---------General Conference
Friday Evening
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Philip DeCourcey
Our loss for His gain
(i wasn't sure what to expect from Pastor DeCourcey, I figured he was filling in because they couldn't line somebody else up, but he was pretty good. Kind of repetitive in places, and gesticulated a bit too much, plus he sounds like Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons so it was hard to understand him at times, but all and all pretty good! Ye moost have feeeth!)
"Treat your guns like you would an Irishman, always assume they are loaded!"
Philippians 3: 1-11
The church, and not only the world, need to grow in appreciation of Jesus Christ. Pray to know the One he knows. Rejoice, indeed boast in Christ Jesus.
If Christ is everything, then everything for Christ.
We will not purse Him passionately if we don’t prize Him passionately
I lost nothing, I gained everything.
- Paul’s evaluation
Salvation is an exchange, profit into loss and loss into profit
In developing a passion for Christ we will expose anything in our life that takes the shine off the glory of our Savior.
Christ is not comparative, Christ is superlative.
- Paul’s devaluation
Paul is appraising his life afresh
Paul liquidated any value he placed on himself
Anything that hinders progression must be discarded
Christ is the treasure and anything that hindered appreciating Him was trash to be tossed aside
He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep for that which he cannot lose
- Paul’s reevaluation
Paul knew what he wanted and was willing to pay any price for it
On that day of final judgment he wanted to be found cloaked in the righteousness of Christ. Paul revels in what he has in the Lord Jesus Christ. Being found in Him on that day.
Building a passion for Christ begins in justification, and everything else builds on that. I can be no more saved or no more loved at any point than I was at the time I was saved.
Christ is what counts tomorrow, but He is also what counts today.
To know Him, that is what really counts today. Do we really know the value of His imputed righteousness? We ought to develop that relationship? Paul knew Christ but he wanted to know Him better. He was not just a series of theological propositions. Studying the Bible is not an end to itself. We study the written Word so that we may have a conversation with the Living Word. Knowledge of the text does not replace knowledge of Him (but how are we to know Him without knowing His Word?) Multiple comments on how Christ was more that a series of theological propositions, not sure if that was a shot at the crowd or what...
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(man, during the last break Camp was putting a hurtin’ on the snack tables!)
Philippians 3: 1-11
The church, and not only the world, need to grow in appreciation of Jesus Christ. Pray to know the One he knows. Rejoice, indeed boast in Christ Jesus.
If Christ is everything, then everything for Christ.
We will not purse Him passionately if we don’t prize Him passionately
I lost nothing, I gained everything.
- Paul’s evaluation
Salvation is an exchange, profit into loss and loss into profit
In developing a passion for Christ we will expose anything in our life that takes the shine off the glory of our Savior.
Christ is not comparative, Christ is superlative.
- Paul’s devaluation
Paul is appraising his life afresh
Paul liquidated any value he placed on himself
Anything that hinders progression must be discarded
Christ is the treasure and anything that hindered appreciating Him was trash to be tossed aside
He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep for that which he cannot lose
- Paul’s reevaluation
Paul knew what he wanted and was willing to pay any price for it
On that day of final judgment he wanted to be found cloaked in the righteousness of Christ. Paul revels in what he has in the Lord Jesus Christ. Being found in Him on that day.
Building a passion for Christ begins in justification, and everything else builds on that. I can be no more saved or no more loved at any point than I was at the time I was saved.
Christ is what counts tomorrow, but He is also what counts today.
To know Him, that is what really counts today. Do we really know the value of His imputed righteousness? We ought to develop that relationship? Paul knew Christ but he wanted to know Him better. He was not just a series of theological propositions. Studying the Bible is not an end to itself. We study the written Word so that we may have a conversation with the Living Word. Knowledge of the text does not replace knowledge of Him (but how are we to know Him without knowing His Word?) Multiple comments on how Christ was more that a series of theological propositions, not sure if that was a shot at the crowd or what...
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(man, during the last break Camp was putting a hurtin’ on the snack tables!)
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