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Chapter 3, Verse 14 “…I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Paul’s repeated claim of pressing on toward the goal tells us that he did not view his salvation to be a done deal. Not that Christ would back down…
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Continue reading →: Shootout at the Spring
Shootout at the Spring Episode Twenty-one Marshal Pennington addressed the group of men lying in the grass beneath the trees, “There will be no fires lit. I encourage every one of you to secure what food you can. There may be some jerky left at our fire, and we are…
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Chapter 3, Verse 13 “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,” Paul is at once disclaiming having achieved his goal of being one with Christ and His resurrection and yet…
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Continue reading →: Living With the Spirit
Living With the Holy Spirit Suppose you received a notice that the president of the United States of America was coming to your house in the next few days. In addition, the President desires to stay a few days with you. Would you leave everything as it was inside and…
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Chapter 3, Verse 12 “Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.” Paul has the resurrection in his viewer but he knows he has to walk the pathway to get…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 11 “…that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.” Is Paul questioning his chances of resurrection from the dead? I think not. More likely he is expressing his desire to win through whatever plan God has ahead of him. He is sure of…
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Continue reading →: Shootout at the Spring
Shootout at the Spring Episode Twenty Nancy Nancy washed the last dish from the previous two days and set it on a towel to drain. She had not eaten a big meal at supper time, and so there weren’t that many dishes to wash. She was mostly trying to find…
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Chapter 3, Verse 10 “…that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,” There is a bit of now and not yet in this verse. Paul wants to know Jesus in the here and now, in his everyday…
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Continue reading →: Welcoming the Holy Spirit
Welcoming the Holy Spirit How would you describe your relationship with the Holy Spirit? Would you say you know about the Holy Spirit or that you know the Holy Spirit? When you were baptized the Holy Spirit of God came to live in you. What was that like for you?…
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Continue reading →: Comments on Philippians
Chapter 3, Verse 9 “…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—” Paul doubles down on separating his present following of Christ from his previous following…
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