Sep 17
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Taking Out the Trash
Darvin Pruitt
In Philippians 3 the apostle Paul talks about men and women who look to the flesh to find a confidence and assurance of a relationship with God. He likens it to an account of money. We deposit our earnings until we accumulate enough to put us in good standing with the bank. As it grows we gain a financial security. But what a tragedy to discover one day that everything we thought to be of value was worthless. This is the experience of every true believer. As a religious man, Saul of Tarsus had more to his account than any man. Yet in Philippians 3:7 he says, “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.”
A true believer, Philippians 3:3, is one who worships God in the spirit, rejoices in Christ Jesus, and has NO confidence in the flesh. It is a good exercise for us daily to examine our spiritual account and then take out the trash. Nothing in us is of any value except the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord. Concerning this, Paul said, “I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung (rubbish), that I might win Christ, and be found in Him not having mine own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of (faithfulness of) Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith (Philippians 3:8-9).”