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A Closer Walk

Attitude of the Righteous

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Our ministry is to reach out to the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ and to help believers be equipped with a solid knowledge of the Word of God, the Bible, and be encouraged to apply it in every aspect of their daily lives. There are simple truths for these complex times to help people live in a way that brings real spiritual victory to them and more importantly, through the Lord Jesus Christ, glory to God our Father.

Philippians 3:13-14
Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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The “it” that the apostle Paul had not yet laid hold of at that point was the resurrection from the dead and perfection, which is the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus! Both require leaving this old mortal coil. Like Paul though we should greatly desire that perfection—the perfection whose name is Jesus Christ!

So, many places in the Scriptures instruct us to imitate Christ, and that is not a marketing ploy for trinkets and baubles sold in bookstores, it is the goal and the purpose of our heavenly Father for our lives. It is also His wonderful promise! {Rom.8:29}

With that in mind, and imitating Paul, {1Cor.11} we should be encouraged to diligently press on towards the goal desiring to be more like Jesus today than we were yesterday. That is for sure the upward call. It is now possible because of the power of the Holy Spirit who has been sent to indwell us and fill us, His temple.

We have been told from the very start of the New Testament by John the Baptist {Mat.3:2} and then by Jesus {Mat.4:17} to repent, which comes from the Greek word ‘metanoia’ meaning to change the way that we think. And then again in the letter to the believers in Philippi, the source of today's verse, where we have been told to have the same mind in us as was in Christ. {Php.2:5} We are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds! {Rom.12:2}

The most complete and wonderful teaching of all time, the Sermon on the Mount, literally the foundation for those who are true disciples of Jesus, tells of Him saying over and over, "You have heard it said, but I say to you..." That is the Lord’s message to change both the way we think and the way we act taking us from religious to righteous, preparing us to fulfill our purpose while here on earth and then laying hold of the "IT" that Paul was pressing on for! Of course as Paul also wrote,

“All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.”
(2 Timothy 3:16-17. bbY)

WE ARE TO HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST