Rich Maffeo on Nostr: Now here is something else remarkable to consider: In his epistle to the church at ...

Now here is something else remarkable to consider:

In his epistle to the church at Philippi, St Paul wrote: “[T]hat I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings.” (Philippians 3:10)

“That I may know Him . . ..”

The interesting thing about that text is that he wrote it AFTER he wrote the book of Romans – considered by many commentators as the most comprehensive and systematic treatise on Christian faith ever written.

In fact, Paul wrote those words to the Philippians after he also wrote his two letters to the church at Corinth, and his letters to the Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, and 1 & 2 Thessalonians – all infinitely valuable to the Christian faith.

Of course, context is important – and I encourage everyone to find that context in the third chapter of Philippians – but here is the point: If the great apostle Paul – even after he’d written Romans and the rest I mentioned – if Paul recognized he STILL needed to know his Savior, then what should I think about my own relationship with Jesus?

And what should you think about yours?

Do we think we know Jesus as well as we can or should know Him? Are we satisfied that our knowledge of Scripture and of orthodox Biblical doctrine is at its apex? That there is not more room for growth in Christ and in faith?

If St Paul yearned at the gut-level to know Jesus better, then I think it is wise and fitting that we also seek God for a similar gut-level yearning.

Don’t you?