Luke 5:27-28; Philippians 3:7-21
1. What was Paul's desire?
Paul's desire is to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, we should press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
2. How did people live as enemies of the cross?
Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things.
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 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. To live by the cross is to deny everything and follow Christ immediately when He called us.
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