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Introduction
The Lion King
Simba, the son of Mufasa, the King of Pride Rock
Scar, his uncle, kills Mufasa and blames his brothers death on Simba.
Instead of dealing with the painful situation, Simba ran away.
He finds Timon and Pumba who teaches him to live the “Acuna Matata” lifestyle.
He lives a life of no worries and simply avoids his destiny.
He’s confronted with a childhood friend, who tells him that things back home have gotten bad.
If he doesn’t go back, his family and all the citizens will be killed at Pride rock.
(Show the clip of Rafeki and Simba)
The apostle Paul had a similar story.
Paul
Born within a decade of the birth of Jesus.
Born within a decade of the birth of Jesus.
Died as a martyr in Rome, mid to late AD 60’s.
Born in Tarsus, Hellenist City with Roman influence.
Educated from boyhood in Jerusalem.
He studied under the ranking rabbi of the era, Gamaliel.
Probaly knew 3 languages = Greek, Hebrew, & Aramaic.
Maybe even some Latin.
He gained legal authority to hunt down Jewish Christians.
Pharisee
Hebrew root prs, meaning “separate” or “to detach”.
Separated from:
Priests
Common people
Gentiles
Political people
Pharisees who wouldn’t detach from people
They avoided any type of physical or spiritual impurity
Simple Life
Very influential in the lan of Israel.
Considered most accurate interpreters of the law.
Religious authority, wanted to make converts, desired outward recognition and honor, observed legalistic patterns from the law.
They did not believe in a “wage price theory of righteousness”.
Instead a “covenantal nominism”in which law-keeping was a response to God’s grace in his covenant with Israel.
Blatant legalism.
Before Paul knew Jesus, he was ruthless destroyer of the church.
His past was full of trouble.
He causes pain and suffering for many people.
He was the kind of man that had authority everywhere that he went.
He lived his life “honoring God” by zealously seeking people out who believed in the Jesus movement.
He hated the Jesus movement so much that he would have loved the opportunity to crucify Jesus all over again.
He was zealous (strongly passionate) towards destroying the church.
He had what you and I call a “testimony with a past.”
For many people in this room, the past carries a large amount of pain with it.
What someone did to us.
What we did to someone.
What we did to ourselves.
All are tough to deal with.
In , Paul shares his past with us.
He exposed the how he felt about his life as a Pharisee before.
He shared his past strong credentials.
He claimed that everything he used to have was now a loss for the sake of Christ.
He wanted to know Jesus more and more every day.
Paul was pursuing the life of victory in Jesus.
But even the apostle Paul knew that he hadn’t fully found that victory yet.
Philippians 3:
What does this writing tell Christians about their past?
1.
The past reminds us that we are not where we want to be.
(v.
12)
Paul was saying, “I’m not there yet.”
He had not yet arrived at his goal.
teleioo - being perfected, being completed, or reaching a goal.
“I will follow after” - chasing.
Pressing towards a fixed point.
Paul would gain what he was pursuing.
Christ had grabbed on to Paul on the road to Damascus and had never let go.
Paul would now pursue knowing Jesus even more!
Paul, at this point of his life was not satisfied with where he was in pursuing his goal.
He knew that there was more!
He wasn’t going to approach following God the way that he used to.
He had found the direction he needed and was going to reach his goal.
Pursuing Tricia like a boy vs pursuing Tricia like a man.
Where are you spiritually?
Have you had a moment when Jesus helped you come to your senses and you decided to follow Him?
There must come a point when we realize that the world can’t hack it for us anymore and we are ready to walk after Jesus.
When this happens, we enter a special place in our life.
A time when the world starts to look differently and see what matters to us the most.
For Paul and for any serious believer, we that we need Jesus more than we need His blessings.
We decide to pursue a lifestyle dedicated to following Him with our heart.
This can be new for you right now or you could have made this decision long ago.
No matter where you are, you will never fully get there spiritually during your time on earth.
There is always some way to grow and learn.
More ways to fall in love.
You’re not there yet.
You are promised to get there if you keep moving.
The goal is not all about getting there.
It’s about putting ourselves in the position to grow.
Daily time with Jesus in His word and in prayer.
Cooperating with the body of Christ, that is His church.
Never feeling fully satisfied until we are standing in the presence of Jesus.
It’s not about the end of the journey.
It’s about walking on the right path.
2. The past fuels our effort to walk in the right direction.
“One thing I do” Implies action over thinking or reckoning.
Forgetting the past = letting go of the power that it once had.
“Reaching forth”
epi = direction; after
ek = forth
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