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- Paul said, “I want to know Christ, but I also want to have in common with him his sufferings.” For the disciples to participate in the sufferings of Christ, it essentially meant to be like him and to look like him, which should be the hope of every true disciple. Many Christians have no suffering because they don’t look like Christ.
bible.org/seriespage/15-christian-s-response-suffering-christ-1-peter-412-1915. The Christian’s Response To Suffering For Christ (1 Peter ...
Aug 9, 2024 · In Galatians 2:20, Paul reiterated his desire to share in a dynamic, all-in union with Jesus: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).
Jan 25, 2011 · Paul is simply referring to departing from his present, physical life—leaving it behind through death. When writing to the Philippians here, Paul was struggling with two desires. He wanted to be done with his fleshly life and be with Christ, but he also wanted to remain with God's people.
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2 Corinthians 11:23-28 “I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death. Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep. I have been on frequent jou...
Paul’s passion and commitment and love for Jesus was so strong that he was willing to even die for Jesus. And Paul loved others so much that he was even willing to die for them as well. Acts 21:13 “Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name o...
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Nov 9, 2010 · Since all conscious thought ceases upon death (Ecclesiastes 9:5), and the righteous remain in the grave until their resurrection at the return of Christ (1 Thessalonians 4:16), he would "be with Christ" in his next waking moment.
Sep 17, 2024 · Giving up our own way, taking up our cross, and following Jesus are the activities of a Christian who is pressing toward the goal of becoming more like Christ. That is why Paul said, “For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better” (Philippians 1:21, NLT).
May 17, 2023 · Because of his relationship with Jesus Christ, Paul receives the righteousness of Christ freely, flowing through his faith. The more he exercises his faith, the more he grew in Christ’s righteousness, and the better he knows the Lord.
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He was a devout leader in the Jewish faith and yet God redeemed Him to be the one to take the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles after the Jews rejected it (Romans 11). He was faithful to preach Jesus and go out to start churches with the mission to do the same.
