2) "That I might know Him, for this is possible, although the process is lifelong."
Phil 3:7-12 --
The scriptures may seem like a balance sheet with columns showing gain and loss with a final balance. We have been trained from childhood to think about life in two camps--spiritual/sacred and natural/secular--and thinking along this path is normal. So without considerations otherwise we simply believe this is the way life is . . . and consequently, unaware, we are believing and living a lie.
Paul said that he counted everything loss that he may gain Christ, that is, know Him and be found in Him. Christ gave His life to redeem us--to sanctify us completely, in body, soul, and spirit! There cannot exist within us two camps. We cannot mix clean with dirty and call it clean, or we will be confused and deceived. The natural life has to decrease, that the spiritual life of Christ may live in us!
"That I might know Him", demands everything natural and human in me be considered as a loss to gain Him. "That I might know Him"is not an exercise in religious knowledge but a constant choice to follow Him and consider everything as loss to gain Him as my greatest treasure! My responsibilities in life are still here, and I take everything seriously, but in view of knowing Christ these are considered as nothing. Our life must be properly prioritized with Christ as head of everything.
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