Worth it, Gospel Progress for life!
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· 11 viewsChrist is your life so walk in a worthy manner!
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1. Gospel Progress transforms you!
1. Gospel Progress transforms you!
What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,
for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance,
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel
“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.” -CS Lewis Weight of Glory
Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.
for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance,
as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
therefore thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion,
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel,
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
2. Gospel Progress, more precious than life!
2. Gospel Progress, more precious than life!
What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice.
Yes, and I will rejoice,
for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance,
as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Luke
If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell.
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.
Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
"Loving God - really loving Him - means living out His commands no matter what the cost." - Chuck Colson
But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.
Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,
I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Phili 1:24
so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
3. Gospel Progress, more costly than death!
3. Gospel Progress, more costly than death!
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
"The greatest single scandal in evangelical assemblies, and I can really only speak for that, is the low regard individual Christians have for the church." - Chuck Colson
and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.
I cor 1:10
For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews, who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!
engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
"The church's job is to equip the saints for works of service in the world."- Chuck Colson
So What?
So What?