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Last week we saw in Philippians 1:12-18a some good reasons (that is, God’s purposes) why Christians can rejoice even when life is hard, or especially when life is hard. First, because God uses hardship to expose unbelievers to the faith. Second, God uses hardship to encourage other believers in their faith.
Paul understood that when a Christian dies, they go to be with the Lord! - cf. 2Co 5:6-8; 1Th 5:9-10. So Jesus Himself promised to the churches of Asia - cf. Re 2:10, 26-27; 3:21. This appears to the point of the vision seen by John and recorded in Re 7:9-17. In view of this wonderful hope, Paul would gladly magnify Christ, even by his death!
Jan 1, 2008 · To Live Is Christ; To Die Is Gain (1:21-23) In either event, Paul wanted Christ to be magnified. Accordingly he writes the Philippians: “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.”.
can be a means of magnifying Christ! CONCLUSION. 1. If we are going to be able to say with Paul, "To live is Christ, to. die is gain", we have to magnify Christ both in life and in death! 2. Jesus has certainly given us every motive for doing so! 3. So let's encourage one another in both word and deed to so live, and.
Aug 24, 2023 · The central purpose of the Christian life is to be the presence of Christ on earth and we fulfill that purpose by magnifying Christ no matter what, by life or by death - that’s a summary of the teaching of this passage, which I have titled: “When dying is gain.”. No matter what, by death or by life, Paul says, we must present Christ so ...
In his living Paul magnified Christ. This is to magnify Him through life. As he was expecting to be martyred, he also magnified Him. This is to magnify Christ through death. Thus, whether through life or death, Christ was magnified in Paul’s imprisoned and chained body. Obviously this is not mere doctrine; it is the genuine experience of ...
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May 9, 2002 · MAGNIFYING CHRIST. Philippians 1:8-20. INTRO: Paul’s one consuming desire was to have Christ enlarged, even if his own body and life was entirely lost sight of. Paul was continually seeking to get self out of the way, and magnify Christ. After all, this is the only way we have in this life of MAKING CHRIST LARGE, through our bodies.
