slides for sermon

1. My Goals On Earth
For to me, to live is Christ, and to
die is gain – Phil. 1:21

2. Death is Not Good
• Death is the consequence of sin – Gen. 2:17
• Death has come upon all men, because all
have sinned – Rom. 5:12
• Death is Christ’s enemy – 1 Cor. 15:25
• However, we can gain comfort in death
because of our HOPE in Christ – 1 Thess. 4:13

3. Goals and Rewards
• Paul is hard-pressed between the two (Phil. 1:19-26)
• To live is Christ (Goal)
• My life will Magnify Christ v.20
• I can continue to teach the Philippians v.24
• This is more needful v.24
• To die is gain (Reward)
• Do you gain your goals? Do you gain a reward?
• My death will Magnify Christ v20
• This is far better v.23

4. Goals and Rewards
• Phil. 3:12-14
• 12 Not that I have already attained, or am already
perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that
for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of
me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have
apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind and reaching forward to
those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the
goal for the prize of the upward call of God in
Christ Jesus.

5. Attitudes About The Reward
“to die is gain”
• Heaven Is An Extremely Powerful Motivation
• Great is your reward in heaven!
• Matt. 5:11-12
• Moses choose to suffer with God’s people because he
looked to the reward
• Heb. 11:24-26
• Do not set your mind on earthly things, for our
citizenship is in heaven
• Phil. 3:19-21

6. Attitudes About The Goal
“to live is Christ”
• “Were there not any found who returned to
give glory to God except this foreigner?”
• Luke 17:11-19
• Abound in the work of the Lord
• 1 Cor. 15:58