Going For Gold

1
Going For Gold

• Reaching For The Crown
• Philippians Ch 3

2
Introduction

• Last week
• Responding to the call (Ch 1)
• To Fellowship in the Gospel
• To the furtherance of the Gospel
• To the Faith of the Gospel
• Rising To The Challenge (Ch 2)
• To follow Godly examples
• Especially the example of Christ
• He thinks of others
• He is a servant
• He is prepared to sacrifice
• He glorifies God

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Reaching For The Crown

• Pauls 3 pictures
• The Accountant - I Count (Vs 1-11)
• A review of lifes priorities
• The Athlete - I Press (Vs 12-16)
• Straining to take hold of Gods purposes for me
• The Alien - I Look (Vs 17-21)
• Applying heavens principles here on earth

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The Accountant I Count

• Key verse (V7)
• But whatever was to my profit I now consider
  loss for the sake of Christ.
• Pauls Past (Vs 1-6)
• His confidence was in his religion
• See Isaiah 2913
• Pauls Present (Vs 7-9)
• He now counts this as Rubbish (v8)
• Pauls Future (Vs 10-11)
• Was in his personal relationship with Jesus

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The Athlete I Press

• 4 things to be a winner as a Christian
• Dissatisfaction (Vs 12-13a)
• Not that Ive already attained this
• Devotion (v13)
• This ONE thing I do
• Direction (v13)
• Forgetting the past
• Straining forward
• Determination (Vs 14-16)
• Pressing onward for the prize

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The Alien I Look

• Key verse (v20)
• Our citizenship is in heaven
• We Obey Heavens Laws (v17)
• Following and setting a good example
• We Desire Heavenly things (Vs 18-19)
• Because earthly things lead to destruction
• We look to the Lord of Heaven (Vs 20-21)
• Because He controls everything
• Because only He can truly change us
• Because He will finish what He started (16)

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Reaching For The Crown

• Am I relying on what I do?
• Have I been living by rules and not relationship?
• Have I got too satisfied/comfortable with my life
  as a Christian?
• Am I walking the walk?