Author name: Craig Hill

“That I may win Christ…that I may know him”

We have seen how Paul made it abundantly clear that to know Jesus and his faithfulness to his Father is a vital motivating force in our spiritual transformation.

In Philippians 3:10, Paul encourages us to “know Jesus” intimately, something he has had to learn himself, and by this means understand the righteousness of God in him. He states that there is a need:

to know the power of his resurrection,

to know the fellowship of his sufferings,

to know what it means to be made conformable to his death.

In the closing scenes of our last article, we spoke about our Lord being taken into heaven and presiding over the angels. There they witness Jesus being seated by his Father at His right hand and upon His throne. This is highlighted in Psalm 110:1: “Yahweh said unto my (David’s) Lord, sit thou at my right hand”. Within the writings of the New Testament, this is the most quoted and alluded to passage of the Old Testament. The reason for this is that it forms the foundation of our salvation.

“Unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come”

We have been following ideas that Paul presents to us through the Philippian epistle about the relationship of the Father and His Son, and how together they were able to deal with the negative effects of our nature with complete success.

The Philippian epistle is one of great positiveness and while Paul appears to be dealing with an element of discord in the ecclesia as well as the challenges from without, he undoubtedly seeks to inspire and elevate his readers to a greater interaction with their God and His Son Jesus Christ. Devel…