About that...
Anyway. In my journey to "change my mind" I have made it all the way into Philippians. I got chills reading from chapter 3 yesterday -
But whatever gain I had, I counted as a loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith- that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain resurrection from the dead.
(Verses 7-11)
Paul was not only willing to lose every worldly possession, his status and his very life for the sake of the gospel, he welcomed the opportunity.
That is gospel fearlessness.
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