This is the Sermon Download Blog site of Harmony Church. Harmony is an independent church in the southern Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro. We currently meet at Grace Slavic Church: 1985 Diffley Rd, Eagan, Minnesota at 9:00 am every sunday. Rev. Garth Heckman is Senior Pastor.
What's keeping you from Christ?
Philippians 3:7-10
The very credentials these people are waving around as something special, I'm tearing up and throwing out with the trash-along with everything else I used to take credit for. And why? Because of Christ. Yes, all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant-dog dung. I've dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him. I didn't want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ-God's righteousness. I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering, and go all the way with him to death itself. (Message Bible)
What are you willing to give up in order to know Christ? Maybe a sport, a hobby, or a few friends that may be keeping you from a deeper walk with Jesus. Paul says he gave up anything that got in the way. What a great testimony to all of us to follow. Paul was willing to take stock of his life and even more willing to get rid of the things that were keeping him from an intimate relationship with God. Time to take stock!
-Pastor Garth
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