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Philippians 3 (2): “To Be Found in Him”
Although every believer in Christ has the initial, inward knowing of Him (John 17:3), what we see in Philippians 3 are the stages we must pass through as we pursue Christ and seek to know Him in a much deeper, fuller way than we do through the new birth alone.
This chapter shows us that, after suffering the loss of all things and counting them as refuse, we begin to gain Christ (vv. 7-8). For this, we must be found in Him (v. 9) by God, the angels, the demons, and our fellow human beings. They do not find us in our own righteousness, nor in our own kindness, love, goodness, or any of our other virtues, but in Christ Himself, because all else has become refuse to us on account of Christ. Thus, when they contact us, they do not merely see us being a good person, but rather, Christ Himself being lived out through us (Phil. 1:21, Gal. 2:20).
This is to apply the cross to our natural life, and it is the unique way to magnify Christ as we live in this fallen world (Phil. 1:20, 2:15-16).
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“Hudson Taylor: A Mother’s Offering of Her Son to the Lord”
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By David CanfieldAlthough every believer in Christ has the initial, inward knowing of Him (John 17:3), what we see in Philippians 3 are the stages we must pass through as we pursue Christ and seek to know Him in a much deeper, fuller way than we do through the new birth alone.
This chapter shows us that, after suffering the loss of all things and counting them as refuse, we begin to gain Christ (vv. 7-8). For this, we must be found in Him (v. 9) by God, the angels, the demons, and our fellow human beings. They do not find us in our own righteousness, nor in our own kindness, love, goodness, or any of our other virtues, but in Christ Himself, because all else has become refuse to us on account of Christ. Thus, when they contact us, they do not merely see us being a good person, but rather, Christ Himself being lived out through us (Phil. 1:21, Gal. 2:20).
This is to apply the cross to our natural life, and it is the unique way to magnify Christ as we live in this fallen world (Phil. 1:20, 2:15-16).
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OUR WEBSITE
TheChristianFaith.org
SUBSCRIBE
TheChristianFaith.org/subscribe
SEND US A NOTE
FOLLOW US ON…
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Twitter / X
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Bible Verses for this Episode
See Episode #102: “To Be Found in Christ”
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RESOURCES
Books
Witness Lee
Purchase the Kindle Edition on Amazon: Further Talks on the Knowledge of Life.
Titus Chu
Purchase the Paperback Edition on Amazon: Philippians: “That I May Gain Christ”.
Purchase the Paperback Edition on Amazon: Hudson and Maria.
Purchase the Paperback Edition on Amazon: The Standard Version of the New Testament
Online Note
“Hudson Taylor: A Mother’s Offering of Her Son to the Lord”
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Recorded…
in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, 20 August 2024