What is Jesus worth to you? What price would you pay to know him better? Consider what Paul the Apostle said in Philippians 3:7-8.
"But whatever was to my profit, I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ..." Philippians 3:7,8, NIV.
ABOUT PAUL
Paul, The Apostle who wrote these verses, had much to louse for the sake of Christ. He was something in his community; he was a social, political, and religious leader with influence and status. He had a good family, a good heritage, and a place in the inner circle of things. His education was the best one.
Could have gotten under the great teachers of his day. He was a born citizen of Rome; he had the rights and privileges that others wished for. If you spoke his name, people would say, "Yea, he is up there. He has it all."
US
What are we willing to give up to know Jesus? What price are we willing to pay to have Jesus in our lives as Lord? Some of us can't make it to worship one hour a week or spend a few minutes for Bible reading. Many of us can't give small change for Jesus, let alone our tithe. May the Apostle Paul be an example to us. May we know Jesus even a fraction as Paul did- it would revolutionize our lives.
To learn about how to have a relationship with Jesus, see my other blog.
"But whatever was to my profit, I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ..." Philippians 3:7,8, NIV.
ABOUT PAUL
Paul, The Apostle who wrote these verses, had much to louse for the sake of Christ. He was something in his community; he was a social, political, and religious leader with influence and status. He had a good family, a good heritage, and a place in the inner circle of things. His education was the best one. |
| Philippians 3:7 |
Could have gotten under the great teachers of his day. He was a born citizen of Rome; he had the rights and privileges that others wished for. If you spoke his name, people would say, "Yea, he is up there. He has it all."
LOSS
He had all the world could offer, yet he considered it all loss. To consider something is to take stock of something, think it through, carefully weigh it in your mind, and turn it over and over. Having done such ponderous thinking, Paul came to the conclusion that knowing Jesus is worth it all.GREAT GAIN
He goes on further to say that knowing Jesus is surpassing greatness. He means that knowing Jesus is over, above, and better than all those things put together. He says that knowing Jesus is bigger, better, grander, richer, nobler, more gratifying, rewarding, satisfying, and wonderful than all the things he had.PAUL ACTED ON HIS WORDS
Paul does not make academic idealistic statements; his experiences back up his words. He lost status in his community, sacrificed his reputation, and was disowned by his countrymen and citizenship. He became poor, destitute, friendless, abandoned, betrayed, shipwrecked, stoned, flogged, left for dead, beaten with rods, and imprisoned. In fact, he wrote the letter to the Philippians from prison, and sometime later, he paid the greatest price, martyrdom, all to know Jesus. Having experienced these things, he speaks as one who has no regrets.US
What are we willing to give up to know Jesus? What price are we willing to pay to have Jesus in our lives as Lord? Some of us can't make it to worship one hour a week or spend a few minutes for Bible reading. Many of us can't give small change for Jesus, let alone our tithe. May the Apostle Paul be an example to us. May we know Jesus even a fraction as Paul did- it would revolutionize our lives.
To learn about how to have a relationship with Jesus, see my other blog.
(c)Adron Dozat 10/21/11
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