Philippians 3:1-14
New Year’s Message.
Moving Forward in Christ
(v.1)
Repetition is the greatest way to teach and to learn.
Habits are
developed through repetition.
Grammar and
math are taught through repetition.
Assurance,
reaffirming, trust is developed through repetition.
(v.2)
Warnings are good.
They save
lives, they save body parts, they save embarrassments.
Here they save us from false
teachings that cause us to go down the wrong path.
The greatest teaching we can learn
is about salvation.
The greatest warning we can have is
to trust in anything else other than salvation through faith in Jesus.
It is then our goal and our
responsibility to tell others and to live accordingly to this truth.
Salvation
(v.3-6) Paul could had trusted in
his 1. Obedience to the law, 2. Pedigree, 3. Righteouseness, 4. Works,
Not only do we see salvation here,
but also what we can have in the world compared to what we can have in Christ.
An abundance of worldly
achievements and standings will end at the grave and have caused many to miss
heaven.
(v.7-8)
The mentality of Paul concerning this world compared to Christ.
(Heb. 11:24-27; 38)
(v.9) This is the true
salvation, Jesus Christ’s righteousness.
(v.10)
to be acquainted with His character.
To understand the power of life that exists in Christ over death.
To know the world’s hatred and
Satan’s operations to suppress the truth and to make Christians out to be
idiots.
We do not
live by this verse, but perhaps we can learn too.
(v.13)
1. Evaluation.
I have not arrived.
2. Determination.
We don’t continually reflect on the past or on our failures.
3. Direction.
We do, however, look forward and pray to be where God wants us.
Have you ever seen a winner of a
race? Are they casually crossing the
finish line?
Let’s have this mind set to
move Forward in Christ