1. ‘All I once held dear …’ Philippians 3:4-10
‘Superior Pleasures’ #2
‘All I once held dear …’ Philippians 3:4-10

2. ‘[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

3. ‘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?

4. ‘All I once held dear …’
Paul came to loathe those same things! - v7

5. ‘But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ’
Philippians 3v7

6. ‘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!

7. ‘I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord … . ; I consider them as rubbish … ’
Philippians 3v8

8. ‘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!