Sermon Notes:
Even If I Haven’t Arrived Yet
Pastor Alan Hannah

¹²I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. ¹³No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

¹⁵Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you. ¹⁶But we must hold on to the progress we have already made.

 ¹⁷Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. [Philippians 3:12-17]

Progress, not perfection, is the goal of the Christian life.

Your incompleteness isn’t a disqualification; it’s just your current location in the race.

¹²I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. [Philippians 3:12]

¹³No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead… [Philippians 3:13a]

1. Don’t let your past failures convince you you’re disqualified from the race.
2. Don’t let your past successes convince you you’ve arrived.

¹³No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead… [Philippians 3:13a]

¹⁴I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. [Philippians 3:14] 

¹⁵Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. [Philippians 3:15a]

¹⁷Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. [Philippians 3:17]

Community sustains what willpower can’t.

¹⁷Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. [Philippians 3:17]