Tag Archives: Prize

Not that I did already obtain, – ASLAN International Ministry

Philippians 3:12-1612 Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;13 brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing — the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth –14 to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.15 As many, therefore, as [are] perfect — let us think this, and if [in] anything ye think otherwise, this also shall God reveal to you,16 but to what we have come — by the same rule walk, the same thing think;

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking – ASLAN International Ministry

Colossians 2:16-2316 Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,17 which are a shadow of the coming things, and the body [is] of the Christ;18 let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and [in] worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,19 and not holding the head, from which all the body — through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together — may increase with the increase of God.20 If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?21 — thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle –22 which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,23 which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body — not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.