Pressing On
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 22 October 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The Christian life is not characterized by coasting on past progress in sanctification. Today, Steven Lawson calls us to renewed motivation in the lifelong pursuit of spiritual growth.
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| 0:00.0 | Pressing on, that's how the Apostle Paul refers to his life and ministry. |
| 0:04.8 | Paul isn't shuffling his feet. |
| 0:07.3 | My Paul is bearing down and pressing on toward the goal. |
| 0:12.8 | And we know what this goal is. |
| 0:15.1 | It's to no Christ more intimately. |
| 0:17.3 | It's to no Christ more personally. |
| 0:19.7 | It's to no Christ more experientially. |
| 0:22.6 | Not just in the head, but in the heart. |
| 0:32.0 | And Paul is encouraging us to do the same. |
| 0:34.6 | He's echoing what our Lord Jesus said, |
| 0:36.6 | You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all |
| 0:41.4 | your strength and with all your mind. |
| 0:44.5 | Welcome to renewing your mind on this Saturday, I'm Lee Webb. |
| 0:47.8 | Today Dr. Stephen Lawson speaks to the challenge of standing firm in faithful obedience. |
| 0:52.5 | Our perseverance is for the good of Christ's Church and the glory of His name. |
| 0:58.4 | Here's Dr. Lawson. |
| 0:59.5 | All right, Philippians chapter 3. |
| 1:06.8 | The title of this is pressing on, but let me begin by reading the passage and setting |
| 1:12.7 | it in front of you. |
| 1:15.1 | Philippians 3 verse 12, not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect. |
| 1:22.1 | But I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ |
| 1:30.5 | Jesus. |
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