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Pressing Toward the Goal(Philippians 312-14)

• Ephesians 28,9
• For by grace you have been saved through faith,
  and that not of yourselves it is the gift of
  God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

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Pressing Toward the Goal(Philippians 312-14)

• Romans 26,7
• render to each one according to his deeds
  eternal life to those who by patient continuance
  in doing good seek for glory, honor, and
  immortality

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Pressing Toward the Goal(Philippians 312-14)

• Hebrews 116
• But without faith it is impossible to please
  Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He
  is, and that He is a rewarder of those who
  diligently seek Him.

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Pressing Toward the Goal(Philippians 312-14)

• I. Forgetting those things which are behind.
  (vs. 13).

FORGETTING
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Pressing Toward the Goal(Philippians 312-14)

• I. Forgetting those things which are behind.
  (vs. 13).

A. Abraham. Genesis 12 Acts 72-5 Heb
118 B. Lot didnt look back. Genesis 1917, 26
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Pressing Toward the Goal(Philippians 312-14)

• I. Forgetting those things which are behind.
  (vs. 13).

C. Forsake all. Luke 1433 Mark
116-18 D. Put off the old man. Ephesians
420-24
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Pressing Toward the Goal(Philippians 312-14)

• II. Reaching forward to those things which are
  ahead.

REACHING
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Pressing Toward the Goal(Philippians 312-14)

• II. Reaching forward to those things which are
  ahead.

A. We must choose high ideals or we will never
achieve great things. Psalm 229,10 B. We must
Seek those things which are above. Colossians
31-2
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Pressing Toward the Goal(Philippians 312-14)

• III. I press toward the goal of the upward
  call of God in Christ Jesus.

PRESSING
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Pressing Toward the Goal(Philippians 312-14)

• III. I press toward the goal of the upward
  call of God in Christ Jesus.

A. I will build. Matthew 1618 B. The
crown awaiting the faithful. II Tim 47-8.