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“Pressing On Toward the Goal”
“Pressing On Toward the Goal”
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PRAYER ************************* Introduction
I have always been amazed by Olympic athletes.
Most Olympians are “every day” people like you and me.
Many of them have regular jobs.
Many have families to support.
And a great number of them are pursuing college degrees.
And yet each of them is focused on reaching a “higher goal”....... and that is to make to the Olympic games.
Many of them invest years of their life just to have the opportunity to compete in an event that may be over in as little as 10 seconds.
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A lot of people have NO GOALS, NO DREAMS and NO PLANS.
They simply live life one day at a time and take whatever life brings their way.
For many, the greatest goal in life is to get out of bed each morning and draw a paycheck at the end of the week or month.
Christian, what is your goal in life?
What is the one thing that “drives” you and motivates you?
What is the one thing you are most passionate about?
Is being a financial success your goal?
Is being a well liked person your goal?
Is pleasing everyone around you your goal?
Under normal circumstance, our goal usually controls our life and behavior.
These goals can and usually are destructive to us, if they are fleshly goals.
Our Scripture today is
7 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Do you realize GOD HAS A GOAL FOR YOUR LIFE AND MINE?
As we look at our scripture text here in ,
we want to consider three questions about GOD’S GOAL for your life and mine.
Philippians 3:7-147 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
7 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ
9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
Pressing Toward the Goal
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
Do you realize GOD HAS A GOAL FOR YOUR LIFE AND MINE?
Tonight as we look at our scripture text here in ,
we want to consider three questions about GOD’S GOAL for your life and mine.
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
The New King James Version.
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13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
*****Do you realize GOD HAS A GOAL FOR YOUR LIFE AND MINE?
As we look at our scripture text here in ,
we want to look at GOD’S GOAL for your life and mine....
Do you realize GOD HAS A GOAL FOR YOUR LIFE AND MINE?
As we look at our scripture text here in ,
we want to consider three questions about GOD’S GOAL for your life and mine.
I. WHAT IS PAUL’S MAIN GOAL WHICH WAS GOD’S MAIN GOAL FOR PAUL AND US ?
verses 7-11
Read: VERSES 7-11 again
1.
A. .
THE GOAL TO KNOW CHRIST JESUS was Paul’s greatest passion and desire in life.
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Paul wrote NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS,
Paul wrote NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS, but writing New Testament Books was NOT his main goal in life.
Paul wrote NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS, but writing New Testament Books was NOT his main goal in life.
Paul PREACHED THE GOSPEL,
Paul ESTABLISHED CHURCHES, but these were NOT his main goal in life.
Paul’s main goal in life was TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST.
You notice Paul says in verse v 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection
profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.”
10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection
Imagine Paul sitting down with a ledger book in front of him.
On one side of the ledger are THE PROFITS and on the other side of the ledger are THE LOSSES.
B. Paul Considered EVERYTHING Else As Loss, Rubbish, as The ESV Translation says.
v7, “But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.”
7, “But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.”
Imagine Paul sitting down with a ledger book in front of him.
On one side of the ledger are THE PROFITS and on the other side of the ledger are THE LOSSES.
Imagine Paul sitting down with a ledger book in front of him.
On one side of the ledger are THE PROFITS and on the other side of the ledger are THE LOSSES.
On the PROFIT SIDE of the ledger Paul wrote......
-To know Jesus Christ.
v. 8, v. 10
-To know the power of His resurrection v. 10
-To know the fellowship of sharing in Christ’s sufferings.
v.10
-To become like Christ in His death.
v. 10
-To attain the resurrection from the dead.
v. 11
And on THE LOSS SIDE of the ledger, Paul simply writes two words: EVERYTHING ELSE!
***Paul Considered Knowing Christ Was The Most Important Thing In His Life....
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IT WAS THAT GOAL THAT DROVE PAUL AND MOTIVATED HIM IN EVERYTHING HE DID....
For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified
IT WAS THAT GOAL THAT DROVE HIM AND MOTIVATED HIM in everything he did.
For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified
IT WAS THAT GOAL THAT DROVE HIM AND MOTIVATED HIM in everything he did.
(KJV)
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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