Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse by

verse study through the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck

continues his message, God's plan as we pick up in Philippians chapter 3 verse 11. And now with today's

study, here's Pastor Chuck. If by any means I might attain to the

resurrection of the dead, not as though I'd already attained, either were already perfect.

It's sort of sad that so many people seem to feel that they have attained or they've achieved in their spiritual

walk and they sort of sit on little pedestals, little ivory towers.

I've attained, I've achieved.

Here I am, you know, come and I'll teach you, sit at my feet and learn. But Paul the Apostle said, look, I don't

consider that I have attained. I don't look at myself as being perfect. The work of the

Lord is not yet complete in me. But I follow after. I'm pursuing in order that I might apprehend that for which also I am

apprehended of Christ Jesus. Now, Paul recognized something that it's very important for all of us to

recognize who have been apprehended by Jesus Christ. When the Lord

apprehended us, and you can all look back in your own life, to that point where the Lord

apprehended you, where he said, I've chosen you and ordained you, that you should be my disciple.

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