Christian sanctification is the pursuit of something outside myself, not something inside myself.

It is the pursuit of Christ-likeness.

And the more I know him, and the more I am focused on him, and the more I am in communion with him,

the more the spirit makes me like him. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. Have you ever lost your way in a forest or a desert? If so, you

may have started walking in circles, passing the same landmarks several times. Sadly, that is how too many people live their everyday lives.

They lack direction and experience the same setbacks again and again.

Thankfully, if you're a Christian, you don't have to live that way. Today on

Grace to you, John MacArthur continues a study that is showing you how to pursue clear,

purposeful, God-honoring goals.

His current series is titled, Reaching for the Prize.

If you have a Bible, turn to Philippians chapter 3.

And with the lesson lesson here's John.

Let's open our Bibles then to Philippians chapter 3.

Philippians chapter 3.

And we are continuing our look at this wonderful subject of pursuing the prize.

You know from this particular text that the heart of the section is found in verse 14.

Paul says, I press on toward the goal

for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Paul says I pursue the prize.

I press toward the goal.

We have noted all along that the prize and the goal is the same thing.

It is to be like Jesus Christ. That was the single focus of Paul's life back in

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