Leave It All Behind
Philippians 3:4–14
Leave it all behind
Philippians 3:4-64 ……. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
2) Leave the scorecard behind
Philippians 3:7-87 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
Achievements that inflate pride
Failures that produce shame
Pride says: “I don’t need Him like that.”
Shame says: “He won’t take me like this.”
Proverbs 24:16
16 for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
3) Replace everything with one pursuit: knowing Christ
Philippians 3:10-1110 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
Greek verb γνῶναι (gnōnai)
Paul’s life goal is: “to truly know Christ, even if it means suffering.”
Matthew 6:33
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Colossians 3:2-10
2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your[a] life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
4) Leave it all behind and PRESS ON!
Phillipians 3:13-14
13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Release it: lay down pride, shame, bitterness, distraction
Receive Him: be found in Christ by faith, not performance
Run again: step into the new year pressing toward Jesus
“I’m leaving it all behind, not because it didn’t matter, but because Jesus matters more.”
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