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How to not live a
Meaningless Life
Philippians 3:7-8
Philippians 3:7-8
But whatever was to my profit I now
consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8
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
1.
Knowing Jesus Christ intimately is more
valuable than anything else.
2.
Knowing Jesus Christ is equivalent to
having Him.
3.
Having Christ only comes by losing
everything else
Philippians 3:7-8
1. Knowing Jesus Christ intimately is more
valuable than anything else.
2. Knowing Jesus Christ is equivalent to
having Him.
3. And Having Christ only comes by losing
everything else
… any of you who does not give up
everything he has cannot be my
disciple.
Philippians 3:7-8
Philippians 3:7-8
What does it mean to
“consider everything a loss”
for the sake of Christ?
Philippians 3:7-8
What does it mean to
“consider everything a loss”
for the sake of Christ?
Finding your value, and the value of
everything else, in Christ alone,
and nothing else
Counting all as Loss…
1.
…doesn’t end at conversion
Counting all as Loss…
1.
…doesn’t end at conversion
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss …
Indeed I count everything as loss
I …count them as rubbish, in order that I may
gain Christ
Counting all as Loss…
1.
…doesn’t end at conversion
Counting all as Loss…
1.
2.
…doesn’t end at conversion
Jesus Christ makes it loss, not you
Counting all as Loss…
1.
2.
…doesn’t end at conversion
Jesus Christ makes it loss, not you
Philippians 3:8
For his sake I have suffered the loss
of all things [ESV]
Counting all as Loss…
2.
Jesus Christ
makes it loss, not
you
…on whose account
I have suffered
the loss of all
things
2 Corinthians 4:6
[God], who said, "Let light shine out of
darkness," made his light shine in our
hearts to give us the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Christ.
Counting all as loss

Without Christ, we believe things are
significant in themselves – that there
is some inherent value in them.

Without Christ, the value of life is
determined by the qualities we
possess.
Colossians 1:15-18
He is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of all creation. For by him all
things were created, in heaven and on
earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones
or dominions or rulers or authorities--all
things were created through him and for
him. And he is before all things, and in him
all things hold together. And he is the head
of the body, the church. He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead, that in
everything he might be preeminent.
Colossians 1:15-18
He is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of all creation. For by him all
things were created, in heaven and on
earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones
or dominions or rulers or authorities--all
things were created through him and for
him. And he is before all things, and in him
all things hold together. And he is the head
of the body, the church. He is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead, that in
everything he might be preeminent.
Counting all as loss
Philippians 3:7-8
But whatever was gain to me, this I have
considered on account of Christ loss.
Moreover also I consider all to be lost on
account of the surpassing of the
knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on
account of whom I suffered loss of all,
and consider them to be rubbish in order
that I may gain Christ… [Lit]
Counting all as loss
Philippians 3:7-8
But whatever was gain to me, this I have
considered on account of Christ loss.
Moreover also I consider all to be lost on
account of the surpassing of the
knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on
account of whom I suffered loss of all,
and consider them to be rubbish in order
that I may gain Christ… [Lit]
Counting all as loss
Counting all as loss
The only things of value in your life are those
which serve the Value-Giver
Counting all as loss
Why Paul is counting loss
 the knowledge of Christ
 gaining Christ
Counting all as loss
Why Paul is counting loss
 the knowledge of Christ
 gaining Christ
= Eternal Life
John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they
may know you, the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
Counting all as loss
Why Paul is counting loss
 the knowledge of Christ
 gaining Christ
= Eternal Life
1 John 5:12,20 He who has the Son has life
…we are in him who is true--even in his Son
Jesus Christ. He is the true God and
eternal life.
Counting all as loss
Counting all as loss means
taking possession of Eternal Life
Counting all as loss
Counting all as loss means
taking possession of Eternal Life
Philippians 3:12 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.