1. FACING FORWARD by Darrel Malcom

4. I. KNOWING AND FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IN LIFE. Acts 16:10-40

5. I. KNOWING AND FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IN LIFE. 12 years later Paul writing from a Roman prison Jewish false teacher still a problem

6. I. KNOWING AND FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IN LIFE. Philippians 3:5-9 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless.

7. I. KNOWING AND FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IN LIFE. Philippians 3:5-9 7 But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8What 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

8. I. KNOWING AND FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IN LIFE. Philippians 3:5-9 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ-- the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.

9. II. FOLLOWING CHRIST, WE ARE NOT SATISFIED TO REST ON OUR PAST. Philippians 3: 10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. (NIV)

10. II. FOLLOWING CHRIST, WE ARE NOT SATISFIED TO REST ON OUR PAST. 10 The Message: “I didn't want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ—God's righteousness. 11 I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering, and go all the way with him to death itself. If there was any way to get in on the resurrection from the dead, I wanted to do it.”

11. II. FOLLOWING CHRIST, WE ARE NOT SATISFIED TO REST ON OUR PAST.

12. Philippians 3:12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

13. II. FOLLOWING CHRIST, WE ARE NOT SATISFIED TO REST ON OUR PAST. Philippians 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

14. HOW CAN WE PRESS ON IN CHRIST IN 2015?

15. A Personal Commitment to Jesus

16. HOW CAN WE PRESS ON IN CHRIST IN 2015? A Personal Commitment to Jesus Expressing the faith you have in Jesus

17. HOW CAN WE PRESS ON IN CHRIST IN 2015? A Personal Commitment to Jesus Expressing the faith you have in Jesus Repentance

18. HOW CAN WE PRESS ON IN CHRIST IN 2015? A Personal Commitment to Jesus Expressing the faith you have in Jesus Repentance Baptism

19. HOW CAN WE PRESS ON IN CHRIST IN 2015? A Personal Commitment to Jesus Expressing the faith you have in Jesus Repentance Baptism Bible

20. HOW CAN WE PRESS ON IN CHRIST IN 2015? A Personal Commitment to Jesus Expressing the faith you have in Jesus Repentance Baptism Bible Prayer and Reflection

21. HOW CAN WE PRESS ON IN CHRIST IN 2015? A Personal Commitment to Jesus Expressing the faith you have in Jesus Repentance Baptism Bible Prayer and Reflection A bolder witness in words and life

22. HOW CAN WE PRESS ON IN CHRIST IN 2015? Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." NIV