In a certain sense too he could not, and in another he would not choose. What might you and I have thought of such? Let your moderation go along with it, because along with this joy there might be a certain enthusiastic spirit that would hinder calm judgment. B. And so, when He is finished with me here, this robe of flesh I will drop and rise to seize the everlasting prize and shout while passing through the air. If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. They demanded that they be circumcised and they keep the law of Moses in order to be saved, which Paul called the perversion of the gospel of Jesus Christ.It is interesting that these people usually referred to the Gentiles as dogs. "Oh, I had such a glorious experience, the Lord met me in such a powerful way. He was never ashamed to confess his shame and to tell men that once he had hated the Christ whom now he loved and sought to obliterate the Church which now he served. WebMatthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:9-14. #1 I press on. It was God the Father that made Him Lord and Christ, but God the Father never made Him Jehovah. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. This is open to the heart now. The resurrection of the dead. We have only begun to see the work of God; we have only begun to see the glory of God poured out. Here and there at strategic military centres the Romans set down their colonies. All Christians living and dead will be caught up when it occurs. It was seen laid in the grave of Christ. And now as he had Christ before his soul, in this way the gospel itself, he can feel, is only promoted so much the more. 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." (i) We worship in the Spirit of God; or, we worship God in the Spirit. The tribe of Benjamin had the place of honour in Israel's battle-line, so that the battle-cry of Israel was: "After thee, O Benjamin!" a really inaccurate mode. He had been born in the Gentile city of Tarsus, but he had come to Jerusalem to be educated at the feet of Gamaliel ( Acts 22:3) and was able, for instance, when the time came, to speak to the mob in Jerusalem in their own tongue ( Acts 21:40). . There is a righteousness provided for us in Jesus Christ, and it is a complete and perfect righteousness. 2.]. The apostle does call for "fear and trembling" on the part of the saints in that chapter; but there is not an atom of dread or doubt in it. I tried to find it by strict adherence to the Jewish Law; but I found the Law and all its ways worse than useless to achieve that end. ", "The spiritual resurrection view posits that the out-resurrection refers to the attainment of Christlike character in this life." The summons of the writer of Deuteronomy is: "Circumcise the foreskin of your heart and be no longer stubborn" ( Deuteronomy 10:16). I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead: Paul has discussed in these verses the concepts of justification and sanctification, and now he speaks of the believers glorification. She laid the thing out, carefully cut it out, but she really had never sewn anything before. Because you can drive a Cadillac, and you can live on Lido Island. And this puts the doctrine, as far as there is doctrine in the epistle, in a very clear light. A better translation would be "if somehow" (NASB margin) or "and so, somehow" (NIV). There is, however, a sure and only divine standard: as far as we have attained, our call is to walk in the same path. To abound in love is far from declension. But this is not the character of Christian joy. Philippians 3:4b-14. In Php_3:21 it speaks about our vile body. Long, long before this, the great teachers and the great prophets had seen that circumcision of the flesh is by itself not nearly enough and that there was needed a spiritual circumcision. Now, because she had spent all of her money on tuition, and just getting by, on her books, and everything else, she really didn't have much money. But Paul forgot the things which were behind so as not to be content with present measures of grace: he was still for having more and more. Who, when He comes, He is going to change our bodies, that they might be fashioned like His own glorious image. The real circumcision is not a mark in the flesh; it is that true worship, that true glory, and that true confidence in the grace of God in Jesus Christ. But here is the proper experience of a Christian. When the state or kind of resurrection is meant to be expressed, the anarthrous form is requisite, as we see in verse 24 of this very chapter, and regularly so. 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already The Jew in essence trusted himself ; the Christian in essence trusts God. WebSunday, February 26, 2023 Living Hope Christian Church, Inc. will broadcast live on Facebook and YouTube beginning at 11:00 am. When God entered into his special covenant with Abraham, circumcision was laid down as its eternal sign. The other is what suits it, but a conferred position. "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." Little probable is it that the reading, . The rite of water baptism is really not a physical rite, but a spiritual experience. There is something which ought to be made known unto men, namely, the not fighting for your rights. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. (iii) It means to be so united with Christ that day by day we come more to share in his death, so that finally we share in his Resurrection. "You know, if you only had enough faith, you could be jetting across the United States also in your own Lear Jet." May it be so with us! " should not of itself have the same sense as that conveyed, with more propriety of expression (and for that reason likely to be adopted in the early Uncial MSS. As far as he was concerned, therefore, why could he choose? His intent is to bring to mind the resurrection, not of "all who are in the grave," but more specifically, the resurrection of the saved (1 Thessalonians 4:16). There is real power, there is strength from God that works in the saint; but the feelings of Christ, the mind of Christ morally, is better than all energy. Our citizenship. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. Christ is the sovereign balm for every wound; and it was the apostle's joy, whatever men's spirit might be, not only to enjoy Christ himself, but that His name was being proclaimed far and wide by many lips, that souls might hear and live. "That is why God apprehended you; He has a glorious plan and a purpose for your future. The cross was essential and necessary for Him to experience the power of the resurrection. in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. I must, first of all, set the standard: what constitutes righteousness? i. Savior was a title given to the Caesars. But, it might be argued, that was a snap decision, perhaps later to be regretted and reversed. Perhaps he meant he wanted to experience suffering for Christs sake and was even willing to die for Him to arrive at his resurrection in a manner that would enable him to face His master unashamed. They say, that in training for the Olympics, you have got to go till it hurts, and you have to work yourself through the pain. Paul claims that there was no demand of the Law which he did not fulfil. Few preachers would dare to make the appeal with which Paul begins this section. Like any good teacher, Paul was never afraid of repetition. And she thought, "Oh my, I didn't dream anything could cost that much." Such is the meaning here. So the people whom Paul attacks may have been the clever Gnostics who produced specious arguments to justify their sinning or they may have been misguided Christians who twisted the loveliest things into justification for the ugliest sins. Yes. When, under Rehoboam, the kingdom had been split up, ten of the tribes went off with Jeroboam and Benjamin was the only tribe which remained faithful with Judah ( 1 Kings 12:21). 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. Be of good cheer. 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. If by any means: The expression "If by any means" or "If in some way" seems to hint at doubt or uncertainty in Pauls mind that he would take part in the resurrection. WebPhilippians 3 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. i. Hence he says, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." Unless there were long periods when he never put pen to paper there must have been many more letters which are now lost. THE ONLY TRUE CIRCUMCISION ( Php_3:2-3 continued), (iii) Lastly, he calls them, the party of mutilation. So what do I do? You see, past experience is only valid if it is translated into the present. But you will never know the life of the resurrected Christ until you have experienced the fellowship of the sufferings. In the context he had been speaking of suffering and dying with Him. No wonder Paul opted for the new righteousness, though he had done pretty good up until this point. (b) It is the guarantee of the life to come ( Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 15:14 ff.). Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith." "I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity." "So Paul, he had done his best to clothe himself in righteousness by works, but then he came in to that glorious knowledge of Jesus Christ, and, "No longer," he said, "to be found in my own righteousness, which is of the law, my own making, my own work, but I will gladly exchange that for the glorious righteousness which God has accounted to me through my faith in Jesus Christ." The internal evidence ( i.e. Reasonings on such matters are in general miserably wrong. This disperses all clouds from the soul. Thus the very suffering which unbelief might interpret wrongly, and regard as a severe chastening, and so cause the heart to be cast down, instead of taking comfort before God, the suffering for Christ's sake is a gift of His love, as much a gift as the believing in Christ for the salvation of the soul. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.". Even, therefore, if you could have (what is impossible) ever so much real spiritual knowledge along with Christ, who would so much as notice these acquisitions in comparison with Christ? WebBible Commentaries Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary Philippians 3 11 Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary Philippians 3:11 If by any means - Implying, that he meant to make use of the most strenuous exertions to obtain the object. and have no confidence in the flesh ( Philippians 3:3 ). Verse 11. But the phrase, the resurrection of the dead, also might be used, in a more limited sense, to denote the resurrection of the righteous as a most desirable object; and this might be secured by effort. It expresses expectation. 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. He is exalting Christ. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. It has been hard for you to kick against the pricks." The keynote of the epistle is rejoice, and he said. "The noun translated resurrection is an unusual double compound word used only here in the New Testament. What a God is ours, so to treat that which, connected with the world, Christ Himself calls "unrighteous mammon!" 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. That is to say, he was not only an Israelite; he belonged to the elite of Israel. Furthermore the resurrection he said he hoped to attain was still future whereas he had already experienced spiritual resurrection with Christ to newness of life (Romans 6:1-11; Galatians 2:20). "Finally," says he, "my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. In such places the citizens were mostly soldiers who had served their time--twenty-one years--and who had been rewarded with full citizenship. We now heard what the apostle renounced; let us now see what he laid hold on, and resolved to cleave to, namely, The apostle would remind us that even he "must watch and pray continually to abide in the fellowship of Christs sufferingfor only in that way the glorification with Christwill be attained" (Silva 193, quoting J.J. Muller). Why should such as they face the unmannerly officials that took advantage of the imperial government to treat with injury those identified with the gospel? "if I live in the flesh, it is worth my while." Surely there must have been something seriously wrong to judge in him! Faithful believers only will obtain this out-resurrection and have abundance of joy forever. It is what enabled him to look at the saints, as he called them to look at one another, esteeming others, as he says, better than themselves. It is true that Paul frequently plotted Christs story around the motifs of death and resurrection, a scheme he most likely inherited from Have rather that spirit which counts nothing as a right to be claimed, but all one has as gifts of grace to be freely used in this world, because one has Christ in view. There was another party of Gnostics who held a different kind of doctrine. There are a lot of people running the race just to say, "Well, I ran in the race." And now he would have them looking to Christ, that no damp should gather round their hearts from anything that might befall him, that nothing which happened, whether to themselves, to other saints, or even to the apostle, should interfere for a moment with their unclouded and abounding confidence in the Lord. Observe, His care to be found in Christ was in order to his attaining the resurrection of the dead. He is referring to it, "The things which were gain to me, I counted loss for Christ, thirty years ago, on the road to Damascus." Jesus wasn't resurrected until he first went to the cross. Word Format PDF Format. 26 December 2021 AM Philippians 3:13-14 Scott Childs. She couldn't buy a dress, but she really didn't have much money to buy very good material. According to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself: This is possible only because the God we serve is omnipotent. Consequently we must look for another explanation of this verse. Paul has just said that he came to the conclusion that all his Jewish privileges and attainments were nothing but a total loss. (a) It is the guarantee of the importance of this life and of this body in which we live. 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. There are two chief stages of His humiliation flowing out of His perfect love. Then he turns to what had drawn out the epistle. Let us see to it that we walk according to the place which God has given us. 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." To that thought he now returns and defines more closely what he means. To know Christ means for him certain things. No further discipline and no further effort were necessary. 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. So Paul sets out his credentials, not in order to boast but to show that he had enjoyed every privilege which a Jew could enjoy and had risen to every attainment to which a Jew could rise. But then, worse than that, this judgmental spirit. And, accordingly, why should one be a prey to care, if this be really so? In short, he was so living Christ, that it was only a question of Christ here, and of Christ there. Let us be humbled on account of our sins. Then he uses two vivid pictures. When that event takes place God will snatch Christians out from among the spiritually dead (unbelievers). "And the fellowship of his sufferings" again and certainly a present thing, not relating to heaven. The Jew placed his confidence in the physical badge of circumcision and in the performance of the duties of the Law. But let us not be turned aside, and think that it is merely a question of believing and of knowing our place secure; but let us live of that very Christ who is our life. He had experienced it at its highest point; and he knew that it was nothing compared with the joy which Christ had given. Faith is called knowledge, Isaiah 53:11. You can get into a right relationship with God only by taking Jesus Christ at his word, and by accepting what God himself offers to you.". So, let this be your mind, let this be your attitude, follow me. As he had said elsewhere before, so he says here, "Be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. All rights reserved. But the (trace of Christ wrought in them all; and that was the great joy and delight of the apostle's heart. But out of the midst of bitter experience he had learned Christ, as even he had never known Him before. We shall see the importance of this elsewhere. No teacher must find it a trouble to go over and over again the great basic truths of the Christian faith; for that is the way to ensure the safety of his hearers. Himself the striking witness to the contrary, he looked for nothing less in the saints he so dearly loved. Why did the Lord apprehend you? The Lord has laid down their places respectively with distinctness. So it is true with us. This chapter then looks for the working of the gracious feelings of Christ Himself in the Christian individually, showing us, first, the fulness of them all in Christ in contrast with the first Adam. notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached." Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. Thus the degree to which we are faithful to use our talents, treasures, gifts, abilities, resources, and opportunities in life to please Him is the degree to which we will obtain this out-resurrection abundance of life." Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. It is the only place in Scripture where the phrase means, not simply the righteousness of God in point of character, but the righteousness of God in point of source. And if anyone is otherwise minded in any way, this too God will reveal to him. He would have them realize the solemnity of the strife that is going on. I just" And living in the past, and being destroyed in the past, and can't go ahead because they are looking backward. As we are just now, our bodies are subject to change and decay, illness and death, the bodies of a state of humiliation compared with the glorious state of the Risen Christ; but the day will come when we will lay aside this mortal body which we now possess and become like Jesus Christ himself. But he said he cast that over for the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Oh that the Lord might make it true of His own! In other words, "Give it all you have got.". His goodness can even take this up and thus make it fragrant even to Himself. 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. . "That I may know him." I can't get over that. I have transcribed this note at length, because it is a fair sample of Dr. Hence he says, "We look for the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour: who shall change our vile. Indeed Paul did. 287.]. 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? 87-88; and S. Lewis Johnson Jr., "The Out-Resurrection from the Dead," Bibliotheca Sacra 110 (1953):139-46; and Lightner, "Philippians," p. WebPhl 3:1-3. It is still going on. They nevertheless seem to have been disheartened, even distanced, from their faith by Pauls imprisonment. It was not a reference to a kindly family pet, but it was a reference to those mean wild dogs that roamed Israel. How could any murmur who believed they were really bonds in Christ? You can check these in your browser security settings. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. "The out-resurrection is a special reward which only faithful believers will receive. We are not to suppose that, because we are men, we monopolise all the gifts of Christ. What is it that brings us into the blessed fellowship that we enjoy? Notwithstanding, it has been already explained that the man has a relative place as the image and glory of God, being set in a remarkable position between God and the woman in matters of outward decorum. We cannot know everything that Paul meant by this phrase; but the Resurrection of Christ is the great dynamic in at least three different directions. I am interested in what is your relationship tonight with the Lord. This verb indicates the most intimate knowledge of another person. They thought they were working good, but in fact they were working evil. They are circumcised, not with the outward mark in the flesh, but with that inner circumcision of which the great law-givers and teachers and prophets spoke. "I want to know him; I want to know him completely." b. Will it be said that this is what the apostle felt, and did, and suffered in the freshness of his first acquaintance with Christ? In any case, indeed, to the Christian, death is gain; but he could best say it who could say, "To me to live is Christ," who could say it not merely as the faith of Him, but as a matter of simple, unconstrained, spontaneous enjoyment of Christ in practical ways. I blew it. 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. His only pride is that he is a man for whom Christ died. (iv) As for the righteousness which the Law could produce, he was blameless. Christ held it forth; nay, more, He was it. all that God is for you in Christ explodes with faith, and joy, and love. But with the Philippians there was increased jealousy for Christ. It was due to His humiliation and obedience; and so it is here treated. 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." How can they say . The apostle takes up, no doubt, the sweet affections of chapter 2, but then they are strengthened by the energy that Christ seen in glory imparts, as in chapter 3. WebPhilippians 3:11. After being here near three weeks, one morning about three o'clock Mr. Wesley turned over, and, finding me awake, clapped me on the side, saying: 'Brother Nelson, let us be of good cheer: I have one whole side yet, for the skin is off but on one side!'" 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