More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain ChristYes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain ChristYea 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,Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
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… He says, I consider them loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. ladies and gentlemen is Christ pursuing Him more important to you than pursuing your career goals and building your 401k and getting the right stats in football or baseball is it more important to us than anything in this world that we know Christ that we pursue Him He said I consider them rubbish that I may gain Christ and may be found in Him not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law but that which is through faith in Christ the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. I want to know Christ. I want to know the power of His resurrection. I want to know the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so somehow to attain to the resurrection from the dead. …
… And when the scales finally fell from his eyes, then he came to see the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. That's Philippians 3.8. And then he goes on, he says, for his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and count them rubbish in order that I may gain Christ. That's the same outlook as Psalm 27. It's the same outlook as Psalm 84. Look, in comparison with knowing Christ, the surpassing value, the surpassing worth of knowing Christ, everything, all things that the world has to offer, they're just like a load of rubbish. It's like a trash in your kitchen trash can in comparison with which knowing Christ Jesus as Lord. You know, for the true Christian, the things of earth have grown strangely dim in the light of God's glory and grace. I love the last stanza of Newton's great hymn, Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken. Fading is the worldling's pleasures, all his boasted pomp and show. You know, we need to be honest about the fact that the worldling has his pleasures. We're not saying they're not pleasurable. …
… because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord, for his sake. I have suffered the loss of all things and I count them as rubbish in order that I might 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 might know him and the power of his resurrection and may share in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible, I may attain the resurrection from the dead. this is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God. You may be seated. In the book of Philippians, Paul has been sharing with us his secret to the good life, demonstrating to us both what it is and how we can obtain it. And in chapter 3, Paul lays out an important component in our quest for the good life, and that is helping us identify what we think qualifies us for the good life. …
… Here it is, right at the heart. Knowing Jesus is the heart of what Jesus is offering his disciples. Or Philippians 3.8, I hope you know it and love it. Paul says, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord. One of my favorite texts of all time. Here's my new one. I was assigned to preach John 10 at our church this past Sunday on the Good Shepherd. And verses 14 and 15 of John 10 just walloped me. I thought, I can't believe this is here. How have I not lingered over this and appreciated this more? How has this not been one of my end of the means texts for years talking about habits of grace? So here it is, John 10, 14 to 15. Jesus says, I'm the good shepherd. I know my own. Not just know who they are. I know them. I know my own, he says. And my own know me. That is spectacular. I know them. …