Notes

Verses

{“They rushed at him and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul. Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen.” Acts 7:57-58, 8:1 NIV}{“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, 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, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:12-14 NIV}{“But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 NIV}{“So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 NIV}{“For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not turned from my God to follow evil. I have followed all his regulations; I have never abandoned his decrees. I am blameless before God; I have kept myself from sin.” 2 Samuel 22:22-24 NLT}{“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.”
Philippians 3:20-21 NIV}

Quotes

Brennan Manning : “There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face. While they do not excuse their sin, they do not pretend to be anything but what they are: sinners saved by grace.” (The Ragamuffin Gospel); Kevin DeYoung : “As gospel Christians, we should not be afraid of striving, fighting, and working. Some Christians are stalled out in their sanctification for simple lack of effort. They need to know about the Spirit’s power. They need to be rooted in gospel grace. They need to believe in the promises of God. And they need to fight, strive, and make every effort to work out all that God is working in them.” (The Hole In Our Holiness); Helen Howarth Lemmel : “Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full into His wonderful face and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.” (); Steve Farrar : “In the Christian life, it’s not how you start that matters. It’s how you finish. The Christian life isn’t a hundred-yard dash. It’s a marathon. Just because you’ve fallen down doesn’t mean that you can’t get up and finish strong.” (Finishing Strong);