The Priceless Gain of Knowing Christ

Philippians 3:3-11

(3 For we who worship God in the Spirit are the only ones who are truly circumcised.
We put no confidence in human effort. Instead, we boast about what Christ Jesus has done for us.
4 Yet I could have confidence in myself if anyone could. If others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!
5 For I was circumcised when I was eight days old, having been born into a pure-blooded Jewish family that is a branch of the tribe of Benjamin. So I am a real Jew if there ever was one! What's more, I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.
6 And zealous? Yes, in fact, I harshly persecuted the church. And I obeyed the Jewish law so carefully that I was never accused of any fault.)
7 I once thought all these things were so very important, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done.
8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have Christ
9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God's law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.
10 As a result, I can really know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I can learn what it means to suffer with him, sharing in his death,
11 so that, somehow, I can experience the resurrection from the dead!
(NLT)

We came into this world with nothing and we will leave this word with nothing. The world gives us nothing but only takes from us. All that we do gain on this earth we will not take with us nor does it ever truly belong to us. The most important thing in life, the most priceless thing in life and the one thing that is considered gain is knowing Christ Jesus. Everything else is worthless and vanity. We can not trust in ourselves or our goodness but only trust in God’s way of making us right with Him which depends on faith. Faith in the Christ that God sent to return us to Him. So that we can really know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. We can learn what it means to suffer with him, sharing in his death, so that, somehow, we can experience the resurrection from the dead! If we then have accepted Christ as our savior then we do have one thing we take with us when we leave and that is our salvation through Christ. Unfortunately some will not. But thanks to the Lord Jesus that He has given us the message of the gospel to share with others so that they too can be saved. Therefore we must share this message of salvation through Christ Jesus to this lost and dying world. For Jesus is the only thing worth living for and dying for.


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