The surpassing Greatness of Knowing Christ Jesus - Part IV

1. THE SURPASSING GREATNESS OF
KNOWING CHRIST JESUS
PART IV

2. Philippians 3:8
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

3. Epistemology
the study or a theory of the nature and
grounds of knowledge especially with
reference to it limits and validity.
Christology
The study of Christ
Christologist
Expert in the study of Christ

4. REASONS THAT KNOWING
CHRIST JESUS IS THE GREATEST
KNOWLEDGE OF ALL1. Christ Jesus Is Our Lord
2. Christ Jesus Is Our God
3. Christ Jesus Is Our Righteousness
4. Christ Jesus Is The Only Savior
5. Christ Jesus Is The Eternal Life
6. Christ Jesus Is The Only Way To God The
Father And To Heaven
7. Christ Jesus The Truth.

5. REASONS OF SURPASSING
GREATNESS OF KNOWING CHRIST
JESUS….
8. Christ Jesus is
the life changer

6. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a
new creation; the old has gone, the new
has come!

7. Acts 5:20
"Go, stand in the temple courts," he said,
"and tell the people the full message of
this new life."

8. Romans 6:4
We were therefore buried with him
through baptism into death in order that,
just as Christ was raised from the dead
through the glory of the Father, we too
may live a new life.

9. Ezekiel 36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new
spirit in you; I will remove from you your
heart of stone and give you a heart of
flesh.

10. 2 Peter 1:4
Through these he has given us his very
great and precious promises, so that
through them you may participate in the
divine nature and escape the corruption
in the world caused by evil desires.

11. 1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of him that you are in Christ
Jesus, who has become for us wisdom
from God--that is, our righteousness,
holiness and redemption.

12. REASONS OF SURPASSING
GREATNESS OF KNOWING CHRIST
JESUS….
9. Christ Jesus is the
pattern for living here
on earth

13. Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern
of this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind. Then you will be
able to test and approve what God's will
is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.

14. 1 Corinthians 4:17
For this reason I am sending to you
Timothy, my son whom I love, who is
faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of
my way of life in Christ Jesus, which
agrees with what I teach everywhere in
every church.

15. Romans 8:29
For those God foreknew he also
predestined to be conformed to the
likeness of his Son, that he might be the
firstborn among many brothers.

16. 1 Peter 2:21
To this you were called, because Christ
suffered for you, leaving you an example,
that you should follow in his steps.

17. Philippians 2:5
Your attitude should be the same as that
of Christ Jesus:

18. 1 Thessalonians 1:6
You became imitators of us and of the
Lord; in spite of severe suffering, you
welcomed the message with the joy given
by the Holy Spirit.

19. BE IMITATORS OF CHRIST
• IMITATE means to follow as a pattern,
model or example
• IMITATE means to do the same thing as
someone
• IMITATE means to copy
someone’s behavior, sound
and appearance.

20. ‘’the life of Christ is all
about DOING THE WILL OF THE
FATHER.’’

21. Hebrews 10:7, and 9
Then I said, `Here I am--it is written about
me in the scroll-- I have come to do your
will, O God.'“
V.9
Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to
do your will." He sets aside the first to
establish the second.

22. Luke 22:42
"Father, if you are willing, take this cup
from me; yet not my will, but yours be
done."

23. Colossians 3:4
When Christ, who is your life, appears,
then you also will appear with him in
glory.

24. Philippians 1:21
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is
gain.

25. REASONS OF SURPASSING
GREATNESS OF KNOWING CHRIST
JESUS….
10. Christ Jesus is the
bondage breaker

26. John 8:34-36
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth,
everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now
a slave has no permanent place in the
family, but a son belongs to it forever. So
if the Son sets you free, you will be free
indeed.

27. Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us
free. Stand firm, then, and do not let
yourselves be burdened again by a yoke
of slavery.

28. Hebrews 2:14-15
Since the children have flesh and blood,
he too shared in their humanity so that by
his death he might destroy him who holds
the power of death--that is, the devil--
and free those who all their lives were
held in slavery by their fear of death.

29. 1 John 5:5
Who is it that overcomes the world? Only
he who believes that Jesus is the Son of
God.

30. REASONS OF SURPASSING
GREATNESS OF KNOWING CHRIST
JESUS….
11. Christ Jesus is the
destroyer of the devil’s
work

31. 1 John 3:8
He who does what is sinful is of the devil,
because the devil has been sinning from
the beginning. The reason the Son of
God appeared was to destroy the devil's
work.

32. John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy; I have come that they may have
life, and have it to the full.

33. Luke 9:1
When Jesus had called the Twelve
together, he gave them power and
authority to drive out all demons and to
cure diseases,

34. Mark 16:17
And these signs will accompany those
who believe: In my name they will drive
out demons; they will speak in new
tongues;

35. Acts 16:18
She kept this up for many days. Finally
Paul became so troubled that he turned
around and said to the spirit, "In the
name of Jesus Christ I command you to
come out of her!" At that moment the
spirit left her.

36. Luke 10:19
I have given you authority to trample on
snakes and scorpions and to overcome
all the power of the enemy; nothing will
harm you.

37. 1 John 4:4
You, dear children, are from God and
have overcome them, because the one
who is in you is greater than the one who
is in the world.

38. Conclusion
John 20:21
Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As
the Father has sent me, I am sending
you."