‘All I once held dear …’ Philippians 3:4-10 ‘Superior Pleasures’ #2 ‘All I once held dear …’ Philippians 3:4-10
‘[Moses] regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt because he was looking ahead to his reward’. Hebrews 11
‘All I once held dear …’ Paul's personal ‘boasting’ list Who he was What he did His morality His enthusiasm What’s on your list?
‘All I once held dear …’ Paul came to loathe those same things! - v7
‘But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ’ Philippians 3v7
‘All I once held dear …’ Paul came to loathe those same things! - v7 It wasn’t that he just decided he didn’t like them He found a greater treasure – Jesus Paul realised that those things had actually been doing him harm!
‘I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord … . ; I consider them as rubbish … ’ Philippians 3v8
‘All I once held dear …’ Paul came to loathe those same things! - v7 It wasn’t that he just decided he didn’t like them He found a greater treasure – Jesus Paul realised that those things had actually been doing him harm! They had very nearly led him to hell!