I am very excited about this Tuesday night. We will be rapping up Philippians and discussing a new path for the studying to continue. We will have a good group here especially if everyone from last week comes and those who said they were going to come this week show up as well. I can't wait to see what God has in store for us in the coming weeks.
My thoughts for you rest in two verses in chapter 3. Verses 8 and 9.
8Yea 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,
9And 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:
Paul was a wealthy man and a prominent man. Paul was in line to be a great man in the Sanhedrin which is a council of priests/ judges that ruled the church at that time (they were pharisees, and scribes). Paul was a well respected man before his conversion. He had lots to live for and lots to lose and here he says that he is glad that he lost it because now he has gained knowledge of salvation. He says that everything he had he counts them as DUNG compared to having Christ. He speaks of trading his righteousness that he had through the law but having God's righteousness through faith of Christ.
Wow. if we could only live the way that Paul did, selfless and all about the furtherance of the Gospel. We would change the world and wouldn't even have to try because when you allow God to change your mindset he will automatically change those around you and then you have the butterfly effect. Wouldn't it be great if our butterfly was God? What kind of change do you think would happen if we quit hindering God in the name of religion or in the name of political correctness? Just think what God will do if only we would step back and let him.
Keeping you all in my prayers,
Cainan
My thoughts for you rest in two verses in chapter 3. Verses 8 and 9.
8Yea 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,
9And 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:
Paul was a wealthy man and a prominent man. Paul was in line to be a great man in the Sanhedrin which is a council of priests/ judges that ruled the church at that time (they were pharisees, and scribes). Paul was a well respected man before his conversion. He had lots to live for and lots to lose and here he says that he is glad that he lost it because now he has gained knowledge of salvation. He says that everything he had he counts them as DUNG compared to having Christ. He speaks of trading his righteousness that he had through the law but having God's righteousness through faith of Christ.
Wow. if we could only live the way that Paul did, selfless and all about the furtherance of the Gospel. We would change the world and wouldn't even have to try because when you allow God to change your mindset he will automatically change those around you and then you have the butterfly effect. Wouldn't it be great if our butterfly was God? What kind of change do you think would happen if we quit hindering God in the name of religion or in the name of political correctness? Just think what God will do if only we would step back and let him.
Keeping you all in my prayers,
Cainan
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