Sermonette: Counting It as Loss

Paul's Value System
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Given 04-Jul-09; 18 minutes

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All 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their lives, fortune, and sacred honor to the cause, and nearly all had to pay the maximum price for what Britain regarded as high treason. The apostle Paul also pledged and sacrificed everything for the sake of Christ. Paul's sacrifice set the bar extremely high for all of us who would follow, counting everything as rubbish compared to his relationship with Christ. Paul desired to conform in everything to Christ, including death, in order to bring about a spiritual nation, just as the American founding fathers sacrificed everything to bring about a physical nation. Though we may not suffer to the extent as the apostle Paul, we must be willing to endure hardship and suffering, realizing the immense value of the tradeoff-namely our relationship with Jesus Christ and our shared inheritance.




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