10
I WANT TO KNOW CHRIST
AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION
And
the Fellowship of His Sufferings,
BECOMING
LIKE HIM IN HIS DEATH,
11
And so, somehow, to Attain the Resurrection from the Dead.
12
NOT THAT I HAVE ALREADY ATTAINED 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
In
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 Citizen ship 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.
(Philippians
3:10-21)
Therefore,
my brothers,
You
whom I love and long form,
My
JOY and my CROWN,
THAT
IS HOW YOU SHOULD STAND FIRM IN THE LORD,
Dear
Friends!
(Philippians
4:1)
Those
of us who are IN CHRIST JESUS
MUST
FIRST FORGET WHAT IS BEHIND
And
then Press On to Take Hold of THAT
For
which Christ Jesus Took Hold of us.
Today,
MANY Christians live as Enemies of the Cross of Christ
And
like the Five Foolish Virgins, will not be Ready,
To
meet the Lord when He Comes.
Few
Christians understand
That
we are in the Last of the Last Day of TIME;
That
the Apostasy us Underway [2 Thessalonians 2:3],
And
that Soon the Antichrist will be Revealed.
Christ Jesus told us:
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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