Justin Leslein Pressing On Philippians 3:7-16

That's really bright.

Sorry if it's like hitting you poorly.

But if you have a Bible with you or a copy of God's Word, I encourage you to open it to Philippians chapter 3.

We're going to be looking at verses 7 through 16 this week.

And so I want to read, I'll begin by reading this for us.

I'll be reading from God's Word beginning here in verse 7.

But whatever gain I had I count it as loss for the sake of Christ.

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.

For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him.

Not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith.

that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own, but one thing I do, Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward toward what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.

Only let us hold true to that which we have attained.

Let us pray.

Heavenly Father, we thank you for your word.

We ask now that you would add your blessing to the reading of your word that we might see Christ and become like him.

We ask this in his name.

Amen.