Life’s Ultimate PursuitLife’s Ultimate Pursuit

"Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward

the goal...”

Philippians 3:13-14

What goal are you aiming at?

J. I. Packer states, J. I. Packer states,

"What makes life worthwhile is having "What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and which catches our imagination and lays hold of our intelligence; and this lays hold of our intelligence; and this the Christian has, in a way that no the Christian has, in a way that no other man has. other man has. For what higher, more For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?”there be than to know God?”

Too

many

other

pursuits?

Experience the Glory of Knowing Christ

B.R.A.G.

"This is what the LORD says: `Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him

who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me...'"

Jeremiah 9:23-24

As the deer pants for streams of water,

so my soul pants for you, O God.My soul thirsts for God, for the

living God. When can I go and meet with

God? (Psalm 42:1-2)

Phil. 3:7 -10 But whatever was to my Phil. 3:7 -10 But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of profit I now consider loss for the sake of

Christ. What is more, I consider Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the everything a loss compared to the

surpassing greatness of knowing Christ surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, lost all things. I consider them rubbish,

that I may gain Christ…that I may gain Christ…

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...

Experience the Glory of Knowing Christ

Press On to Know:Press On to Know:

•the Person of Christthe Person of Christ

•the Power of Christthe Power of Christ

•the Passion of Christthe Passion of Christ

Experience the Glory of Knowing Christ

Press On to Know the Press On to Know the Person of ChristPerson of Christ

To know the person of Christ, it is necessary to know the work of Christ -- particularly the crucifixion and the resurrection.

Know the passion that led Christ to the grave and the power that lifted Christ from the grave.

Experience the Glory of Knowing Christ

Press On to Know the Power Press On to Know the Power of Christof Christ

Experience the Glory of Knowing Christ

Press On to Know the Press On to Know the Passion of ChristPassion of Christ

What does Paul mean when What does Paul mean when he speaks of his desire to he speaks of his desire to know "know "the fellowship of the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his becoming like him in his death?"death?"

FELLOWSHIP

communioncommunion

partnershippartnership

joint participation joint participation withwith

What was it that

motivated Christ?

When our hearts beat in sync with the heartbeat of

Christ...

,O for a passionate passion for souls;O for a pity that yearns;O for a love that loves unto death;O for a heart that burns!

Amy Wilson Carmichael

PassionPassion

Let my heartLet my heart

be broken by be broken by thethe

things that things that breakbreak

the heart of the heart of GodGod

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The More We Know:The More We Know:

•the Person of Christthe Person of Christ

•the Power of Christthe Power of Christ

•the Passion of Christthe Passion of Christ

The Closer We Are To Perfection -- the The Closer We Are To Perfection -- the likeness of Christlikeness of Christ

Experience the Glory of Knowing Christ!