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3:14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
The apostle Paul's goal was to be like Christ. He knew that he would
receive his reward when God's upward call came. Like Paul, we won't reach
the goal of Christlikeness in this life, but we will receive it instantly in
the next" "It has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that
when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is" (I
John 3:2).
The upward call of God is our motivation to run the race. We should live in
light of being called out of this world at any time into the presence of
God, where we will receive our eternal reward. We were vile, godless
sinners on our way to hell when God sovereignly chose us for salvation that
He might eternally make us like His own Son. What grace! What motivation to
reach for the goal!
----John MacArthur
Truth for Today...Perseverance
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