PHILIPPIANS 3:7-9 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having my own righteousness which is from God by faith.
Think about it, "But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ." What is Paul saying here? He's saying that the thing's he has gained in this world he has thrown away for Christ. He has taken every worldly thing he has gained in his life and has thrown it away so he can follow Christ! That's what we need to do. We need to be willing to get rid of everything in our life so we can follow Jesus. I am not saying get off your computer and round up everything you own throw it away and wait and for God to say do this or do that. I am saying you should be willing to do anything for God if god says "sell your stuff and do this" do it. If God says witness to your neighbor do it. You need to be able to obey God, to make him first in your life.
8Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ. 9And be found in him, not having my own righteousness which is from God by faith. In the first verse I think he's saying that the knowledge of Christ is better and more valuable than any worldly possession. So again put God before everything in your life. And in the second verse he's saying that he doesn't want his own righteousness, he wants the righteousness of God. We should all seek to be Godly and righteous in God's sight not our own.
