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(KJV) Philippians 3:20-21

Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Christians are no longer citizens of this world; by choosing to follow Jesus, they have become strangers and aliens on the earth (John 18:36; Romans 8:22-24; Galatians 4:26; Hebrews 11:13; 12:22-23; 13:14; 1 Peter 1:17; 2:11).

1. Jesus said of His followers: “They are not of the world, even as I am not of it” (John 17:16). As Christians, we are pilgrims on a journey through the world; we are on our way to a new home. In relation to our life’s journey, its values and direction, heaven is our destination. It is the homeland for which we long. We have been born from above (John 3:3), our names are written in heaven’s directory (Philippians 4:3), our lives are guided by heavenly standards and our rights and inheritance are reserved in heaven.
2. If we are faithful to God, our prayers reach heaven (2 Chronicles 6:21; 30:27) and our hope is directed there. Many of us have friends and family members who are already there, and we will be there soon. Jesus is there also, preparing a place for us, and He has promised to return and take us to heaven to be with Him (John 14:2-3; John 3:3; 14:1-4; Romans 8:17; Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 3:1-3; Hebrews 6:19-20; 12:22-24; 1 Peter 1:4-5; Revelation 7:9-17). For these reasons, all Christians long “for a better county – a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them” (Hebrews 11:16).

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1. THEIR GOD IS THEIR STOMACH … THEIR MIND IS ON EARTHLY THINGS / PHILIPPIANS 3:19
2. ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST / PHILIPPIANS 3:18
3. MATURE … LIVE UP TO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY / PHILIPPIANS 3:15-16
4. BUT ONE THING I DO / PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14
5. RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM GOD / PHILIPPIANS 3:9
6. THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST / PHILIPPIANS 3:8-11
7. DOGS … MEN WHO DO EVIL … MUTILATORS / PHILIPPIANS 3:2
8. FOR EVERYONE LOOKS OUT FOR HIS OWN INTERESTS / PHILIPPIANS 2:21
9. TIMOTHY / PILIPPIANS 2:19
10. POURED OUT LIKE A DRINK OFFERING / PHILIPPIANS 2:17
11. CROOKED AND DEPRAVED GENERATION / PHILIPPIANS 2:15
12. GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU / PHILIPPIANS 2:13
13. WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION – FEAR AND TREMBLING / PHILIPPIANS 2:12
14. MADE HIMSELF NOTHING – NATURE OF A SERVANT HUMAN LIKENESS / PHILIPPIANS 2:7
15. BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD / PHILIPPIANS 2:6
16. YOUR ATTITUDE SHOULD BE THE SAME / PHILIPPIANS 2:5
17. IN HUMILITY / PHILIPPIANS 2:3
18. THEY WILL BE DESTROYED … YOU WILL BE SAVED / PHILIPPIANS 1:28
19. STAND FIRM IN ONE SPIRIT / PHILIPPIANS 1:27
20. TO DIE IS GAIN / PHILIPPIANS 1:21
21. THE DEFENSE OF THE GOSPEL / PHILIPPIANS 1:16
22. PURE AND BLAMESS / PHILIPPIANS 1:10
23. BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS / PHILIPPIANS 1:6
24. LOVE MAY ABOUND … IN KNOWLEDGE / PHILIPPIANS 1:9
25. JOY / PHILIPPIANS 1:4
26. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Philippians 3:19

 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

This describes self-centered people who allow their appetites and desires (not just physical ones) to come before anything else. Their minds are on worldly things. Such people resist and rebel against the law and are unrestrained morally. They are the opposite of legalists. While legalists represented one false extreme by saying that people had to keep certain rules in order to gain spiritual salvation (Philippians 3:2-3), libertines (those who are morally unrestrained) were at the other extreme in saying that Christians were free to do as they pleased as long as they relied on God’s grace. Both errors are spiritually fatal.

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1. ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST / PHILIPPIANS 3:18
2. MATURE … LIVE UP TO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY / PHILIPPIANS 3:15-16
3. BUT ONE THING I DO / PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14
4. RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM GOD / PHILIPPIANS 3:9
5. THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST / PHILIPPIANS 3:8-11
6. DOGS … MEN WHO DO EVIL … MUTILATORS / PHILIPPIANS 3:2
7. FOR EVERYONE LOOKS OUT FOR HIS OWN INTERESTS / PHILIPPIANS 2:21
8. TIMOTHY / PILIPPIANS 2:19
9. POURED OUT LIKE A DRINK OFFERING / PHILIPPIANS 2:17
10. CROOKED AND DEPRAVED GENERATION / PHILIPPIANS 2:15
11. GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU / PHILIPPIANS 2:13
12. WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION – FEAR AND TREMBLING / PHILIPPIANS 2:12
13. MADE HIMSELF NOTHING – NATURE OF A SERVANT HUMAN LIKENESS / PHILIPPIANS 2:7
14. BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD / PHILIPPIANS 2:6
15. YOUR ATTITUDE SHOULD BE THE SAME / PHILIPPIANS 2:5
16. IN HUMILITY / PHILIPPIANS 2:3
17. THEY WILL BE DESTROYED … YOU WILL BE SAVED / PHILIPPIANS 1:28
18. STAND FIRM IN ONE SPIRIT / PHILIPPIANS 1:27
19. TO DIE IS GAIN / PHILIPPIANS 1:21
20. THE DEFENSE OF THE GOSPEL / PHILIPPIANS 1:16
21. PURE AND BLAMESS / PHILIPPIANS 1:10
22. BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS / PHILIPPIANS 1:6
23. LOVE MAY ABOUND … IN KNOWLEDGE / PHILIPPIANS 1:9
24. JOY / PHILIPPIANS 1:4
25. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Philippians 3:18

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

These enemies can best be understood as people claiming to follow Christ but at the same time corrupting His message and insulting His reputation by immoral lifestyles and false teachings. One key to Paul’s spiritual effectiveness was that he was a man of strong passion for the truth and purity of Christ’s message, and he was a man of high integrity as it related to his ministry with that message. His heart was stirred very deeply when the message was distorted or when those whom he served were in danger of abandoning their faith in Christ (Philippians 3:2; Galatians 1:9).

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1. MATURE … LIVE UP TO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY / PHILIPPIANS 3:15-16
2. BUT ONE THING I DO / PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14
3. RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM GOD / PHILIPPIANS 3:9
4. THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST / PHILIPPIANS 3:8-11
5. DOGS … MEN WHO DO EVIL … MUTILATORS / PHILIPPIANS 3:2
6. FOR EVERYONE LOOKS OUT FOR HIS OWN INTERESTS / PHILIPPIANS 2:21
7. TIMOTHY / PILIPPIANS 2:19
8. POURED OUT LIKE A DRINK OFFERING / PHILIPPIANS 2:17
9. CROOKED AND DEPRAVED GENERATION / PHILIPPIANS 2:15
10. GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU / PHILIPPIANS 2:13
11. WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION – FEAR AND TREMBLING / PHILIPPIANS 2:12
12. MADE HIMSELF NOTHING – NATURE OF A SERVANT HUMAN LIKENESS / PHILIPPIANS 2:7
13. BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD / PHILIPPIANS 2:6
14. YOUR ATTITUDE SHOULD BE THE SAME / PHILIPPIANS 2:5
15. IN HUMILITY / PHILIPPIANS 2:3
16. THEY WILL BE DESTROYED … YOU WILL BE SAVED / PHILIPPIANS 1:28
17. STAND FIRM IN ONE SPIRIT / PHILIPPIANS 1:27
18. TO DIE IS GAIN / PHILIPPIANS 1:21
19. THE DEFENSE OF THE GOSPEL / PHILIPPIANS 1:16
20. PURE AND BLAMESS / PHILIPPIANS 1:10
21. BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS / PHILIPPIANS 1:6
22. LOVE MAY ABOUND … IN KNOWLEDGE / PHILIPPIANS 1:9
23. JOY / PHILIPPIANS 1:4
24. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Philippians 3:15-16

 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. ¹⁶ Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

Christians who have made progress in terms of spiritual growth and stability must not become unconcerned or allow a lack of dedication to be part of their lives. Mature followers of Christ are those who continue to grow in their relationship with God – through good times and bad – continually living up to what they have “already attained” and beyond. Becoming more mature and making this kind of progress in your Christian life requires the following:

1. You must put into practice the Biblical knowledge you already have and the truth you already understand. You are responsible to apply to your life what God has already shown you. Christians often ask God to give them “more” spiritually; but why should God give us more when often we are not living up to and applying the Biblical principles we already know? (1 Corinthians 2:6; 3:1-3; Hebrews 5:12-6:1).
2. You must press on to higher levels and a deeper relationship in your spiritual life as you walk with God. This means breaking the up-and-down cycle of spiritual victory followed by defeat that will restrain or completely stop your Christian maturity. Circumstances will change and your feelings will go up and down, but you can still make constant and steady spiritual progress by growing closer to God and applying His Word through it all.

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1. BUT ONE THING I DO / PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14
2. RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM GOD / PHILIPPIANS 3:9
3. THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST / PHILIPPIANS 3:8-11
4. DOGS … MEN WHO DO EVIL … MUTILATORS / PHILIPPIANS 3:2
5. FOR EVERYONE LOOKS OUT FOR HIS OWN INTERESTS / PHILIPPIANS 2:21
6. TIMOTHY / PILIPPIANS 2:19
7. POURED OUT LIKE A DRINK OFFERING / PHILIPPIANS 2:17
8. CROOKED AND DEPRAVED GENERATION / PHILIPPIANS 2:15
9. GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU / PHILIPPIANS 2:13
10. WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION – FEAR AND TREMBLING / PHILIPPIANS 2:12
11. MADE HIMSELF NOTHING – NATURE OF A SERVANT HUMAN LIKENESS / PHILIPPIANS 2:7
12. BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD / PHILIPPIANS 2:6
13. YOUR ATTITUDE SHOULD BE THE SAME / PHILIPPIANS 2:5
14. IN HUMILITY / PHILIPPIANS 2:3
15. THEY WILL BE DESTROYED … YOU WILL BE SAVED / PHILIPPIANS 1:28
16. STAND FIRM IN ONE SPIRIT / PHILIPPIANS 1:27
17. TO DIE IS GAIN / PHILIPPIANS 1:21
18. THE DEFENSE OF THE GOSPEL / PHILIPPIANS 1:16
19. PURE AND BLAMESS / PHILIPPIANS 1:10
20. BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS / PHILIPPIANS 1:6
21. LOVE MAY ABOUND … IN KNOWLEDGE / PHILIPPIANS 1:9
22. JOY / PHILIPPIANS 1:4
23. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Philippians 3:13-14

 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, ¹⁴ I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Paul pictures himself as an athlete in a race (Hebrews 12:1; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7-8), putting forth all his strength and pressing on with determination and concentration in order to finish the course and win the prize. His aim is to reach and fulfill the goal that Christ has set for his life. His “finish line” is perfect union with Christ (Philippians 3:8-11), his final salvation and his resurrection from the dead (Philippians 3:11).

1. This was the motive of Paul’s life. He had already received a glimpse of heaven’s glory (2 Corinthians 12:4) and had made up his mind to center his entire life on Christ’s purpose until God called him home to heaven, where he would see Christ face to face (2 Timothy 4:8; Revelation 2:10; Revelation 22:4).
2. Such determination is necessary for all of us. Throughout our lives, all kinds of distractions and temptations, such as life’s worries, riches and evil desires, threaten to choke off our commitment to Christ (Mark 4:19; Luke 8:14). But we must not take our eyes off the prize of being with Jesus forever. That means “forgetting what is behind,” including the corrupt world and our old life of sin (Genesis 19:17; Genesis 19:26; Luke 17:32) and “straining toward what is ahead” – our final salvation in Christ. Forgetting what is behind requires letting go of both good and bad experiences. We must not dwell on past fears, difficulties and failures, allowing Satan to frustrate or overwhelm us with guilt; Christ has freed us from all of that (Romans 6:18; Hebrews 10:22; Revelation 1:4-5). Yet, we must also refuse to rest on past accomplishments and successes that could allow us to become spiritually prideful or lazy in the present or future. What matters most is what is ahead in regard to Christ’s purposes for us and our final and priceless reward with Him in heaven.

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1. RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM GOD / PHILIPPIANS 3:9
2. THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST / PHILIPPIANS 3:8-11
3. DOGS … MEN WHO DO EVIL … MUTILATORS / PHILIPPIANS 3:2
4. FOR EVERYONE LOOKS OUT FOR HIS OWN INTERESTS / PHILIPPIANS 2:21
5. TIMOTHY / PILIPPIANS 2:19
6. POURED OUT LIKE A DRINK OFFERING / PHILIPPIANS 2:17
7. CROOKED AND DEPRAVED GENERATION / PHILIPPIANS 2:15
8. GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU / PHILIPPIANS 2:13
9. WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION – FEAR AND TREMBLING / PHILIPPIANS 2:12
10. MADE HIMSELF NOTHING – NATURE OF A SERVANT HUMAN LIKENESS / PHILIPPIANS 2:7
11. BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD / PHILIPPIANS 2:6
12. YOUR ATTITUDE SHOULD BE THE SAME / PHILIPPIANS 2:5
13. IN HUMILITY / PHILIPPIANS 2:3
14. THEY WILL BE DESTROYED … YOU WILL BE SAVED / PHILIPPIANS 1:28
15. STAND FIRM IN ONE SPIRIT / PHILIPPIANS 1:27
16. TO DIE IS GAIN / PHILIPPIANS 1:21
17. THE DEFENSE OF THE GOSPEL / PHILIPPIANS 1:16
18. PURE AND BLAMESS / PHILIPPIANS 1:10
19. BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS / PHILIPPIANS 1:6
20. LOVE MAY ABOUND … IN KNOWLEDGE / PHILIPPIANS 1:9
21. JOY / PHILIPPIANS 1:4
22. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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