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Reaching Forward

1. Reaching Forward. “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,” Philippians 3:13. Reaching Forward. To Please Christ.

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Reaching Forward

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  1. 1 Reaching Forward “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,” Philippians 3:13

  2. Reaching Forward To Please Christ “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.,” Philippians 3:14

  3. Reaching Forward To Please Christ Truth - John 14:6 John 8:32 (1) Standing Up (2) Living For (3) Spreading

  4. I. Standing Up For The Truth • Rom. 1:16 “not ashamed of the gospel of Christ” • Jude 3 “Earnestly contend for the faith”

  5. I. Standing Up For The Truth Salvation • Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” H.B.R.C.B.=Salvation

  6. I. Standing Up For The Truth Worship • John 4:24 “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” Does not Change with Time

  7. I. Standing Up For The Truth Organization • 1 Tim. 3:1-13 Elders / Deacons • Plurality - not one man • Not a pastor system

  8. I. Standing Up For The Truth Church • Eph.4:4-6 “one body” - church • No Denominationalism • Blood bought - Acts 20:28

  9. I. Standing Up For The Truth Morality • Matt. 19:9 “And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.”

  10. I. Standing Up For The Truth Morality Salvation Worship Organization Church Phil.1:27 “Stand Fast”

  11. II. Live For The Truth John 12:42-43 “for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.” James 2:17-20 “faith without works is dead”

  12. “But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.” 1 Cor. 9:27 NKJV Backsliders - II Pet. 2:20-22

  13. II. Live For The Truth “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James 1:22 NKJV

  14. III. Spreading The Truth Mark 16:15 “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Matt. 28:20 “to observe all things”

  15. III. Spreading The Truth Good Example Matt. 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”

  16. III. Spreading The Truth Hospitality Friendliness 1 Pet. 4:9 “Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.” Rom. 12:13 “given to hospitality”

  17. Reaching Forward To Please Christ I. Standing Up For The Truth II. Live For The Truth III. Spreading The Truth

  18. Reaching Forward To Please Christ Phil. 3:13 “reaching forth” ASV “Stretching forward” ESV “straining forward to what lies ahead”

  19. Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 evanscoc@bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Morning January 3, 2010

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