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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.
Jan 1, 2008 · 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.”. The mainspring of Paul’s life is summed in the word Christ.
Sep 11, 2023 · When Paul says that he went to the third heaven, he means that he went to the place where God dwells. Interestingly, Paul uses the phrase caught up to refer to how he was transported to heaven; it’s the same Greek word used in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 to refer to the rapture of the church. Following his list of “boasts” in 2 Corinthians 11:22 ...
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 ...
To die means to "be with Christ, which is far better" (23) 1) Paul understood that when a Christian dies, they go to be with the Lord! - cf. 2Co 5:6-8; 1Th 5:9-10 2) So Jesus Himself promised to the churches of Asia - cf. Re 2:10,26-27; 3:21 3) This appears to the point of the vision seen by John and recorded in Re 7:9-17 3. In view of this wonderful hope, Paul would gladly magnify Christ ...
May 22, 2016 · The answer is in verse 23b: “My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.”. That is gain!”. Death is gain because it means a greater closeness to Christ — more of Christ. Death is “to depart and be with Christ.”. This is why Paul says in verse 21 that to die is gain.
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St. Paul’s Ruling Passion. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.—. Php 1:21. 1. The words of this text are not the words of a newly-born Christian, but the language of a full-grown man in Christ. They contain the ripe experience of a well-matured Christian. There are thirty years of Christian life and experience at the back of ...
