19/07/2026
📅 July 19, 2026
🎤 Pastor Charlie T. Fungan
✨ Profitable Things ✨
text: Philippians 3:4-8
We often chase the things this world calls profitable—success, achievements, recognition, and possessions. While these may have value, the question remains:
What is the greatest gain that truly profits our lives?
Sometimes we learn through our mistakes, yet God's Word reminds us:
"There is no one righteous, not even one." — Romans 3:10
The Apostle Paul had every reason to boast. He had an honorable heritage and an impressive reputation. He was born into a Jewish family, from the tribe of Benjamin, and was a Pharisee who zealously followed the Law (Philippians 3:4–8).
His qualifications could be divided into two categories:
🔹Inherited – His birth, family, and heritage.
🔹 Earned – His accomplishments, status, and religious devotion.
Yet Paul declared that everything he once considered valuable was loss compared to the surpassing worth of knowing Christ.
He moved everything from the "Assets" column and placed JESUS CHRIST as his one and only greatest Asset.
The reality is this:
• Human righteousness can never meet God's perfect standard.
• Even our best works are still stained by sin.
• Apart from God's grace, we cannot make ourselves right with Him.
Jesus said:
"Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." — Matthew 5:48
That standard is impossible for us to achieve on our own.
But here's the Good News! ❤️
1 Corinthians 1:30 NLT
[30] God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin.
Jesus Christ is our righteousness.
Through His grace, He forgives our sins, cleanses our hearts, and makes us right before God when we place our faith in Him.
Our greatest need is not more success, wealth, achievements, or recognition.
Our greatest need is salvation through Jesus Christ.
As you reflect today, ask yourself:
🤍 Have I exchanged my earthly assets for Christ?
Because when everything else fades away...
Christ alone is our greatest gain. ✝️
Philippians 3:8 NLT
[8] Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ
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