Philippians 3:10 --- Paul indicates that he rejected his own righteousness in order to secure not merely an intellectual knowledge of Christ but also a relational knowledge, in fact, an intimate knowledge of Him. power of His resurrection: Paul does not say the power in His resurrection, which would specify the power of the one-time event of His resurrection. Rather Paul seeks the ongoing power that is the day-to-day experience of being in Christ. Paul may also be alluding to his desire to be clothed with his own resurrection body. fellowship of His sufferings: Paul sees the value of participating in the persecutions or struggles that naturally accompany one who is in partnership (that is, fellowship, see 1:15) with Christ and His sufferings (see James 1:2--4; 1 Pet. 2:21-- 24). being conformed to His death: Paul desires to imitate Christ---even in His death. In other words, Paul wants to be completely obedient to God the Father, just as Jesus was obedient to His Fathers will (Luke 22:42).
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:48:25 +0000
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