To live is Christ.

Lord’s Supper after today’s message

To live is Christ

2Cor 5:14-15

The NOT I BUT CHRIST attitude bears fruit …when?

when we live lives that are no longer about ourselves but instead are about Christ.

It’s a life of putting away the old man
and putting on
the new man.

Ultimately, it’s a matter of putting on love.

COL 3:14

The NOT I
BUT CHRIST life
leads to the NOT I BUT OTHERS life

(1) the destination of the journey.
(2) the gift we receive along the way.

(3) the great power that propels us forward.

The starting point of our walk is Christ: His death and resurrection.

ROM 8:28-29

The destination or goal is conformity to the image and likeness of Christ.

PHI 1:18-21

TO LIVE IS CHRIST.
Paul reached this place of maturity.

But it takes a lifetime for our thinking and behavior to catch up with these facts.

Second, God has given us a gracious gift to enable us to attain the goal.

PHI 1:29-30

The NOT I BUT CHRIST life includes the gift of suffering for His sake.

1PE 4:12-16

When we share in Christ’s sufferings, we share a great victory.

PHI 3:7-11