September 25, 2016

Paul’s Call to An Influential Life! Philippians 3:1-15
Knowing Christ, The Essentials of All Essentials! Part 2

Faith and Response: When God Invites You Just Go with It!
Humility! Depart from Me For I am a sinful Man O Lord!
Letting Go! They Left Everything and Followed Him!

Paul’s Testimony: Acts 26:1-20

His Life Before Christ: Enemy of the Cross

When He Met Jesus: It Was Unsolicited, Unexpected and Life Changing! Completely Transformed!

Sent to Open Eyes, to turn from darkness to light.
Sent to Open Eyes, to turn from the dominion of Satan to God.
Sent that they might receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among the Saints!

Life After Christ: Obedient to the Heavenly Vision and to the Prophetic Word of the Lord!

The Essential of All Essentials! Knowing Jesus!

John 17:3 This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

To Get this Essential! Philippians

1st You Just Have to Consider Everything as Loss, as Dung! 8

Look at what Paul gives up:

2 Corinthians 11:22-28

John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

For the Surpassing Value of Knowing Jesus! 8-10

1) We Know His Name!
2) We Know His Character!
3) We Know His Word!

To Gain Him! To Gain Christ is to know Him and When You Know Jesus

2nd Press On For The Prize – The Upward Call of God!

Forgetting What Lies Behind &
Pressing on to What Lies Ahead! 13