View source for But whatever was to my profit

====But whatever was to my profit====
<p align="justify"><br>
"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ!" Philippians 3:7-8 <br>
  <br>
  Here is a complete change— <strong>an entire reversal in the estimation of things! </strong><br>
  <br>
  Saul of Tarsus gloried in his descent, as a Hebrew of the Hebrews; he gloried in his obedience to the law, and in his zeal as a persecutor of the Church. This was in his days of darkness and unbelief. <br>
  <br>
  But when he was enlightened by the Holy Spirit, he saw that by natural birth he was a child of disobedience, and consequently a child of wrath, even as others. He saw that his own righteousness was but filthy rags. He saw that, in persecuting the Church, he was persecuting Christ. <br><br>The things he before gloried in—he now felt to be his shame; and Jesus, whom he had despised—became glorious in his view, the chief among ten thousand, and the altogether lovely One! <br>
  <br>
  Have not I experienced a change, similar in kind, though not so sudden or remarkable in its attendant circumstances—as the change of Saul of Tarsus? Has not Jesus, who was once to me as a root out of a dry ground—become precious to my soul? <br><br>Do I not count all things but loss, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord? Do I not desire to "win Christ, and to be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law—but that which is through the faith of Christ?" <br>
  <br>
"Yes, He is precious to my soul, <br>
&nbsp; My transport and my trust; <br>
&nbsp; Jewels to Him are gaudy toys, <br>
&nbsp; And gold is sordid dust!" <br>

<br>

Back to '''[[Every Day!]]'''