How much do you want to know Jesus? - Episode 7-183, July 2, 2017

A Little Walk With God

A daily devotional walking through God's word together using The Bible Reading Plan at http://www.bible-reading.com/bible-plan.html. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
2. How much do you want to know Jesus? Enough to give up everything to find Him?
3. Scripture
   1. Philippians 3:7-11
   2. But whatever I used to count as my greatest accomplishments, I’ve written them off as a loss because of the Anointed One. And more so, I now realize that all I gained and thought was important was nothing but yesterday’s garbage compared to knowing the Anointed Jesus my Lord. For Him I have thrown everything aside—it’s nothing but a pile of waste—so that I may gain Him. When it counts, I want to be found belonging to Him, not clinging to my own righteousness based on law, but actively relying on the faithfulness of the Anointed One. This is true righteousness, supplied by God, acquired by faith. I want to know Him inside and out. I want to experience the power of His resurrection and join in His suffering, shaped by His death, so that I may arrive safely at the resurrection from the dead.
4. Devotional
   1. Some people want to be anonymous, but I’m not sure there are few who want absolutely nothing left behind. We all would like to have someone remember at least something we have done. We don’t want to go off into obscurity never leaving any mark at all on the world.
   2. Paul recognizes the best mark we can leave, though.
      1. Whatever we accomplish write off as a loss.
      2. All gain and all accomplishments are like garbage compared to knowing Jesus
      3. Throw everything aside to know Him
      4. How much do you want to know Him?
      5. Is He worth everything to you?
      6. Are you willing to give up everything for Him?
   3. It’s when we want to know Jesus the way Paul wanted to know Him that we can experience Him the way Paul experienced Him.
      1. Inside and out
      2. Transformed in our thinking
      3. Experiencing daily the resurrection power of that first Easter morning
   4. Problem with most of us
      1. We hold to tightly to the things in this present age
      2. World blinds us to what is important
      3. That accomplishment we want others to remember
      4. The money or material possessions we accumulate
      5. The fame we get so our name is put into some history book
      6. We want to become a legend rather than letting God use us as His instrument to do whatever He wants
   5. Get to know Him inside and out seeing everything else as garbage in comparison
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6. Bible Reading Plan - Philippians 3-4