Turn with me, please, in the scriptures to Philippians, the third chapter, and verse 12.

He said, not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect, but I follow after, if that I may apprehend, that for which also

I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

Keep reading.

I count not myself to have apprehended.

Now, we'd probably say today to have arrived or to have attained.

But this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind

and reaching forth into those things which are before,

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

And we've already covered a lot of ground concerning these things.

If this is the first time you're with us on this series,

let me encourage you.

Go online and watch or listen to or download the previous messages.

It won't cost you anything.

If you want a hard copy, you can get a hard copy in the church here in Branson. It won't cost you anything. If you want a hard copy, you can get a hard copy in the church here in Branson.

It won't cost you anything.

But we've gone into some detail and length about what the Bible calls perfection,

that we have been called unto perfection.

Now, today, when most people hear that, that doesn't sound right to them.

Because one of the things that strongly believed among church folks is that nobody's perfect.

And you'll get as strong of amen's on that as most anything.

And that's not actually a verse.

...