There were not very many Pharisees, never more than six thousand, but they were the spiritual athletes of Judaism. For God had made the world full of life; He "saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good," and Satan apparently won the victory over Him in it. (3.) All rights reserved. No saints are outside the danger. Consequently we must look for another explanation of this verse. View Exodus on the Timeline. I just did a dumb thing, I ran through a red light and hit somebody and I am being sued for a million dollars. [Paul] also speaks positively in verses 1214 of what he is doing in light of the incompleteness of his spiritual journey. I don't want to see it nailed to the cross. "For I have no man like-minded, who will naturally care for your state." 3:8-9 Yes, and I still count all things loss, because of the all-surpassing value of what it means to know Jesus Christ, my Lord. "I beseech Evodia, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. Does not our love fervently flame towards heaven? (Spurgeon). But in it and beyond it all there was joy. So this is Paul's answer to the Jewish teachers. Let us merely take up a single point of the primary ground of fitness for fellowship, which is often a difficulty with the saints. The tribe of Benjamin had a special place in the aristocracy of Israel. One cannot overlook the amazing strength with which he speaks even of his affections. In front of people they can act very holy and sanctified and excited and exhilarated in the things of the Lord, but when they get away from the stage, they can have filthy mouths; they can tell dirty jokes, they are living a two-faced life. For his was a heart deeply sensible of love, and consequently he was not one that had sought either to make the saints dependent upon him, and still less did the apostle depend on the saints for anything that was the fruit of grace in them. All Commentaries Videos Images Devotionals Other Translations Sermons Related Scriptures Podcasts Blogs. There would be no question of his being a part of such a resurrection." The great saving truths of Christianity do not change; and we cannot hear them too often. or are there mingled ways and mixed motives? Let me look at another as he is in Christ. The Jews would be quite sure that they were workers of righteousness. When that event takes place God will snatch Christians out from among the spiritually dead (unbelievers). It is not simply intellectual knowledge, the knowledge of certain facts or even principles. And (we pray!) that is miserable to God, we can go on delighting in the goodness of God, as well as in its fruits. It was by this name that the Jews called the Gentiles. It is not at all a question of what one has here. v. There is a significant contrast between the citizens of earth as described in Philippians 3:18-19 and the citizens of heaven as described in Philippians 3:20-21. b. You will never get into a right relationship with God by your own efforts in keeping the Law. Thus then he writes, telling them, "I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel." "I want to hang on to the flesh. Then he found himself a dead man condemned and powerless. And now, follow me as an example, live by this rule, because there are those who don't live by this rule. He lives a focused life. The words that Paul used seem to indicate that he was thinking of a resurrection from among those who were dead. "My joy and crown," "my dearly beloved." And therefore, "whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." Fee's commentary on Paul's letter to the church in Philippi. "Jesus" is His own name, His personal name. (iv) As for the righteousness which the Law could produce, he was blameless. Instead of this a song of joy and thanks comes from the blessed man of God at Rome; for, as he says here, "Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will. However elsewhere in his writings he was very confident that God would resurrect him and all believers (e.g., Romans 8:11; Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 15:12-57; 2 Corinthians 4:14; 2 Corinthians 5:1-5; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Timothy 2:18). (1.) From which we also eagerly wait for the Savior: As Philippians would eagerly await a visit from the emperor in Rome, even more so should Christians eagerly await the coming of their King Jesus Christ. WebExodus 3:13-14 meaning. Should any at present think differently, they will soon come to agree, if they allow God to teach them. Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, [and] let us mind the same thing ( Philippians 3:15-16 ). When you are pressing towards the mark. "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself." Or it alludes to a judicial appearance; so we are to be found of our Judge in peace, 2 Peter 3:14. He was for a considerable time a prisoner. And the righteousness is accounted to me by my faith in Him. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word | . DWELLER ON EARTH BUT CITIZEN OF HEAVEN ( Php_3:17-21 ). But it is not so that God has written His word. It was not simply something which had happened to Jesus, however important it was for him. "A lot of people testify of an experience that they had in Christ years ago. So it is true with us. Close. Thank God for the experiences, but they are not valid unless they are translated into the immediate, present relationship, and I do count them but loss. This is but a poor human resource, as unworthy of the saints as of the truth of God, who would not have us to wink at any mistake. For we can all understand joy in believing; we can readily feel how natural is joy to the Christian who dwells on his eternal portion. He takes the very name the Jewish teachers would have applied to the impure and to the Gentiles and flings it back at themselves. "I'll show you a mystery, we are not going to all sleep, but we are all going to be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of any eye. He persecuted the church. But you can always rejoice in the Lord, because He is above circumstances. The author of Exalting Jesus in Luke is Thabiti M. Anyabwile Philippians - Ryan Kelly 2014-07-31 The book of Philippians challenges Christians to remember their true identity as citizens of Gods kingdom, especially when faced with difficult circumstances and painful trials. Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer. It would be the equivalent in England of saying that he came over with the Normans or in America that he traced his descent to the Pilgrim fathers. Oh, is it not awful to think, that the best proof of the love of Christ and of His glory is the very ground which the base heart of man turns into a reason for denying both His love and His glory? If, then, they really loved him, "If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if there be any comfort of love, any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies," he would venture to seek another proof of it. What then are the signs of that real circumcision? By this claim Paul makes it clear that he is not an Ishmaelite, for the Ishmaelites were circumcised in their thirteenth year ( Genesis 17:25), nor a proselyte who had come late into the Jewish faith and been circumcised in manhood. Unless there were long periods when he never put pen to paper there must have been many more letters which are now lost. People lived and died without ever having heard of Jesus Christ our Lord. The Christian awaits the coming of Christ, at which everything will be changed. Not our keeping hold of Christ, but his keeping hold of us, is our safety. The NASB translators captured this idea when they rendered this phrase "the resurrection from among the dead." Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord ( Philippians 3:8 ): Paul the apostle is on his way to Damascus to persecute the church. There are two Greek verbs which are very like each other. Hence he at once begins, not with a doctrinal preparation after the introduction, but the introduction brings us as usual into the general spirit if not special object of the epistle. Need it be said that it has not the less its own proper office on that account? The reason is, in my judgment, perfectly beautiful. How heartily the Germans sing of the dear old fatherland; but they cannot, with all their Germanic patriotism, they cannot beat the genial glow of the Britons heart, when he thinks of his fatherland too. Other people would have merely thought of or seen bonds under the Roman emperor, the bonds of that great city that ruled over the kings of the earth. He is my Savior. Once you are right about Christ, you are right about everything while He is before you. The idea is that a man's Christian maturity cannot go beyond martyrdom. But unfortunately, since then, a lot of those things that they counted loss at that point, they picked back up, so that they are encumbered again. There may be sins within your heart that have long resisted control. Thus fervour of desire for others is the happy index of this whenever coupled with adequate knowledge of ourselves. "Being confident," he therefore says, "of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work will perform it unto the day of Jesus Christ, even as it is meet for me to think this of you all." He does so, not because he is arrogant or self-righteous, for he knows the struggles and difficulties that are inevitable to enter the kingdom. It shows us grace practically in different measures and forms. Such a Jew would speak the language of the country in which he lived but also the Hebrew which was his ancestral language. Resurrection -- If "raised" with Christ in baptism, we have a picture of also being "raised" at the resurrection. Their very name means The Separated Ones. And they were a sort of a hated animal. If he left this world, he would be with Christ; if he lived longer in this, world, Christ was with him. The great basic problem of life is to find fellowship with God and to be at peace and in friendship with him. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. Other Scripture points to the judgment seat of Christ as the time when God will make this distinction, not the resurrection. It is a blessed and refreshing picture even in thought. It is not the dread of losing the Saviour of their souls, but because they felt for His name; "for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure." It is a description that might almost do for Christ himself, so high is the standard for those that belong to Christ. They argued that a man could not be called complete until he had experienced everything that life had to offer, both good and bad. For such conflict we need the power of the Lord and the whole armour of God. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. Christ was so truly before his heart, that in fact there was no self left unjudged to warp the choice. John Piper @JohnPiper. The Message Update. In other words, "Here I am, I am chained in prison, but I don't find it hard to write this to you. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. And one day when I am sitting, looking up in Jesus' face, just overwhelmed by His glory and love, I will turn to the fellow next to me, and I will say, "I finally have apprehended that for which I was apprehended. They had separated themselves off from all common life and from all common tasks in order to make it the one aim of their lives to keep every smallest detail of the Law. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. I can do all things through him who strengtheneth me." It speaks of believers who were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. All believers will be resurrected, but there is a better one for those who endure. Now, Paul said in his Roman epistle, "I know in me, that is in my flesh, there dwells no good thing." I blew it. We now heard what the apostle renounced; let us now see what he laid hold on, and resolved to cleave to, namely, Christ and heaven. "Let your moderation be known unto all men;" that is, the meekness and gentleness which bends to the blow, instead of resisting it in the spirit that ever asserts its rights and fights for them. We know well that as men have sarcastically said, gratitude is a kind of fishing for fresh favours. And so, it is an established righteousness. Who they were is not certain. Israel was the name which had been specially given to Jacob by God after his wrestling with him ( Genesis 32:28). all the dead, as a class. The new body, the building of God not made with human hands, the eternal house that God has created for my spirit. There is but one title, there can be no sufficient ground but the name of Christ Christ known and confessed in the Holy Ghost; and where He is simply before us, the progress is most real, if not always easy and sensible. WebThe true people of God, whom Paul calls the true circumcision, are not those who have carried out a ceremony to put a mark in their bodies, but those who have received new life from Christ through an inward spiritual change (3:1-3). Jeremiah speaks of the uncircumcised ear, the ear that will not hear the word of God ( Jeremiah 6:10). It was the teaching of Paul that we are saved by grace alone, that salvation is the free gift of God, that we can never earn it but can only humbly and adoringly accept what God has offered to us; and, further, that the offer of God is to all men of all nations and that none is excluded. But it gives us also the effect of Christ in the saints eventually of Paul himself, of Timothy, of Epaphroditus, and indeed of the Philippian saints. I mean, you have got to give it every effort, working through pain, beyond the pain threshold. But having deigned to become a servant, He goes down lower still. Such is the thought that the apostle had before his soul of that which became the Christian. If there was any way to get in on the resurrection from the dead, I wanted to do it. He is also reaching out for the things which are in front. He is regarded as the true adversary, working, of course, by human means; but none the less is it his power. To abound in love is far from declension. "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, but it doesn't yet appear what we are going to be, but we know when He appears, we are going to be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is" ( 1 John 3:2 ). In His name all must bow. But this Christian joy enables a man to accept even them with a smile. It is the imbuing of the Christian with that which is life everlasting, but the life that he is now living by "the faith of the Son of God, who loved him and gave himself for him." Because He was interested in the heavenly kingdom. My actions they may, but not my faith in Him. This is interesting, for it must mean that Paul had written other letters to the Philippians which have not survived. Here and there at strategic military centres the Romans set down their colonies. But Paul the apostle said, "Look, I don't consider that I have attained; I don't look at myself as being perfect, the work of the Lord is not yet complete in me.". He had papers from the high priest that empowered him to throw in prison those who believed in Jesus Christ. If by any means I, might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. This epistle treats of daily sorrows and difficulties, yet does it manifestly overflow with joy, which all the dangers, sufferings, and trials only made the more triumphant and conspicuous. 10-11 I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering, and go all the way with him to death itself. It is needless to recount the comments on these words. This is a claim that Paul makes more than once ( Acts 22:3; Acts 23:6; Acts 26:5). They declared that they were within the grace of God and that, therefore, it did not matter what they did; God would forgive. Is it too much to say that many a groan would have gone forth from us that are here? The Lord apprehended me, but when He did, He had a purpose in mind. Observe, A Christian's calling is a high calling: it is from heaven, as its original; and it is to heaven in its tendency. WebPhilippians 3:14 Once a man or woman has trusted the Lord Jesus as Saviour, he embarks on a race through life to the finishing post. I mean, if you can be saved by works, if you can be saved by your own efforts, if you can be saved by keeping the law, then Paul said, "Hey, I am ahead of the pack. All human achievement had to be laid aside, in order that he might accept the free grace of Christ. Here the object seems to be to make its difference from legal obedience more felt the contrast with the law more complete. (ii) As far as the Law went, he was a trained Pharisee. Considering that he had not already attained, and had not apprehended, he pressed forward: "I follow after (Philippians 3:12; Philippians 3:12), dioko--I pursue with vigour, as one following after the game. So he could settle now about his life and death. But Paul didn't stop there did he? They were rather miserable, but that does not stop you from rejoicing in the Lord. John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. Paul has already spoken of the surpassing value of the knowledge of Christ. I made it myself." Skubala has two meanings. The Bible teaches that God will resurrect all people, believers and unbelievers, if they have died (e.g., Daniel 12:2; Matthew 22:29-32; Luke 20:37-38; John 6:39-40; John 6:44; John 6:54; John 11:25; Acts 4:2; Acts 17:18; Acts 23:6; Acts 24:15; Hebrews 6:2; Revelation 20:4-6; Revelation 20:13). Hey, this is a pretty good pedigree. It is his state and experience every day, as to which his hope was that in nothing he should be ashamed; "but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ. "Beware of the concision.". Soul (14+ yrs) CY (11-14 yrs) Epic Explorers (kids) Universal Editions; Promotional materials; Translations; Booklets and tracts; Books; Shop by Type; Evangelistic Books; For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ." But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ ( Philippians 3:7 ). "For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ." Now she walks back out where all of the girls are waiting, and she said, "Look girls," and as they gasp in amazement at the glory and the beauty of the dress, she said, "This is something that I could have never purchased for myself. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind." (2.) Accordingly, this being not so directly the subject of the epistle though a Very important part of it, it comes in parenthetically in a large measure, not now in any wise as a question of truth or development of the mystery of Christ, as we saw in Ephesians 3:1-21, but, nevertheless, as a parenthesis; for he resumes afterwards the internal side again, as we shall see inPhilippians 4:1-23; Philippians 4:1-23. The word he uses for reaching out (epekteinomenos, G1901) is very vivid and is used of a racer going hard for the tape. [Note: See John F. Walvoord, Philippians, pp. Paul says, "You Jews think that you are circumcised; in point of fact, you are only mutilated.". There is, however, a sure and only divine standard: as far as we have attained, our call is to walk in the same path. ", Blessed is this confidence in Christ, and wondrous are His ways! I agonizo towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God.Paul said, "Don't you realize that they that run in a race run all, only one receives the prize, so run that you may obtain." We haven't yet scratched the surface of the work that needs to be done in the hearts and lives of the people of Orange County, in Southern California, across the United States. But such things as I could humanly reckon as profits, I came to the conclusion were all loss for the sake of Jesus Christ. It was not a decision made in a moment of impulse, but one by which I still stand fast.". The righteousness through faith in Christ, my faith in Jesus doesn't waver. And there comes that second wind, then it seems like you can go forever. Julius Caesar was declared to be the universal savior of mankind. It then became a common title for the ruling Caesar. Our citizenship is in heaven, from which we look for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. What God was interested in is that my heart was circumcised, that I had the heart after the Spirit, and not after the flesh. "lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. Why? It was not because of their own personal interest, though this was great and fresh, but they loved that it should go forth. 12 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. By all means let them be made known unto God. The word concision comes from a Greek word, which means mutilators. in sorrow? So he says here, "For the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung." Returning, however, to the women Evodia and Syntyche, they had devoted themselves to an exceedingly happy and prized service. Let nobody suppose me to insinuate that a woman is not in place when exercising, according to the Scripture, any gift God has given her. The apostle had his heart upon Christ as his righteousness. 7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. The lad had found a joy which not even the scaffold could take away. Yet these shall bow, no less than those in heaven, or on earth. You think you are going to drop, but you keep going. It is not legal experience, for which you must turn to the chapter spoken of inRomans 7:1-25; Romans 7:1-25, the only bit of a saint's experience under law, as far as I know, that the New Testament affords (certainly in the epistles). What is the point of this? In Him, we, know, who was the perfect model in the same warfare, which He fought single-handed, conquering for God's glory and for us, the prince of this world came, and had nothing in Him, absolutely nothing. He is at Rome, where he desired to be, no doubt, but which he had never expected to visit as one in bonds. what than the testimony for God? ", He loves, we see, to couple with the relationship to himself what was related to them. We are kept by his mighty power through faith unto salvation,1 Peter 1:5. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. I had it made as far as the law was concerned." WebMatthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:9-14. It was this which Paul sought - this for which he strove - this that was so bright an object in his eye that it was to be secured at any sacrifice. That is, they want still to live after the flesh so bad, that the idea of being crucified with Christ, the death of the old life, the death of the old man, the death of the old flesh life, is irritating to them. There is a righteousness provided for us in Jesus Christ, and it is a complete and perfect righteousness. "You remember Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, chapter 5 of Matthew, said, "Except your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you shall in no wise enter the kingdom of heaven." The resurrection of the dead - Paul believed that all the dead would be raised Acts 24:15; Acts 26:6-8; and in this respect he would certainly attain to the resurrection of the dead, in common with all mankind. So Paul proves to these Jews that he has the right to speak. It was seen laid in the grave of Christ. The old life, you know, I accounted loss. "Let your moderation be known unto all men," strengthened by this consolatory truth, "the Lord is at hand. It is not our laying hold of Christ first, but his laying hold of us, which is our happiness and salvation. He has not attained this "perfection" as is evident from verses 12-16. 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