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Philippians 3 (3): Paying the Price to Gain Christ and be Found in Him
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Philippians 3:7-11 shows us the stages by which we come to know Christ. In verses 7-8 we see that, if we truly desire to gain Christ, we must first allow the Lord to bring us through many difficult experiences, and suffer the loss of so many things, even of all things, so that we come to the point where we are ready to gain Christ.
But after this, in verse 9, we come to something still more difficult: the loss, not just of things, but of our very self, so that we are found in Christ instead of in who we are. The experiences spoken of above are mainly outward, but here we have the real, inward dealing of the cross being applied to our very being.
Many believers will do so many things for Christ, but few are willing to experience this inward dying to self for the sake of Christ. Yet, only if we allow the Lord to break us in this way can we become a person who is able to impart the divine life to others for the blessing of the saints and of the Body of Christ as a whole.
Thus, we should offer ourselves to the Lord and ask Him to bring us through these difficult experiences, so He can apply the cross to our inner being and make us such ones.
How the church needs such ones today!
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Bible Verses for this Episode
See Episode #104: “Philippians 3: Paying the Price to Gain Christ and be Found in Him”
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Notes
“The Lamb, the Serpent, & the Seed” (1)
Hymns
Watchman Nee: “First the Blood and then the Ointment”
Watchman Nee: “Olives that Have Known No Pressure”
Books
Witness Lee
Further Talks on the Knowledge of Life
Witness Lee
The Experience of Christ
Mary N. Garrard
Jesse Penn Lewis: A Memoir
Titus Chu
Philippians: “That I May Gain Christ”
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in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday, 4 September 2024
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