Saturday, March 29, 2014

But whatever gain I had I count as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish in order 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 comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith, that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward toward what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:7-14

1.What does it mean to count everything as loss?
2.What does it mean to suffer the loss of all things?
3.What does it mean to have a righteousness of God through faith and not of the law?
4.What is the law?
5. Why is it worth it?
6. Who is Christ Jesus?
7. Why is He worth it?
8. Where is "in Christ"?
9. When does someone become "in Christ"?
10. What is lost by Paul?
11.What is gained?
12. How does one share in Christ's suffering?
13.What did Christ suffer?
14. What does it mean to be perfect?
15. What is the upward call of God?
16. Why is it (the call) in Christ Jesus?
17. Who are "Brothers"?
18. What does it mean "Christ has made me his own"?
19. What lies ahead?
20. Why would one forget what lies behind?

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