Righteous Reality Checks June Part Five “True or False Vision”

Phil. 3: and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; 11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Introduction: 3 Paul’s “Personal Vision Statement”

4 1. To Start Out With Him Truthfully…

Phil. 3:9 5 9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

6 A. Wrong Final Answers: Anything But Jesus

Matthew 7: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' 23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'

8 B. The Right Final Answer: Nothing But Jesus

John 3: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

2 Cor. 5: He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Eph. 2: For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

12 2. To Walk On With Him Joyfully…

Phil. 3: that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;

14 A. By Knowing Him Personally

John 17: "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

16 B. By Expressing Him Powerfully

Eph. 3: Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

18 C. By Suffering With Him Proudly

1 Peter 2: For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,

20 D. By Dying For Him Prayerfully

2 Cor. 4: For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

22 3. To Live On With Him Eternally

Phil 3: in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

24 A. Many Won’t

1Thess 4: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

26 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

27 B. Whosoever Will

Matthew 10: "Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.