Ntsia ntsoov rau tom hauv ntej

(Sermon note on Filipis 3:12-21)

1. Tej yam Vajtswv Txojlus txwv:

a. Do not focus on things in the past: Forgetting was is behind

b. Our enemies: Their god is their stomach

c. Their glory is their shame

d. Their mind is on earthly things

2. Tej yam Vajtswv Txojlus ntuas kom ua:
a. We need to know that we are not at the goal yet

b. We have not been made perfect (physically – No, spiritually – Yes). We are sinner and

saint at the sametime.

c. We need to press on to take hold of that which Christ took hold of me

d. We need to straining toward what is ahead

e. We need to press on toward the goal to win the prize which God has called me

heavenward in Christ Jesus

f. We all should take such view. If you think differently, God will make it clear to

you

g. We need to live up to what we have already attained

h. We need to always remember that we are citizens of heaven and eargerly await the

Savior from there to take us home in heaven

i. When this happens, He will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like

His glorious body

3. Lus xaus:
a. Nco ntsoov haistias thaum koj ua Kevcai Ntxuav ntawm Vajtswv lub npe thiab

Txojlus, koj yog Vajtswv ib tug menyuam lawm. Vajtswv tau zam koj lub txim. Koj

yog citizen of heaven. Vajtswv tus Tub, Yexus, npaj yuav rov los coj koj mus

nyob hauv ntuj ceebsheej – This is the goal

b. Application of #1 above

c. Application of #2 above

d. Close with words of exhortation and encouragement to press on forward toward

the goal and to receive the prize which Christ took hold for the Christians

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