PERSPECTIVE - Series 3 Ptr. Ferdi Taguiang Evening Service 6:30 PM

1. PERSPECTIVE—3
SEEING FROM A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE
Isa 64:4 For since the beginning of the
world men have not heard, nor perceived by
the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O
God, beside thee, what he hath prepared
for him that waiteth for him. (KJV)

2. WHAT YOU’VE EXPERIENCED
DETERMINES WHAT YOU SEE.
• Num 13:17 When Moses sent them to explore
Canaan, he said, "Go up through the Negev and
on into the hill country. v. 18 See what the land is
like and whether the people who live there are
strong or weak, few or many. v.19 What kind of
land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind
of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or
fortified? (forty days later)
• Num 13:26 They came back to Moses and Aaron
and the whole Israelite community …There they
reported to them and to the whole assembly …

3. Ten saw the obstacles v. 27 They gave Moses
this account: "We went into the land to which
you sent us, and it does flow with milk and
honey! … v. 28 But the people who live there
are powerful, and the cities are fortified and
very large. v.33 We saw the Nephilim there
(the descendants of Anak come from the
Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our
own eyes, and we looked the same to them."
Two saw the opportunity v. 30 Then Caleb
silenced the people before Moses and
said, "We should go up and take possession of
the land, for we can certainly do it."

4. I.
SEE THE DANGERS OF LEGALISM.
• Phil 3:4 though I myself have reasons for such
confidence. If anyone else thinks he has
reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have
more:v.:5 circumcised on the eighth day, of
the people of Israel, of the tribe of
Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to
the law, a Pharisee;v.6 as for zeal, persecuting
the church; as for legalistic
righteousness, faultless.

5. • Phil 3:9 and be found in him, not having a
righteousness of my own that comes from the
law, but that which is through faith in Christ--the
righteousness that comes from God and is by
faith.(Paul’s life as a Pharisee)
Example:
• Acts 15:5 Then some of the believers who
belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up
and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and
required to obey the law of Moses."
• Acts 15:10 Now then, why do you try to test God
by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke
that neither we nor our fathers have been able to
bear? Acts 15:11 No! We believe it is through the
grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as
they are."

6. II.
SEE THE DANGERS OF DISTRACTIONS
• Within - Phil 3:7 But whatever was to my
profit I now consider loss for the sake of
Christ. v.8 What is more, I consider everything
a loss compared to the surpassing greatness
of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose
sake I have lost all things. I consider them
rubbish, that I may gain Christ.
- what’s thrown to the dogs, refuse, dung

7. II.
SEE THE DANGERS OF DISTRACTIONS
• Without - Phil 3:17 Join with others in
following my example, brothers, and take note
of those who live according to the pattern we
gave you. v.18 For, as I have often told you
before and now say again even with
tears, many live as enemies of the cross of
Christ.
v. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is
their stomach, and their glory is in their
shame. Their mind is on earthly things.

8. III. SEE THE DANGERS OF
SPIRITUAL COMPLACENCY.
• Phil 3:12 Not that I have already obtained all
this, or have already been made perfect, but I
press on to take hold of that for which Christ
Jesus took hold of me. v.13 Brothers, I do not
consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.
But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind
and straining toward what is ahead,v.14 I
press on toward the goal to win the prize for
which God has called me heavenward in Christ
Jesus.

9. What you believe to be true is true or will
become so. Your beliefs control your
destinations. Your beliefs affect your way of
thinking. Your beliefs affect your feelings. Your
beliefs give rise to your actions. Your beliefs
have an impact on your perception of events. If
you do not change your beliefs, you will always
attract the same result.