Philippians 3:11-21
11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the
dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already
been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus
took hold of me.
13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold
of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what
is ahead,
14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God
has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
15 All of us who are mature should take such a view of
things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make
clear to you.
16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
17 Join with others in following my example, brothers, and
take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you.
18 For, as I have often told you before and now say again
even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach,
and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things.
20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a
Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything
under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like
his glorious body.
Anticipating His Return
“Don’t let your hearts
be troubled. Trust in God, and trust in me.” John 14:1
Don’t be troubled by the return of Christ. Don’t be anxious
about things you cannot comprehend. Issues like the millennium and the
Antichrist are intended to challenge and stretch us, but not overwhelm and
certainly not divide us. For the Christian, the return of Christ is not a
riddle to be solved or a code to be broken, but rather a day to be anticipated.
Jesus wants us to trust him. - Max Lucado
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