Pressing On

When Paul became a follower of Christ, He lost a lot in this world.

Paul lost his reputation and his respect amongst many in Jewish circles, and he lost his freedom in his times of imprisonment.

In Phil 3.8 Paul knows that God's Son is the Christ....God's anointed one...Or Messiah from the Hebrew word.
Paul knows God's Son as JESUS .... Jesus means: saviour
Paul knows God's Son as MY LORD.... Paul knew that Jesus was God!

Like Paul, prior to his conversion, there are so many people in our society today that think they're going to Heaven because of what they have done and they neglect what Christ has done.

Paul came to the point where he had had no confidence in his family heritage or his brilliance or his achievements or in the keeping of the Law for his salvation.

Paul knew that a right standing before God only came by placing his faith in Christ.

Righteousness was the great goal of Paul's life when he was a Pharisee, but he found out that he could never achieve a right standing before God in himself or his religious activities.

When Paul met Christ he came to the understanding that despite all his religious achievements, he was actually spiritually bankrupt before God.

When Paul became a Christian he lost his own self-righteousness and discovered that Christ's righteousness was given to him as a free gift.

If Paul dwelt on his past history he would have had a lot to be sad about.

Previously Paul was a self-righteous religious man that had rejected Christ.

Paul had been someone that had persecuted the Church intensely.

Paul was present at the death of Stephen, not only present but he was consenting to the death of Stephen in Acts 7.