Grace Community Church
October 4, 2020
Philippians 3:8-16 ESV
Today's Sermon:
"The Great Pursuit"
I. The Great Pursuit: - Vs. 8
Psalm 36:8-9 ESV
"Divine knowledge satisfies our desires, nourishes the soul, is bread to our hunger, light to our eyes, music to our ears, a cordial to our hearts...it is the light of life, spiritual, eternal."-Stephen Charnock, “Discourses on the Knowledge of God”
II. The Path to Intimacy
A. Reject .... - Vs. 4-8
Isaiah 64:6 ESV
B. Accept ..... - Vs. 9-11
2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV
C. Leave Your.... - Vs. 13
Romans 8:1 ESV
D. Run Like.... - Vs. 12-14
Psalm 27:4 ESV
Matthew 11:12 ESV
III. Means to One End
A. Go Forward on....
B. Eat .......
C. Learn .....
"Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfold, as it were, with no sense of direction and no understanding of what surrounds you. This way you can waste your life and lose your soul."-J.I. Packer, “Knowing God”
D. Never ......
Hebrews 3:12-13 ESV
E. No Pain ......- Vs. 10
Romans 8:16-17 ESV
Revelation 3:15-16 ESV