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PASTOR'S WEEKLY PONDERING
'But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord... and be found in Him not having my own righteousness... Philippians 3:7-9.
We can gain the world, and lose our own soul. Nate Saint said, 'He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.'
Former President Trump said, "They are not after me, they are after you - but if they can get me, they can get you,' referring to the demise of our nation into socialism, or communism. They almost got him today in an apparent assassination attempt.
They got Jesus, too. There even was an bloody ear event in His arrest - but He willingly gave His life, and under false charges yielded to death on the cross that we might live. Some years later, amid strong hatred, Saul (later named Paul, meaning 'little guy') said his assessment of his rise to power in the Jewish religion, 'I count this all rubbish, dung, manure - in order to have God find me righteous.'
Which is it for you? gain or loss? Right with God in the salvation of Christ or traveling with the world. the flesh and the devil? Are you living for God today?
Just thinking -- Pastor Hartwig
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