2. Pressing On to Heaven
Philippians 3:12-16

3. Philippians 3:10-16
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

4. Philippians 3:10-16
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.

5. Philippians 3:10-16
But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

6. Philippians 3:10-16
All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

7. 1. Write a script for a TV show
2. Do stand-up comedy
3. Write a children's book
4. Go camping
5. Ride a gondola in Venice
6. Learn how to salsa dance
7. Host Saturday Night Live
8. Visit a Renaissance fair
9. See the Mona Lisa at the Louvre
10. Witness a solar eclipse

8. Philippians 3:10-11
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead

9. John 5:28ff
"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out--those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.

10. John 6:39ff
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

11. Philippians 3:12-13
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.

12. 1 Corinthians 15:16-22, 49-57
For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

13. 1 Corinthians 15:16-22, 49-57
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

14. 1 Corinthians 15:16-22, 49-57
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.
I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

15. 1 Corinthians 15:16-22, 49-57
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed--in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

16. “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
1 Corinthians 15:16-22, 49-57
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true:
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

17. 1 Corinthians 15:16-22, 49-57
"Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?"
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

18. Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do

19. Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do
(12)I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me
(14) I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

20. Hebrews 9:28
Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

21. Luke 8:14-15
The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life's worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a
noble and good heart,
who hear the word,
retain it, and by persevering
produce a crop.

22. Hebrews 10:36
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

23. How do we persevere?

24. Step 1: Be grabbed by Jesus Christ (12)
How do we persevere?
Step 1: Be grabbed by Jesus Christ (12)
“but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me”

25. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
How do we persevere?
Step 1: Be grabbed by Jesus Christ (12)
“but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me”
Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

26. Step 1: Be grabbed by Jesus Christ (12) Step 2: Know your goal(14)
How do we persevere?
Step 1: Be grabbed by Jesus Christ (12)
Step 2: Know your goal(14)
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

27. The Goal-den Chain of Salvation, Romans 8:29-30
Those He
Foreknew

28. …to be conformed to the image of His Son
The Goal-den Chain of Salvation, Romans 8:29-30
Those He He
Foreknew
Predestined
…to be conformed to the image of His Son

29. …to be conformed to the image of His Son
The Goal-den Chain of Salvation, Romans 8:29-30
Those He He He
Foreknew
Predestined
Called
…to be conformed to the image of His Son

30. …to be conformed to the image of His Son
The Goal-den Chain of Salvation, Romans 8:29-30
Those He He He He
Foreknew
Predestined
Called
Justified
…to be conformed to the image of His Son

31. …to be conformed to the image of His Son
The Goal-den Chain of Salvation, Romans 8:29-30
Those He He He He He
Foreknew
Predestined
Called
Justified
Glorified
…to be conformed to the image of His Son

32. Step 1: Be grabbed by Jesus Christ (12) Step 2: Know your goal(14)
How do we persevere?
Step 1: Be grabbed by Jesus Christ (12)
Step 2: Know your goal(14)
Step 3: Be intentional with your life(13,14)
“Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal”

33. Step 1: Be grabbed by Jesus Christ (12) Step 2: Know your goal(14)
How do we persevere?
Step 1: Be grabbed by Jesus Christ (12)
Step 2: Know your goal(14)
Step 3: Be intentional with your life(13,14)
Only one life, 'twill soon be past,
only what's done for Christ will last.
And when I am dying, how happy I'll be,
if the lamp of my life
has been burned out for Thee.

34. Step 1: Be grabbed by Jesus Christ (12) Step 2: Know your goal(14)
How do we persevere?
Step 1: Be grabbed by Jesus Christ (12)
Step 2: Know your goal(14)
Step 3: Be intentional with your life(13,14)
Philippians 3:15-16 All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained.