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Fr. Roger J. Landry Columbia Catholic Ministry, Notre Dame Church, Manhattan Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II Votive Mass of the Mercy of God November 7, 2024 Phil 3:3-8, Ps 105, Lk 15:1-10   To listen to an audio recording of today's homily, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/11.7.24_Homily_I.mp3   The following points were […] The post The Supreme Good of Knowing Christ Jesus and His Mercy, 31st Thursday (II), November 7, 2024 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

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McKenzie Denkins

We come together to “call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised” (Psalm 18:3) All are welcomed to this service of worship and praise. Eastertide – Because the good news of Easter can hardly be contained in a single day's celebration, Easter is only the first of fifty days of Eastertide, the “Great Fifty Days” that lead up to Pentecost. This season is designed for extended celebration, for exploring the ramifications of Easter for the redemption of all creation, and for joyful Christian living. Eastertide is a sustained celebration of the Resurrection. Scripture reference: Philippians 3:1-14 4/21/24

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Our study in Philippians resumes in chapter 3 with our teacher, Dr. John G. Mitchell. You are listening to the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast. The book of Philippians is a letter expressing the joy which Christians can experience. This is exemplified in the life of the Apostle Paul himself, who although imprisoned in Rome, said, 'Complete my joy', and 'Rejoice with me' and 'I rejoiced in the Lord greatly'. In another passage he exhorts us, 'Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice'. The Lord Jesus is the one in whom we can and should rejoice, is He not? He is the one who wraps us in His own righteousness so that we may know Him. Let's continue with Dr. Mitchell, here in Philippians chapter 3 verses 7 - 9. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unchanging-word/message

Time:AfternoonMinister:Rev. Randall VischerTexts:Philippians 3:1–14Belgic Confession: Article 23

Philippians 3:7-11. From the "Philippians: Reaching Forward" sermon series. Preached by Jody Killingsworth.

Philippians 3:7-11. From the "Philippians: Reaching Forward" sermon series. Preached by Jody Killingsworth.

Philippians 3:10-11. From the "Philippians: Reaching Forward" sermon series. Preached by Jody Killingsworth.

Philippians 3:1-16. From the "Reahing Forward: Philippians" sermon series. Preached by Jody Killingsworth.

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There is a surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus in all of his beauty and splendor against which nothing or no one else compares. Jesus is all worthy and deserves all worship and praise.

There is a surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus in all of his beauty and splendor against which nothing or no one else compares. Jesus is all worthy and deserves all worship and praise.

There is a surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus in all of his beauty and splendor against which nothing or no one else compares. Jesus is all worthy and deserves all worship and praise.

Fr. Roger J. Landry Columbia Catholic Ministry, Notre Dame Church, Manhattan Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II Memorial of St. Martin de Porres November 3, 2022 Phil 3:3-8, Ps 105, Lk 15:1-10   To listen to an audio recording of today's homily, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/11.3.22_Homily_CCM_1.mp3   The following points were attempted […] The post The Supreme Good of Knowing Christ Jesus and His Merciful Love, 31st Thursday (II), November 3, 2022 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Knowing Christ Builds Confidence and Trust We continue to dig deeper into the meaning of 2 Timothy 1:12 as it relates to “Knowing Christ Jesus” our LORD so that our confidence and trust is in Him and not in ourselves as we learn in 2 Corinthians 1:9.  This morning we will examine the concepts of… Read more

Philippians 3:4 If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. 7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

 Audio recordingSermon manuscript:Unfortunately, the apostle Paul did not write dates on the letters that he wrote. That would have saved some people a lot of trouble. Big books have been written to defend one person or another's dating and ordering of his letters. Although he didn't write dates on his letters, sometimes there are statements or clues within the letter that make it clear when Paul wrote it. Paul's letter to the Philippians is one of those letters that we can be sure about when it was written. Paul mentions in this letter that he is chains. The reason why he is in chains is because he has been taken prisoner by the Roman government. We know about that from the book of Acts. Since Paul is a prisoner who is in chains while he writes this letter we can be sure that he wrote this during the last years of his life. Eventually Paul would be put to death after having been a prisoner and after having been shipped to Rome. Knowing the times and circumstances of Paul's writing of this letter throws a different light on many of the things that he writes. For example, he says, “Rejoice in the Lord always! I will say it again, rejoice!” Rejoice always; not rejoice occasionally. And when Paul says this he is not sipping piña coladas on the beach in Acapulco. No. He is in chains. He is on his way to his death. That's another thing that's helpful to keep in mind. Death is coming for Paul. He can see it. What, then, is on his mind? Is he thinking back on all the good memories? Is he wishing that he had taken a little more time for himself? Does he wish that he had taken that trip to Acapulco? No, it's just the opposite. He is not looking backwards and admiring himself as though he were looking in a mirror. He is looking forward to the things that are ahead. The portion of his letter that was read for our Epistle reading today speaks about this. He is not looking back. He is looking forward. There are dark clouds on the horizon for him, but he is not deterred. It is almost as though the dark clouds don't affect him, or perhaps that the anticipated trouble makes him even bolder. Thus Paul has something to teach us. Some of you have somewhat of an idea of what those dark clouds might be for you. Others can't be sure what dark clouds might be in store for them. One thing we can be certain of, is that the dark clouds are bound to come eventually, even if we don't like thinking about that. In light of this prospect are we going to look backward to earthly things or are we going to look forward to heavenly things? Paul would have us look forward. Although Paul would have us look forward, it was not as though he was ignorant of what can be achieved with earthly things. At the beginning of our reading Paul says, “But even more than that, I consider everything to be a loss because of what is worth far more: knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord.” We are jumping into the middle of an argument that Paul is making. What is Paul referring to when he says, “I consider everything to be a loss”? Paul had just gotten done talking about how his former life was, frankly speaking, excellent. Paul had excellent credentials. He was a man who was going places. He could have risen high in the ranks of Judaism. He had the right education. He knew the right people. He was a go-getter. Whatever he might have wanted to achieve, he had the talent and the energy to accomplish it. This is what people want. But these are the things that he is referring to when he says, “I consider everything to be a loss for the sake of knowing Christ.” Let's put what Paul says into more modern day terms. Paul possessed and was in the process of possessing the best Jewish life of his times. What Paul had, other people really wanted. We live in quite different times, and so people's idea of what makes for a good life is also different. Just so we can understand the significance of what he means when he says that he considers everything to be loss, let's put it into today's terms. Sometimes folks' idea of a good life gets put onto decorations. I've seen decorations that say, “Faith, Family, Fun.” If we can check those boxes, then it is quite probable that our life is quite nice. Advertisements are always trying to sell us things that are supposed to make us happy. So in order to sell things advertisements will paint an idyllic picture of life for us. Good looking people having good times with good families and good friends. You can paint as idyllic of a picture as you might want. This is what Paul says he considers to be loss. Why and for what? He considers all these excellencies to be loss because of what is worth far more: Knowing Christ Jesus, his Lord. His answer for why and for what he considers other things to be a loss contains few words, but the words are very important: “Knowing Christ Jesus, our Lord.” We might think that knowing isn't that big of a deal. We know lots of things about lots of things. But it's different when you know someone with power, resources, and authority. When people say that they know the owner, or the governor, or the president, the implication is that such a one can give special treatment. Knowing someone carries with it the connotation that the one saying it is known and (this is important) liked by that person in charge. There's something similar with knowing Christ Jesus our Lord. Along with Paul's knowing of Christ is also his belief in being justified in him, of being right and approved in him. Paul goes on to say that being in Christ means that he does not have a righteousness of his own (which would be rather flabby, hit and miss). He doesn't have a righteousness that comes from him, which comes from the Law, but that in Christ he has a righteousness that comes through faith in Christ. This is not his own righteousness, but through faith he is given the very righteousness of God. (God's righteousness is not flabby, but perfect.) So not only does Paul know the One who sits at the right hand of God the Father, with all power and authority, but he also knows according to God's promises that he is known and liked by that powerful one. That is of great advantage. If we know the president or the governor, that's one thing. Knowing Christ is more advantageous by orders of magnitude. But this is where this analogy of knowing someone in the halls of power falls a little flat. When you know powerful people, that might be of great advantage to you, but you might not actually care that much about the person in power. Knowing the governor or the president might just be for the purpose of squeezing something out of that relationship. Knowing the powers that be is for the purpose of getting beyond them—using them—perhaps for wealth or prestige or some other advantage for yourself. That is not how it is with knowing Christ. With knowing Christ there is nothing beyond him. When you know Christ, you know God. There is no wealth or advantage that is beyond God. Jesus says in John 17: “This is eternal life, knowing the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom God has sent.” Knowing God by knowing Jesus is the end point and the goal. It is eternal life. Knowing God is beyond our comprehension and imagination, but it is the reason why Jesus was sent. It was so that we sinners, having attained a righteousness that is not our own, may know God. Here we should address a common defect in the way that people look at Jesus. A lot of Christians do not think about knowing Jesus as the goal or the endpoint of their life as a Christian. They consider Jesus to be a means to an end. It's like he's someone in high places that you can use toward your own advantage. And so their thinking is like this: All their love, all their energy is in accumulating and enjoying the earthly pleasures of life. Jesus, for them, is just a handy way to have the slate wiped clean when they die. They get their sins forgiven and they don't end up in hell. This makes Jesus of great advantage to them according to their way of thinking. However, all their love, all their zest, all their interest has nothing to do with God. They love the things of this earth. They want to suck all the marrow out of life so that they are left with nothing but a dry bone when they are through with it. Knowing Jesus, believing in Jesus, just for the sake of staying out of hell is a very deficient way of thinking. It paints God as being only a judge, only someone who needs to be appeased, so that the good times can keep rolling. What is loved is what has come before—what is loved are the things of this earth. There is no striving and straining for the future. There is no desire to know God, the Creator. What is loved are all the created things. There is no love or very little love for the Fountain and Source of all goodness. “Eternal life is knowing the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.” Bring to mind, again, the times and circumstances in which Paul finds himself. He is writing in chains. Death looms on the horizon. And yet this man writes in this letter, “Rejoice in the Lord always; I will say it again, rejoice.” Paul has his sights set on what lies before him. He is not looking back on his life. Although his life was none too shabby, he considers it to be loss and garbage and even dung compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ. He is on his way forward. He is on his greatest adventure. He is on his way to meet God. The slight bumps and hiccups that might happen on the way, such as having your head chopped off, are just that—slight bumps and hiccups. As far as you are concerned, it does not seem likely that you will have your head chopped off. The slight bumps and hiccups on your way to meet God might be chemotherapy or paralysis or the inability to breathe. These and many other things are dark clouds. They are going to cause some turbulence. But you are on your way. They are not going to stop you. You are going to reach your destination because God is going to see to it. Paul says, “There is one thing I do: Forgetting the things that are behind and straining toward the things that are ahead, I press on toward the goal, for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” I'd like to point out how different this is from how we normally operate, which is a shame, and what peace we often forfeit thereby. The normal way that we operate is that we are always looking forward to the prospect of good earthly things happening. We look forward to having bad things go away, and for our future to be filled with pleasant experiences. Even when folks become terminally ill, they often desperately hold on to whatever earthly hopes they can scrape together for themselves. Then, when they are on their deathbed, or after they have died, all of a sudden everybody changes gears. Instead of looking forward to better days (which are no longer possible) they look back on the good days that have been had. Notice how pretty much the opposite of the way that Paul is thinking. He is not desperate for a change in his fortunes. He's in chains. He's on his way to the executioner. If his situation would change and improve, undoubtedly he would thank God for that, but that is not where his sights are set. If it happens, fine. If not, he'll be fine that way too. This is not of ultimate concern. Instead, his sights are set on what lies ahead. He's going to meet God. He knows Jesus, therefore he knows God who sent Jesus. He knows that God forgives him and approves of him for Jesus's sake. He's on his way to him. So we might all learn something from Paul today. It's very different from what is common in general, and even in our own circles. We put too much value on earthly things and hardly consider the greatness of knowing Jesus and knowing God. As someone who knows Christ, and is known by him, you may look forward to your approaching death, not as some kind of screeching halt, but the door to eternal life. Again, as Jesus said, “Eternal life is knowing the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.” Death is like turbulence you might experience on an airplane. Maybe the turbulence will be quite rough, distressing and painful. But we get on airplanes to go somewhere. Despite whatever turbulence God will have you experience, there is 100% metaphysical certainty that your plane is going to arrive safely. You are going to meet God.

This Sunday morning, Elder Nick Pinneri shares a message in Philippians – the book of Joy on knowing Christ and making him known. The emphasis is on getting the Gospel […] The post The Surpassing Value of Knowing Christ Jesus appeared first on Blessed Hope Chapel Church – Simi Valley, CA.

Php3:7-11 The Surpassing Worth of Knowing Christ Jesus

This Sunday morning, Elder Nick Pinneri shares a message in Philippians – the book of Joy on knowing Christ and making him known. The emphasis is on getting the Gospel […] The post The Surpassing Value of Knowing Christ Jesus appeared first on Blessed Hope Chapel Church – Simi Valley, CA.

Lot's of valuable things in the world: Lamborghini in Johnson Creek- $600,000 Area Houses- 3 million Land on the beach in Naples- 10's of millions If there were ten thousand, thousand millions of worlds, and as many heavens full of men and angels, Christ would not be pinched to supply all our wants,…

We continue in our series on Paul's letter to the Philippians. Today's text is Philippians 3-8-4-1.--Do you want to know Christ Jesus more- Do you want to become more like him- One of the means by which we come to know Christ more should be obvious - through the Word of God. Today's sermon will also point out three other means by which we come to more fully know Christ, becoming like him - things that are not always so obvious- 1- Through the power of Christ's resurrection 2- By sharing in his suffering 3- By becoming like him in his death. This is the path to a fulfilled life in Christ, a God-glorifying life, a life of greater peace and joy, a life of deeper fellowship with our great God.--Again, do you want to know Jesus more- Do you want to become more like him- Listen in and consider today's message, titled, -Knowing Christ Jesus -Part 2-- The Upward Call-

We continue in our series on Paul's letter to the Philippians. Today's text is Philippians 3-8-4-1.--Do you want to know Christ Jesus more-- Do you want to become more like him-- One of the means by which we come to know Christ more should be obvious - through the Word of God. Today's sermon will also point out three other means by which we come to more fully know Christ, becoming like him - things that are not always so obvious- 1- Through the power of Christ's resurrection 2- By sharing in his suffering 3- By becoming like him in his death. This is the path to a fulfilled life in Christ, a God-glorifying life, a life of greater peace and joy, a life of deeper fellowship with our great God.--Again, do you want to know Jesus more-- Do you want to become more like him-- Listen in and consider today's message, titled, -Knowing Christ Jesus -Part 2-- The Upward Call-

Paul continues to challenge the little Philippian church to stand firm against all opposition. He now addresses a crucial topic- Righteousness. What does it mean to be in the right with God- The righteousness of God was of the utmost importance to a first century Jew. It should be of equal importance to us who are in the 21st Century. What is at stake with righteousness- Two crucial things- Peace with God, and unity in the covenant community, the Church. Do you stand in the right with God- Does the gospel you proclaim speak to how we are made right with God- Turn to Philippians 3-1-11- 4-1 and listen in.

Subject: Our Strength Speaker or Performer: Norman Rushing Scripture Passage(s): Philippians 3:8-14 Date of Delivery: January 24, 2021

February 25, 2019 - Pastor Rob McKenna

The Surpassing Value of Knowing Christ Jesus My Lord- Rev. Nikki Ramage (10.25.2020) by Sermons

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God’s power was on display in Christ’s resurrection. Paul knew that this same power could overcome sin and even death in the believer.

Balerno 1030 – Livingston 1030 – Online 1030 – Malcolm Round

Teaching Through Philippians / Learning how the Gospel should impact our value system and world view.

SERMON OUTLINE (12/04/20) Knowing Christ Jesus: Philippians 3: 7-11 1. The Introduction: Do we really know Christ Jesus: to the point that we are trusting in Him? 1.1 Big Idea: To glean two things from Philippians ch3 vv7-11 that Paul gives us that we must do to help us in knowing Christ Jesus (7-11) 2 The first thing is negative – we must stop trusting in ourselves (7-9) 3. The second thing is positive – we must know Christ (10-11) 4. Conclusion: the exhortation: These two things that we have learned from Philippians ch3 vv7-11; gleaned from Paul that we must do to help us in knowing Christ Jesus – will we do them to help us in knowing Christ Jesus (7-11) Reflection: For you is there a difference between knowing about Christ Jesus and knowing Christ Jesus? Do you really know Christ Jesus: to the point that you are trusting in Him alone? If you are trusting in yourself; will you stop and instead trust in Christ Jesus? Will you read your Bible to get to really know Christ Jesus to trust in Him alone – will you do this? (Ps. 37: 3-5; Prov. 14: 12; Jn. 6: 39-40; 8: 47; 10: 14; 11: 25; Acts 9: 1-19; Rom. 1: 16; 6: 5, 6, 10; 1 Cor. 6: 14; 2 Cor. 4: 6; 5: 15; 12: 10; Eph. 2: 8; 5: 15-16; Phil. 3: 4-11; Col. 2: 6, 12; 3: 1; 1 Jn. 2: 6; 5: 20)

Joy / Philippians 3:7-11 / Jonathan Haefs

Paul warns about dwelling on the greatness of the past, and the rules of the old covenant. Rather, know that Jesus loves you, you can't earn it. There is no such thing as gaining more, or loosing God's love. God will never walk away from you. He doesn't send holiness progress reports. Teacher: Chad Halliburton Series: Rejoice: Philippians Tags: Future, joy, Past, Paul, Philippians, prison, Rejoice Scripture: Philippians 3:1-12 The post Knowing Christ Jesus (1/26/2020) appeared first on Rockharbor.

SDCOC Podcast

Are you a frustrated Christian? Text: Philippians 3:17-4:1 Guest speaker: Jeremy Litts (Bulletin here)

A sermon by Joe Byler based on Philippians 3:1-11, preached on June 9, 2019 at Veritas Short North as part of a sermon series in Philippians.

Philippians 3-1-11--1- The Vigilant Rejoicing in the Resurrected Lord--2- The Rubbish that Paul had Confused for Righteousness--3- The Surpassing Value of Knowing Christ Jesus

Philippians 3:1–11

The Surpassing Worth of Knowing Christ Jesus my Lord(Philippians 3:7-11 - 7/15/18 - Dan Harty) by WCC

What is your purpose? What race have you chosen to run?There is many who say the race is all about us, all about what we can take out of life.But what if we are running the wrong race? What is our greater purpose? And how do we take a hold of it?Join Steve Hill to explore how we can delve deeper into the purpose God has for our lives.

What is your purpose? What race have you chosen to run?There is many who say the race is all about us, all about what we can take out of life.But what if we are running the wrong race? What is our greater purpose? And how do we take a hold of it?Join Steve Hill to explore how we can delve deeper into the purpose God has for our lives.

This sermon was delivered by Pastor Cory Klein at First Congregational Church of Allegan on July 2, 2017. The text of Scripture is Philippians 3:4-9.

Paul writes to the Philippians about the supreme Good of knowing Jesus, who in Luke's Gospel seeks us out when we are lost and restores us to grace. November 3, 2016 - Cathedral of Christ the King - Superior, WI Fr. Andrew Ricci - www.studyprayserve.com For more podcasts go to "Catholic Inspiration" in iTunes.

12-11-11: Knowing Christ Jesus, My Lord (Rev. Denny Wayman) by Sermons

2/21/2016 - Knowing Christ Jesus: There is Nothing More Valuable - Matt Combs - sermon,series, philippians

Pastor Anthony Duran

The 2nd annual Order of Malta Faith Conference entitled Knowing Christ Jesus was held at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church on January 26, 2008. This year's conference was a symposium on Pope Benedict XVI's book Jesus of Nazareth. This is Fr. Riccardo's talk at the conference.