WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING?
1) The Old
Testament warning to believers.
Genesis 19:23-26 The sun had risen upon the earth
when
Note: Be
careful about looking back after making a commitment to God.
2) The New
Testament warning to believers.
Luke 9:62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking
back, is fit for the
Note: Be
careful about looking back after making a commitment to God.
3) An Old
Testament example of Godly focus.
Psalm 119:37 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way.
Note: Are you
focused on eternally worthless objects?
4) A New
Testament example of Godly focus.
John 1:35-36 Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”
Note: Are you
focused on eternal salvation?
5) Believers are to look to God for salvation.
Isaiah 45:22 “Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.”
Note: Are you looking to God for eternal
life?
6) Believers are to look to Jesus Christ
for salvation.
Hebrews 12:1-2 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 endurance the race that is set before us, 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.
Note: Are you looking to Jesus Christ for
eternal life?
7) Never forget
that God loves you!
Mark 10:21 Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said
to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever
you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come,
take up the cross, and follow Me.”