We now heard what the apostle renounced; let us now see what he laid hold on, and resolved to cleave to, namely, And to be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but the righteousness which is of God, through faith. Not only was an utterly wrong spirit indulged in the work itself, and toward others engaged actually in it; but even as to the apostle, shut out from such service, a desire to pain and wound was not wanting. He forgot himself in the gospel. It is incumbent upon us, as Christians, to rise out of our despondencies. Philippians 3:11 by Grant Richison| Jan 16, 1996| Philippians| 5 comments Read Introduction to Philippians If, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. In English, Paul appears to doubtthat he will rise from the dead. "I thank my God for my whole remembrance of you," says he, after his usual salutation and wish, "always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy.". He says that they had happened rather for the furtherance of the gospel, "so that my bonds in Christ are manifest;" for this is the way in which he looks at it "my bonds in Christ." "For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. This were to spoil all, because it would please the flesh. Here the King James Version is dangerously misleading. How could any murmur who believed they were really bonds in Christ? Such is the meaning here. The Gnostics were heretics who tried to intellectualize Christianity and make a kind of philosophy out of it. He had his heart on these two great peculiarities of the Christian religion. For, in point of fact, through this epistle salvation is seen as going on from first to last, and not yet complete, being never viewed as such till the conflict with Satan is altogether closed. 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. I believe, therefore, that , especially if be supposed to be fetched (as Dr. B. says) from , is incompatible with , the one conveying the notion of a selected company, and the other of the dead universally. "Our conversation is in heaven; from whence we wait for the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour" for this is the true meaning of it. They weren't looking for a place, and so they roamed the earth, as outcast, not possessing of the earth. It describes the man who is going flat out for the finish. How rich and full he was of the goodness of the God he had proved so long and could recommend so well! Better not make them known to men; it is a dangerous snare. That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection ( Philippians 3:10 ). He persecuted the church. Hence it is that, although doctrine is sparse, if not almost excluded, nevertheless what little appears comes in as ancillary to the main purpose. WHAT IT MEANS TO KNOW CHRIST ( Php_3:10-11 ). Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. He was willing to do any thing, or suffer any thing, that he might attain that resurrection. [Note: See Gerald B. Stanton, Kept from the Hour, pp. 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. But he said those things which were so important to me, those things for which I lived. Hence, says he, "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. And now she was in her senior year. If he desired for them that they should be without one stumble till the day of Christ, it was the purpose to which grace had girded up his own loins. But, Lady Bountiful, seeing her interest in it, said to the clerk, wrap it up and have it sent to the car.When she got back to the dorm, she went into her room and she carefully unwrapped this dress, put it on; it fit perfectly. The more one enjoys Christ here, the more one wants to be with Him there. For whom I have suffered the loss of all things ( Philippians 3:8 ). But while he was on his way, just before arriving in Damascus about noontime, there came a light from heaven brighter than the noonday sun. But our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly await the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour, for he will refashion the body which we have in this state of our humiliation and make it like his own glorious body, by the working of that power of his whereby he is able to subject all things to himself. Spirit, they said, is altogether good; and matter is altogether evil. The word signifies the resurrection in general, both of the just and unjust; may signify that of the blessed only. shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. I am interested in what is your relationship tonight with the Lord. That is to say, he will never glory in any of his achievements or use them as an excuse for relaxation. The trial is to keep that joy undimmed in the midst of the difficulties and sorrows that every day may bring. And, therefore, even in circumstances where joy would seem to be impossible and there seem to be nothing but pain and discomfort, Christian joy remains, because not all the threats and terrors and discomforts of life can separate the Christian from the love of God in Christ Jesus his Lord ( Romans 8:35-39). (ii) He was of the race of Israel. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. The use of the preposition ek twice in the phrase, the first usage being in exanastasin, suggests a resurrection out from a group not resurrected. Observe, The best men in the world will readily own their imperfection in the present state. "Therefore," says he, though I am in a strait betwixt two," as he had said before, "having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. This the apostle had his eye upon; this he would attain. Joy should be the normal state of the Christian. ", And now there is the most lovely picture of Christ again; for it is always Christ here, and this again practically. There were tens of thousands of them in Rome; and in Alexandria there were more than a million. ), . God was pleased, even whilst the apostle was alive, to set him aside and to prove the power of faith where he was not. We are then made conformable to his death when we die to sin, as Christ died for sin, when we are crucified with Christ, the flesh and affections of it mortified, and the world is crucified to us, and we to the world, by virtue of the cross of Christ. 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!'" "Not," says he, "that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am," this is the great design of the epistle; it was not truth that was made known simply, but experience that was grown into "I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Suddenly upon meeting Christ, all that he counted as important to him up to that point in his life, all of his religious credits, all of the religious background, he said lost for Christ. Such a notion is unknown to scripture, and revolting to the spiritual mind. (i) We worship in the Spirit of God; or, we worship God in the Spirit. Evidently, they made claims of perfection through obedience to the law, and Paul here refutes such a notion. Philippians 3:14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. At this point Paul repeats warnings that he gave the Philippian church some time earlier concerning Judaisers. He like other Christians lives in the overlap of the ages; he, too, stands between the "already" and the "not yet", and consummated salvation is not yet his. I had everything going for me as far as righteousness from the law. Close. He has not yet reached perfection, regardless of what the Judaizing opponents may have claimed for themselves. A better translation would be "if somehow" (NASB margin) or "and so, somehow" (NIV). Because I may blow my horn and shake my fist, but the Spirit will say, "Hey, don't you remember you have got a fish emblem on the back of your car? Let us uphold the glory of His person, but, nevertheless, let us not forget how the apostle's picture of the saint resembles the Master! It was the natural cry of man, "Spare yourself from suffering." 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 is something which ought to be made known unto men, namely, the not fighting for your rights. It may be remarked here, that from an expression often misunderstood in Philippians 2:1-30 it might seem as if the apostle wished somehow to weaken their confidence. There are a lot of people running the race just to say, "Well, I ran in the race." But how can this be unless the heart is perfectly at ease as to itself? "The prize" is "the crown of righteousness" (1Co 9:24; 2Ti 4:8). He counts all of the works of the past just wasted effort, refuse. Not in a figurative sense, the resurrection from the death of sin to a life of grace, of which Christ is the efficient cause, for this the apostle had attained to; unless the consummation of that spiritual life, in perfect holiness, should be intended, than which nothing was more desirable by him; nor in a representative sense, for this also he enjoyed in Christ his head, being risen with him, and in him, when he rose from the dead; but in a literal sense and designs not the general resurrection of the just and unjust, which he believed; for he knew that everyone must, and will attain to this, even Pharaoh, Judas, and the worst of men; but the special and particular resurrection of the righteous, the better resurrection, which will be first, and upon the personal coming of Christ, and by virtue of union to him, and in a glorious manner, and to everlasting life and happiness: and when the apostle says, "if by any means" he might attain to this, it is not to be understood as if he doubted of it, which would be inconsistent with his firm persuasion, that nothing should separate him from the love of God, and with his full assurance of faith, as to interest in Jesus Christ; but it denotes the difficulty of attaining it, since through various afflictions and great tribulations a believer must pass, before he comes to it; and also the apostle's earnest desire of it, and strenuous endeavour for it; not caring what scenes of trouble, or sea of sorrow what fiery trials, severe sufferings, or cruel death he went through, so be it he obtained as he believed he should, the glorious and better resurrection; he counted not his life dear to himself, he loved it not unto death, having in view the blissful and happy state after it. This is what he did, and accordingly this is the source, not merely of a firm faith and confidence as to the issue, but of present joy and all-overcoming power. He must have a certain kind of mind and heart and character. Salem Media Group. It is the forming of the heart with the affections and the judgments of the Lord. Who have had more palpable witness that service may become the object rather than Christ? Not seldom do they begin to question whether it can be possible that such a one is really of value to the church of God. "For I have no man like-minded, who will naturally care for your state." WebPhilippians 3:11-14 Meaning and Commentary INTRODUCTION TO PHILIPPIANS 3 In this chapter the apostle cautions the Philippians against false teachers, whom he describes The fitter we grow for heaven the faster we must press towards it. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament. Check out our other commentaries: Genesis 19:8-10 meaning (3:11 22) Maps and Charts. There may be sins within your heart that have long resisted control. A prisoner he was; and such is all that Scripture tells about him there. But Paul said. Now, Paul was a classic example of what Jesus was referring to. Philippians 3:14. , one thing) viz. I do. , the things that are behind) even the very part of the course that has been finished. ) that is literally, extending myself over. He knew well how much they might be tried by the report of his own imprisonment, and no deliverance coming as yet. There is nothing assuredly right, on the other hand, where Christ is not the object of the soul. For, let me ask, what is our title to communion? And I may pull over to the side of the freeway and decide not to pass him so that I won't be a bad witness, and bow my head and say, "God, I am sorry. You know, there are many people in the world tonight who have never had the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord. The effect of their teaching was to take men further away from God instead of to bring them nearer to him. Thus fervour of desire for others is the happy index of this whenever coupled with adequate knowledge of ourselves. And the young girl went outside, and there was a limousine chauffeur, and they went down to I. Magnum's, and the chauffeur took the car up. This is proper to give us measures in all our service, and to quicken us every step we take; and it is of God, from whom we are to expect it. It is not at all a question of ecclesiastical order, in which naturally the chief guides would have front rank. Remembering that, we try to paraphrase this passage and to set down, not so much what Paul says, as what was in his mind. I can't get over that. When God entered into his special covenant with Abraham, circumcision was laid down as its eternal sign. There is a sinful forgetting of past sins and past mercies, which ought to be remembered for the exercise of constant repentance and thankfulness to God. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. I might attain unto - I may come to, or may secure this object. It is not only his reckoning in the first fervour of love for the Saviour. How lovely that this it was that pained him unselfish love! It was by this name that the Jews called the Gentiles. I just" And living in the past, and being destroyed in the past, and can't go ahead because they are looking backward. But this is not the character of Christian joy. There is really no value to say I counted those things loss for Christ thirty years ago, if in the meantime I have picked them back up and I am encumbered with them again. Word Format PDF Format. I believe that a woman shines most where she does not appear. To me," may each say truly, "to live is Christ.". Philippians 4:1-23 is founded on both. 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. Hence he thus opens, "Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown." The words, as they stand in the best MSS., are as follow: , to that resurrection which is of the dead. Most preachers begin with the serious handicap that they have to say, not, "Do as I do," but, "Do as I say." Thus "forgetting those things which are behind" refers to the progress that we may make. She gave it her best. 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. God, I thank you that I am so good," that pride and self-righteousness. Who, when He comes, He is going to change our bodies, that they might be fashioned like His own glorious image. Annotations in loc.) God never can fail; and the very trials that would seem to crush all hope for the glory of Christ on the earth are the precise occasions in which God proves that after all it is He alone who triumphs, while man always fails even if he be an apostle. But now the apostle was shut out from every labour apparently. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more [If anyone might have something to boast in the flesh. We shall see the importance of this elsewhere. John Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. But then Paul updates his experience. We can only guess who they may have been. Unless there were long periods when he never put pen to paper there must have been many more letters which are now lost. Surely there must have been something seriously wrong to judge in him! He had a work for you to fulfill. The righteousness through faith in Christ, my faith in Jesus doesn't waver. This is certainly what the apostle here puts before these saints. But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. 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. [Note: Idem, "Raised to Run," Grace Evangelical Society News 6:8 (August 1991):2.]. admits that the external testimony is quite in its favour, though it is hard to see what he means by the internal evidence being in this case denied; for he suggests himself that may have been a correction proceeding from those who thought that the sense which the context requires, "the resurrection from the dead," could not be extracted from . He has written His word not to perplex, but to enlighten. While the exact nature of that reward is unclear here, it can generally be understood as a sort of abundance of life. 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. Philippians 3:1114 May 18, 2019. And what is the result? So this is Paul's answer to the Jewish teachers. "That" (says he, after he had exhorted the Philippians thus to stand,) "I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. He takes the very name the Jewish teachers would have applied to the impure and to the Gentiles and flings it back at themselves. No further discipline and no further effort were necessary. But since he now belongs to Christ, he believes that perfection is the only goal he can aim at. It wasnt long after the time of Paul that Christians were martyred for refusing to call Caesar Lord, claiming that Jesus was the only Lord. And what did the apostle do with all this roll of fleshly advantages? With us the dog is a well-loved animal, but it was not so in the East in the time of Jesus. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. In such places the citizens were mostly soldiers who had served their time--twenty-one years--and who had been rewarded with full citizenship. So he brings before them another remarkable feature of it their fellowship; and this fellowship too with the gospel. NIV I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. You may be perfectly sure of an answer when you make known your requests: therefore let it be with thanksgiving. His goodness can even take this up and thus make it fragrant even to Himself. [Note: Saucy, p. "Rejoice in the Lord alway." All here below was plunged under the sentence of death through Adam's sin; and God's word could but seal it till redemption. (i) He sets down what we might call the indestructibility of Christian joy. How can they say . The particular, electing love of God from before the foundation of the world is the reason why anyone becomes a Christian. His view in all which was, that he might attain to that glorious and happy state of the resurrection of the dead in Christ, Php 3:11, and to prevent mistakes, and anticipate an objection that might be made to him, as if he ascribed perfection to himself in the present state, he owns he had not arrived to it: all he meant was, that it was his desire to enjoy that which Christ had laid hold on him for; in order to which he buried in oblivion what was past, looking and pressing to things before hint, even to Christ, and the glory he was called unto, which was with him, Php 3:12-14. The word concision comes from a Greek word, which means mutilators. He had his heart on these two great peculiarities of the Christian religion. Again and again he speaks of it ( Acts 22:2-21; Acts 26:4-23; 1 Corinthians 15:8-10; Galatians 1:13). So what Paul says is, "If you have nothing to show but circumcision of the flesh, you are not really circumcised--you are only mutilated. Now, when the Lord apprehended us, He had in His mind a plan and a purpose for each of our lives. However there is no other Scripture that teaches a difference in the resurrection of faithful and unfaithful believers. "I have attained, I have achieved. Let us merely take up a single point of the primary ground of fitness for fellowship, which is often a difficulty with the saints. But, it might be argued, that was a snap decision, perhaps later to be regretted and reversed. So, by the trial and error method, the redoing a lot of the seams and all, and the hem wasn't really straight, but it was a good effort. Timothy was very dear to him, and was then with him; but he is going to part with the one that was so much the more valued by him in his solitariness and sorrow because of his circumstances at Rome. In common language it was popularly derived from kusi (compare G2965) ballomena ( G906) , which means that which is thrown to the dogs; and in medical language it means excrement, (dung, as the King James Version translates it). They don't want to hear it; they are enemies of that message. He had experienced it at its highest point; and he knew that it was nothing compared with the joy which Christ had given. When you are pressing towards the mark. out-resurrection). And so accordingly His servant says here, "If I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour.". The old life, you know, I accounted loss. So he tells them that he always thus remembered them for their "fellowship with the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.". In effect Paul is saying that the Christian must forget all that he has done and remember only what he has still to do. Faith is called knowledge, Isaiah 53:11. Heaven is called here the mark, because it is that which every good Christian has in his eye; as the archer has his eye fixed upon the mark he designs to hit. Introduction: Born in 1909, Glenn Cunningham, when he was just 8 years old, was severely doctrine as this to the Philippians. Yea [not and], I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which labour with me." And Paul writes. I just did a dumb thing, I ran through a red light and hit somebody and I am being sued for a million dollars. This is what he calls "salvation." Oh, grave where is thy victory?" This separates from all, and judges the best of man to be dung, as the former conforms the heart after His love. "In nothing," says he, "terrified by your adversaries [this is the other side]: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. He is author of. The apostle is here contributing to that which shall never pass away, and hence begins with the "saints in Christ Jesus" as such. He would have one who begins with Christ to (so on with Christ, have nothing but Christ before his eyes, and pursue this path without a stumble till the day of Christ. WebMatthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Philippians 3:9-14. Not that there were not difficulties; there were many. You see, Jesus could not experience the power of the resurrection until the cross. As Paul saw it, the Christian is the athlete of Christ. It was to Israel that they in the most special sense traced their heritage. Is It Ok for Christians to Follow Zodiac Signs? It would be mere independence of Christ if he could have stood without a single flaw, as blameless, in fact, as in a certain sense outwardly he was under the law, until the Spirit of God gave him to see what he was in God's mind. 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. And so they go back to the past, and they pick up the failures of the past, and they are discouraged to try anything in the future. Had he not been God, he could not have been our righteousness; the transcendent excellence of the divine nature put such a value upon, and such a virtue into, his sufferings, that they became sufficient to satisfy for the sins of the world, and to bring in a righteousness which will be effectual to all that believe. With all of my efforts I could never come up to that. ( 1 Samuel 24:14, compare 2 Kings 8:13; Psalms 22:16; Psalms 22:20). 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