About this episode
Stephen King encourages listeners to move beyond their past sins and fully commit to following Christ.
In today's sermon, Stephen King urges us to leave behind the sins and failings of our past, and press on to follow Christ wholeheartedly. Philippians 3: 7 - 14 (NIV) 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[ a ] 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…
People in this episode
Guest: Stephen King
Topics covered
- spiritual growth
- faith
- Christian teachings
- overcoming past
- following Christ
Keywords
- sermon
- Christianity
- faith
- Philippians
- spirituality
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Philippians 3: 7 - 14 (NIV)
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