There
is just One Thing that matters while we live in this World
And it
is not of this World.
The
apostle Paul puts it quite succinctly:
I
want 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.
(Philippians
3:10)
KNOWING
Christ is the One Thing that matters in this World.
Why
is this?
Because
Christ is the only LIFE that exists;
He
is the Spirit of LIFE;
The
LIFE from which everything that exists emanates from;
The
Self-Existent LIFE.
The
only One Who existed IN THE BEGINNING.
The
Creator, the Redeemer, the Eternal LIFE.
Now
this is Eternal LIFE: That they may KNOW You, the Only True God,
And
Jesus Christ, Whom You have sent. (John 17:3)
Speaking
of his life before coming to KNOW Christ the apostle Paul says this:
What
ever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.
What
is more, I consider everything a loss
Compared
to the Surpassing Greatness of Knowing Christ Jesus my Lord,
For
Whose sake I HAVE LOST lost ALL THINGS.
I
consider them Rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found IN HIM,
Not
having a Righteousness of my own that comes from the Law,
But
that which is THROUGH FAITH in Christ--
The
Righteousness that comes from God and is BY FAITH
I
want 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.
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.
Brothers,
I do not consider my self yet to have TAKEN HOLD OF IT.
BUT
ONE THING I DO:
Forgetting
what is BEHIND and Straining toward what is ahead
I
PRESS ON toward the GOAL to win the PRIZE
For
which God has called me Heavenward IN Christ Jesus.
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.
ONLY
LET US LIVE UP TO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY ATTAINED.
Join
with others in following my example, brothers,
And
take note of those who live according to the Pattern we gave you.
FOR
AS I OFTEN TOLD YOU BEFORE
And
now say again even with tears,
MANY
LIVE AS ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST.
There
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.
(Philippians
3:7-21)
To
KNOW Christ is to be a Stranger and an Alien in this World.
Listen
to the apostle Peter:
Dear
Friends, I urge you, AS STRANGERS AND ALIENS in the World,
To
Abstain from Sinful Desires, which War against your soul.
(1
Peter 2:11)
BEHOLD,
I AM COMING SOON!
My
Reward is with Me,
And
I will give to EVERYONE according to what he has done.
I
AM the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,
The
Beginning and the END.
BLESSED
are those who wash their robes,
That
they may have The Right to The Tree of LIFE
And
may go through the Gates into the City [of
God].
Outside
are the dogs,
Those
who practice Magic Arts, the Sexually Immoral,
The
Murderers, the Idolaters
And
EVERYONE who loves and practices Falsehood.
(Revelation
22:12-15)
Be
always on the Watch,
And pray that you
will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,
And that you may be
able TO STAND before the Son of Man.
(Luke 21:36)
Today,
the World is raging against God, rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)
This
World in it's present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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