{"id":523,"date":"2014-11-16T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.org\/messages\/?p=523"},"modified":"2014-12-01T13:14:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T18:14:21","slug":"the-goal-is-to-be-like-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/2014\/the-goal-is-to-be-like-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"The Goal Is to Be like Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Outline&mdash;Philippians 3:14&ndash;17<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Christ-likeness is a prize! (v. 14)<\/li>\n<li>Christ-likeness is a measure of maturity (v. 15)<\/li>\n<li>Christ-likeness is practiced in fellowship (v. 16)<\/li>\n<li>Christ-likeness is a legacy (v. 17)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Related Scripture<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 Timothy 4<\/li>\n<li>1 Corinthians 1, 7<\/li>\n<li>Ephesians 1, 4<\/li>\n<li>2 Thessalonians 1<\/li>\n<li>2 Timothy 1<\/li>\n<li>Acts 15:22&ndash;30<\/li>\n<li>1 Corinthians 6:9,10, 18&ndash;20<\/li>\n<li>1 Thessalonians 4:3&ndash;8<\/li>\n<li>2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other References<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newadvent.org\/fathers\/0110.htm\">The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp<\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Christostom, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newadvent.org\/fathers\/240207.htm\">Homily 7 on Hebrews<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ernest Pickering, Sunday School Lessons&mdash;Baptist Regular Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Take Home Points<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What things do you do today to be more like Christ?<\/li>\n<li>Move forward in Christ-likeness; be careful to never go back (never go back to little-league).<\/li>\n<li>The church must also become more Christ-like, not just individual believers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Download Recording<\/h3>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/audio\/msg20141116hi.mp3\" rel=\"external\" onclick=\"pageTracker._trackEvent('Messages', 'Download', 'msg20141116hi.mp3');\">Broadband<\/a> Connection (Approx. 22 MB)<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/audio\/msg20141116lo.mp3\" rel=\"external\" onclick=\"pageTracker._trackEvent('Messages', 'Download', 'msg20141116lo.mp3');\">Dial-Up<\/a> Connection (Approx. 2.7 MB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline&mdash;Philippians 3:14&ndash;17 Christ-likeness is a prize! (v. 14) Christ-likeness is a measure of maturity (v. 15) Christ-likeness is practiced in fellowship (v. 16) Christ-likeness is a legacy (v. 17) Related Scripture 2 Timothy 4 1 Corinthians 1, 7 Ephesians 1, 4 2 Thessalonians 1 2 Timothy 1 Acts 15:22&ndash;30 1 Corinthians 6:9,10, 18&ndash;20 1 Thessalonians [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,76],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}