Do the One Thing – Press On! Philippians 3:1-16
In the Midst of Trials and the Uncertainties of Life David Sought the One Thing: God and His Presence!
Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I will seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple.
Psalm 27:8 When You Said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O LORD, I shall seek.”
In the Midst of Distractions, Worries and the Business of Life and Ministry Mary Chose the One Thing: God and His Word!
Luke 10:39 Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word . . .
41 But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; 42 but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall never be taken away from her.
Seek the One Thing: God & His Presence! Choose the One Thing, God & His Word!
Philippians 3:1-16 Do the One Thing!
Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but One Thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what Lies Ahead!
I. Forgetting what Lies Behind! 1-6
Everything Concerning the Flesh!
Matthew 7:21 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons and in Your name perform many miracles? 23 And then I will declare to them, I near knew you: depart from Me, You who practice Lawlessness.
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 – Good Things Done Without Love Profits Nothing.
1 Timothy 1:15 It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among I am chief!
II. Pressing On to What Lies Ahead!
1. Knowing Christ Jesus My Lord!
John 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and my own Know Me, 15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father!
• You Know His Voice!
John 10:4-5 We Follow Him because we know His voice and we do not know the voice of strangers
John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me!
And You Follow Him! 1 John 2:3-6
• You Know His Name!
Psalm 9:10 And those who know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; for Thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those who seek Thee.
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• You Know His Character!
Jeremiah 9:23-24 Loving-kindness, Justice, Righteous
• We Know His Word! Jeremiah 31:33-34
• We Know His Ways!
Isaiah 55:6-13 God’s Ways Higher than Ours!
2. Knowing the Power of His Resurrection! Romans 6:4-11
3. Know Jesus and The Fellowship of His Sufferings, Being Conformed to His Death!
1. Better than Your Flesh! So Put No Confidence in the Flesh!
2. Better Than Sum of All Good Things In Your Life! So Count All Things As Loss! Count it As Rubbish!
One Thing: To Know Christ!
One Thing to Do: Forget What Lies Behind and Press on to What Lies Ahead
3. Better than Every Good Thing of Your Past and Bad Thing as well! So, Forget What Lies Behind and Press On to What Lies Ahead!
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