Luke 19:41-42 BSB
41 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it 42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.…https://biblehub.com/luke/19-41.htm
The things once admired now look like garbage beside Jesus.
• This verdict protects the heart from nostalgia for the old life (Hebrews 13:13-14).
• Cross reference: Isaiah 64:6—our righteous acts are “filthy rags” apart from God’s grace. Anything that competes with Christ must be tossed out with the trash.
Philippians 3:7-9 BSB
Knowing Christ Above All Else
7But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. 8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.…
John 17:3
"Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, AND Jesus Christ, whom You have sent."
