praise the Name – Shane & Shane
Bible Reading
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1 Therefore, 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, 2 looking 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
Sermon
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The Founder and Perfecter of Faith
John Norris
Study Questions
How does this passage relate to what came before it?
Why must we lay aside weights and sin?
What are weights—i.e. things that may not be sin in themselves—that can keep us from running with endurance?
What does it mean when it says that Jesus is the “founder and perfecter” of faith?
What does it mean that Jesus “despised the shame” of the cross?
How did Jesus think about joy and the cross?
What does looking to Jesus teach us about running the race of faith?
Song Credits
Crown Him
Text: Matthew Bridges & Godfrey Thring
Music: George J. Elvey, Arranged by Norton Hall Band
Performed by Norton Hall Band
O Praise the Name (Anástasis)
The Worship Initiative, Vol 12
Performed by Shane & Shane
Written By: Dean Ussher / Marty Sampson / Benjamin Hastings
© Capitol Christian Music Group