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Last time we began on the subject of “Reflecting the Character of Jesus” & we said that the Apostle Paul, at the time of writing this, had been saved for approximately 29 to 30 years.
Soon after his conversion he started seeking God.
They say that Paul set the 1st 14 years of his saved life to just seek God & to find out God's direction for his life.
I.
Paul had one of the most powerful ministries ever on the face of the Earth.
(2nd to Jesus)
              A.
There were miracles in Paul's ministry.
1. The sick were healed, the crippled were raised, the dead were raised.
B.
Revelation knowledge flowed through him.
1.
About 2~/3 of the NT was written by Paul.
              C.
Paul was used in the area of VISIONS.
                        1.
There was an accuracy of the HS operating in his life.
(Even in the things that he knew or perceived.)
D.
There were sings & wonders in his ministry.
E.
He cast out demons.
                        1. With all the things that took place in Paul's ministry, after spending all that time along with God, After spending all that time in ministry & establishing churches, after revealing things that we still read about today.
b.
What does Paul say in /PHIL 3:10/?
c. “/That I mat know Him/.”
                                  i.
The desire that Paul had after all this time was that he would know God.
                                 ii.
That he would know God in a deeper way.
That he might know Him more intimately, to have a close personal relationship with Him.
                                  iii.
That He would know & understand God's ways.
II.
All the men that did exploits for the kingdom of God had this type of relationship with God.
                        1. That's what the Word says, (/Daniel 11:32/) “/The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do [exploits]/.”
2.
This desire, to know God, has to be in a mans heart to be a success in the kingdom of God.
B.
There's all different types of success & all kinds of ways to get success.
1. Worldly success; financial success; business success, but there's a cost with getting success the wrong way.
                        2. When we try to obtain success the wrong way, we get the wrong kind of success.
a.
With the world's success comes all the problems of the world, unless your success comes from God.
              C.
When you receive success from the Kingdom of God, divorce does not come with it, you don't have to have ulcers, nerves & heartaches.
rebellious children are not something that comes with success from God.
                                    *2.* (*/Proverbs 10:22/*) “*/The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it./*”
a.
Success that comes from any other avenue other than the kingdom comes with a lot of sorrow with it.
b.
But when God blesses there is no sorrow with it.
III.
Back in (/PHIL 3:10/) Where Paul said, “/That I may know Him/.”
              A.
He wanted to know everything he could know about Jesus.
b.
We all have this desire on the inside, to know God.
                                           i.
I want to know Him clearly, accurately, deeply, to have a close relationship with Him.
                        2. It's our desire to know Him this way, but we have the mind & the flesh to over come.
a.
Our spirits want to fellowship with the Lord, but our minds have to be renewed & our bodies have to be crucified, so that we'll enter into that fellowship.
B.
Go back to /PHIL 3:10-14/ (/V 14/)
              C.
Many people never reach the high calling in their life because they never press in on anything.
1.
There is a high calling.
a.
(/HEB 3:1/) Calls it a “Heavenly calling”, (/2TIM 1:9/) Calls it a Holy calling.
b.
There is a High, Heavenly, Holy calling that God has for ever believer.
IV.
/EPH 4:1/
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              A.
The word “/VOCATION/” in this V is the only time that this Greek word is translated “Vocation” the other 10 times that it is used it's translated “/CALLING/.”
                        1. That's exacting what Paul is trying to say here.
“/That we walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye are called/”.
2.
There are certain things that we are called by God to do, things that not everyone is called to do.
(example) (maybe more than 1 thing)
              B.
But there is a HIGH CALLING, a Higher Calling than being an Apostle.
                        1. It's a high calling, a Holy Calling & it's a Heavenly calling.
a.
What is it?
2. /ROM 8:28-29a/
                                  a.
In (/V 28/) it says, “/to them who are the called according to his purpose/.”
i.
What are we called to do?
                                  b.
(/V 29/) Says, “/to be conformed to the image of his Son/.”
i.
That's our High Calling, That's our Heavenly Calling & it's a Holy Calling.
ii.
All of us are called to be conformed into the image of Jesus.
c.
That's why we have to know Him.
                                           i.
How would we be changed into His Image if we don't know what He's like?
              C.
Go back to /PHIL 3:10, 13/
                        1. You've got to keep on “reaching forth,” you've got to keep “pushing on in the things of God.”
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