is a prayer of very christian to know christ and this is our theme this year. my prayer is that this year i want to see christ has paul d apostle saw him. amen
Being just a Born Again Christian is not enough for a Child of God who wants to experience the supernatural wonders of God. A Child of God should be able to pant daily towards knowing the Power and the Mysteries surrounding the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and with this kind of experience, the devil will be begging God to send such a Christian to Heaven faster because he's a terror to their kingdom. This's because no Christian can claim to have that Delegated Authority in Christ without the knowledge of His resurrection through the Power of the Holy Spirit. Glory to God!
Timothy Wayne George on Philippians 3 - 10 years ago
Paul's number one desire, was to know Jesus in the power of His resurrection, the fellowship of His suffering, and being made in the likeness of His death, that he might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Jesus told Paul at his conversion, that he was a chosen vessel, and that He would show Paul what great things he must suffer. Paul learned that all his past accomplishments in the flesh where dung, in order that he might know Christ, and to be accepted in the beloved. Brothers and sisters our goal as Christians, is to be like Jesus, and He alone will change our vile bodies, then fashion them like unto His glorious body at the resurrection of the just. So our life is hid in Christ, and our conversation is in heaven where Christ dwells. So let us forget those things which are behind, and focus on what is ahead, that we may win Christ Amen.
To know Him entails doing away with all earthly gains that mar our intimacy with Him, to live in total submission to His will and word not minding the costs.
I'm focusing on versus 13 of this chapter: and it reads "Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus".
That verse says to me that Paul, was aware that he still had his flaws,even being in the active will of God, but that it does not stop him from getting right back up, and going after perfection. See i believe that God leaves us in our bonds for a while, to prove to us how bad we want him, that we don't so easily turn back to our unrighteous way, for if it came easy, then we would probably, easily let it go.
So in actuality, how bad we want God, will show in how dedicated we are, to becoming perfect.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Says Galatians 6:9
I view 3:10 a bit different than Naphtali D.Telta's post. I believe he is in search of the Holy Spirit to help him understand since it mentions that it is after Christ's death ...
After having an encounter with God in acts9 apostle Paul wants to have an intimate relationship with Christ to know his character,his likes and dislikes.
Paul was saying that if we are to truly be followers of Christ we must will suffer persecution. If we truly are mindful of the things of Christ it will be evident in our walk.
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Before we can really appreciate the victory that we have in Jesus Christ, because of His resurrection, we need to fully comprehend and understand the amount of suffering He went through on our behalf and the great price that He paid for our victory.
Matthew's gospel, in Chapters 26 & 27, gives us a detailed description of the suffering that Jesus went through for us.
1. He was betrayed by one of His disciples.
2. He suffered an agonizing night in the garden of Gethsemane.
3. He watched as one of his most beloved and loyal disciples denied Him three times.
4. He faced the Sanhedrin where the chief priests and elders rejected His testimony.
5. He endured the crucifixion and the nailing to the cross.
6. The greatest price He probably paid was that of being rejected for a time by His own Heavenly Father when He cried out "My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me".
The Book of Isaiah gives us a vivid account of the suffering that Jesus would go through because of the sins of mankind.
I want to know the person who loved me even when I didn�t know Him; who was willing to die just for me to live, what a sacrifice I would like to be like Him, and have such a heart.
I want to know Jesus Christ in the glory of His Person, in the Perfection of His work and in the riches of His wondrous grace. Not by mere theoretical knowledge got from books, but by the Holy Spirit's works in my heart.
Nobody witnessing our Lord�s resurrection could doubt His Divine Character, and that His mission upon earth was from the eternal God. Well did Peter and John declare that it was the Prince of Life that God had raised from the dead. Our Lord had given this for a sign unto the mocking Pharisees; that as Jonah lay in the deep till the third day and then came forth, even so would He, Himself, lie in the heart of the earth till the third day and then arise from the dead. His rising proved that He was sent of God and that the power of God was with Him.
As long as I am living, I have not yet attained the prize yet.I am working towards getting the prize,so when I leave this world I will be with Jesus eternally. that's the prize that I work towards.
We need to forget our wrongful past knowing that God has forgiven us if truly we have listened to his words, accepted His words, Repented of our Sins and Confess Christ as our personal saviour and Baptised and doing things right presently allowing God to work in us preparing us for the future glory.
Paul expressed his concerns to the Philippian church of the dangers of false teachers.He caution them to beware of dogs,evil workers,and those who embrace circumcission as a necessary component for salvation are enimies of Christ.He desire that christians serve God from a true heart
should circumcise their hearts and have no confidence in the flesh.He showed himself as an example,outlining his achievements and faithfulness to the law,but gave them up for Christ sake.He wants us to understand that all that we have is useless with out salvation. The zeal of many,with out the true knowledge and understanding of God is a great danger and can lead many to believe they are doing God's will when they ar not.
That verse says to me that Paul, was aware that he still had his flaws,even being in the active will of God, but that it does not stop him from getting right back up, and going after perfection. See i believe that God leaves us in our bonds for a while, to prove to us how bad we want him, that we don't so easily turn back to our unrighteous way, for if it came easy, then we would probably, easily let it go.
So in actuality, how bad we want God, will show in how dedicated we are, to becoming perfect.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Says Galatians 6:9
Before we can really appreciate the victory that we have in Jesus Christ, because of His resurrection, we need to fully comprehend and understand the amount of suffering He went through on our behalf and the great price that He paid for our victory.
Matthew's gospel, in Chapters 26 & 27, gives us a detailed description of the suffering that Jesus went through for us.
1. He was betrayed by one of His disciples.
2. He suffered an agonizing night in the garden of Gethsemane.
3. He watched as one of his most beloved and loyal disciples denied Him three times.
4. He faced the Sanhedrin where the chief priests and elders rejected His testimony.
5. He endured the crucifixion and the nailing to the cross.
6. The greatest price He probably paid was that of being rejected for a time by His own Heavenly Father when He cried out "My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me".
The Book of Isaiah gives us a vivid account of the suffering that Jesus would go through because of the sins of mankind.
Isaiah 53:1-7
should circumcise their hearts and have no confidence in the flesh.He showed himself as an example,outlining his achievements and faithfulness to the law,but gave them up for Christ sake.He wants us to understand that all that we have is useless with out salvation. The zeal of many,with out the true knowledge and understanding of God is a great danger and can lead many to believe they are doing God's will when they ar not.