Count All: Faith to Know Jesus Christ Philippians 3:1-11

21-1114: Christians count all of life by faith to know God and become like Jesus Christ. In Philippians Three, Paul moves from explaining how and why one can experience God’s joy to living all of life by rejoicing. Rejoice is the disposition and expression for how a Christian moves forward in life, regardless of the situation or circumstance, because in Jesus Christ we have all we need to rejoice and this sets our heart and mind to look to Him. He warns against the greatest threats to de-rail our faith, both false worship and self-righteousness. Then, he exhorts us to count life by faith to know Jesus, what Pastor Lane refers to as the Christian Life Accounting. By faith, the Christian can count all of life as loss because of Jesus. God wants His followers to know Him, and the fullness of life in Jesus Christ. What a power we receive when we count our life as loss, knowing God’s power over sin, death, Hell and the grave! We pray this message helps and encourages.