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#Arrivalitis
#PressingTowardTheMark
Apostle Paul's wise words of counsel...
Phi 3 - KJT
15 ¶Let us therefore, as many as be perfect,
be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal
even this unto you.
Individual believers and churches are at
different points of spiritual development; thus, to be different/otherwise
minded is normal and to be expected.
"... be thus minded..." refers back
to verses 12-14... the mind of "... I have not arrived... I must press
on."
12 ¶Not as though I had already attained,
either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that
for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have
apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of
the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Who should be thus minded - those who think
themselves "perfect" - mature. The "perfect" ones are the
most susceptible to a debilitating disease called "arrivalitis"; such
think themselves of having arrived, and have no need to progress further.
Brethren, may our gracious Lord save us from
this dreadful disease in our brief journey through this world. Amen.
Cherish the wonderful promise, "... God
shall reveal even this to you" stated at the end of verse 15. Our heavenly
Father has many more things to reveal to them who press on toward the mark for
the prize of our high calling.
