March 16, 2022

COUNT ALL THINGS LOSS

Philippians 3:8-11

Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Personal Challenge

So, what exactly is Paul is choosing to count as loss? It is all those things of this world that comes between him and his Lord. He chooses to count these things as rubbish in his life. Why would he do that? Why. would we do this? Because that which we gain in Christ by giving up the things of this world far exceeds the loss. We actually gain Christ. We are found in Him. We receive His righteousness. We attain resurrection from death through Hm. Glory be to God!