Pressing On: Embracing Growth and Redemption in Christ
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Press on and I would like to begin with the psalm for you. You could jot it down. It is psalm 34 verse 8. Psalm 34 verse 8 says the following. It says oh and you've probably heard this before. It says oh taste and see that the Lord is good. [00:43:29] (16 seconds)
Blessed is the man who trusts in him. Have you read that verse before? Oh taste and see that the Lord is good. I read that. I sense that it's almost as if King David who is the author of psalm 34 almost as if he's challenging us isn't he? [00:44:18] (17 seconds)
Taste and see is just saying, just try a little bit of the Lord. Ascertain, just try it so that you would know what it is. And when the Bible uses that term to speak, to taste, it's talking about, yes, a salvation, but it's also talking about that subsequent life of enjoyment and pleasure in him. [00:45:41] (21 seconds)
And that tasting should be done. I want to suggest to you, often, we should want more of that. However, I find that for many people, they don't. And I don't know what it is. Perhaps, some people think that we're supposed to savor that taste once. [00:47:00] (16 seconds)
We taste of the Lord at salvation and then I don't need to taste or he doesn't want me to taste or I shouldn't taste anymore. Perhaps some think that it's supposed to be that one-time thing. But did you know that we're supposed to keep on tasting, keep on learning, and keep on growing in the Lord? [00:47:43] (20 seconds)
We were made for a continual, consistent relationship with God. And I couldn't think of a better example of that than that one here of the Apostle Paul in Philippians chapter 3. Let me tell you a little bit about the Apostle Paul. He was a man who was... [00:49:17] (17 seconds)
Paul was a man of many mistakes. And he was a man who made bad decisions. However, what he did with it is what is commendable of Paul. That's what's important. Not that we make mistakes or that we drop the ball here and there, but it's what do we do when we end up in that place? [00:49:36] (19 seconds)
Paul somehow acknowledged it, confessed the Bible, and he was able to do it. And he was able to do those things. He put it behind him and then he pressed on. Hence my title. Did I tell you my title for today? Press on. That's my title. Press on. [00:50:36] (13 seconds)
Paul's goal and his running swiftly toward was that someday he would hear, well done, my good and faithful servant. He ran toward that before running to anything else. And I think that is key. And so my question for us this morning is, what are we running to? [01:08:16] (24 seconds)
The key, according to Paul here, is to keep eternity as a goal. I press on for that which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Now, when we do that, then everything else in this life fits around it. It's that first. We cannot get the cart before the horse. [01:08:41] (23 seconds)
And Paul is saying, no, no, no. I press on for that which Christ has laid hold of me in eternity. That is my focus. That is what I want. Now, things and experiences, let me just make sure I say this. Things, whatever things come to your mind, whatever hobbies you have, whatever pursuits you have in this life, those things are good. [01:09:34] (23 seconds)
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Blessed is the man who trusts in him. Have you read that verse before? Oh taste and see that the Lord is good. I read that. I sense that it's almost as if King David who is the author of psalm 34 almost as if he's challenging us isn't he? [00:44:18] (17 seconds)
Taste and see is just saying, just try a little bit of the Lord. Ascertain, just try it so that you would know what it is. And when the Bible uses that term to speak, to taste, it's talking about, yes, a salvation, but it's also talking about that subsequent life of enjoyment and pleasure in him. [00:45:41] (21 seconds)
And that tasting should be done. I want to suggest to you, often, we should want more of that. However, I find that for many people, they don't. And I don't know what it is. Perhaps, some people think that we're supposed to savor that taste once. [00:47:00] (16 seconds)
We taste of the Lord at salvation and then I don't need to taste or he doesn't want me to taste or I shouldn't taste anymore. Perhaps some think that it's supposed to be that one-time thing. But did you know that we're supposed to keep on tasting, keep on learning, and keep on growing in the Lord? [00:47:43] (20 seconds)
We were made for a continual, consistent relationship with God. And I couldn't think of a better example of that than that one here of the Apostle Paul in Philippians chapter 3. Let me tell you a little bit about the Apostle Paul. He was a man who was... [00:49:17] (17 seconds)
Paul was a man of many mistakes. And he was a man who made bad decisions. However, what he did with it is what is commendable of Paul. That's what's important. Not that we make mistakes or that we drop the ball here and there, but it's what do we do when we end up in that place? [00:49:36] (19 seconds)
Paul somehow acknowledged it, confessed the Bible, and he was able to do it. And he was able to do those things. He put it behind him and then he pressed on. Hence my title. Did I tell you my title for today? Press on. That's my title. Press on. [00:50:36] (13 seconds)
Paul's goal and his running swiftly toward was that someday he would hear, well done, my good and faithful servant. He ran toward that before running to anything else. And I think that is key. And so my question for us this morning is, what are we running to? [01:08:16] (24 seconds)
The key, according to Paul here, is to keep eternity as a goal. I press on for that which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Now, when we do that, then everything else in this life fits around it. It's that first. We cannot get the cart before the horse. [01:08:41] (23 seconds)
And Paul is saying, no, no, no. I press on for that which Christ has laid hold of me in eternity. That is my focus. That is what I want. Now, things and experiences, let me just make sure I say this. Things, whatever things come to your mind, whatever hobbies you have, whatever pursuits you have in this life, those things are good. [01:09:34] (23 seconds)
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