Church Year: Lent 5:
Date: March 25, 2007
Theme: We Rejoice In The Righteousness That Comes From God!
1-Righteousness That Is Ours Through Faith In Christ.
2-Righteousness With Which We Press On To The Prize
– Philippians 3:7-14
– Guest Speaker: Seminarian Ed Starkey
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Liturgy: TLH, p. 5 ff.
Hymns:
TLH 358 : Lamb of God, We Fall Before Thee 
TLH 175 : When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
TLH 371 : Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
TLH 179 : On My Heart Imprint Thy Image
Scripture Readings:
Isaiah 43:16-21
Passion History
Theme: We Rejoice In The Righteousness That Comes From God!
1-Righteousness That Is Ours Through Faith In Christ.
2-Righteousness With Which We Press On To The Prize
Philippians 3:7-14
7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Straining Toward the Goal
12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (ESV)