Belonging to Christ…..

[Not me]

Philippians 2:21 (NASB20)
For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

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What a rebuke of fellow Christian’s…… For it is other Christian’s Paul is addressing….. But why would Paul say such a thing about other Christian’s that were saved and belonged to Christ just the same as he…?

Because even though they were Christ’s and were saved and Heaven bound, they had not yet denied self and were still under the power of self and the self life doing what was right in their own eyes…. That would be trying their best to serve God under the power of the flesh and had not yet learned to walk by faith and trust Christ to live His life in and through them…. Henceforth own will was the leader in life, what they thought, what they wanted, what they could figure out, rather then seeing the truth that whatsoever was not of faith was sin…. Or in other words, that which is not of faith was of own interests and not those of Christ Jesus….

For only and active pursuit after righteousness in all things is an active pursuit after Christ in all things…. And seeing how this is an absolute impossibility for man to achieve on his own, faith in Christ living His life in and through one has been given to undertake and succeed in this work…  Being that all things come through the faith of the heart turned towards God, for the pursuing of His will and not those interests of the life of self…..

Be blessed in one’s walk before God to the pleasing of Him….

 

A fellow belong-er to Him, Not me 

[branchesofHim]

1 hour ago, Not me said:

What a rebuke of fellow Christian’s…… For it is other Christian’s Paul is addressing….. But why would Paul say such a thing about other Christian’s that were saved and belonged to Christ just the same as he…?

Not everyone gets it. Paul did.

Good point. It is where one's mind is focused that determines what they do. Naturally-minded limits one to the natural and spiritually-minded is truly limitless in the spirit. Shalom

Philippians 2:[5] Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
[6] Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
[7] But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
[8] And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

[Not me]

49 minutes ago, branchesofHim said:

Not everyone gets it. Paul did.

Good point. It is where one's mind is focused that determines what they do. Naturally-minded limits one to the natural and spiritually-minded is truly limitless in the spirit. Shalom

Philippians 2:[5] Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
[6] Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
[7] But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
[8] And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Thanks, and may you be blessed in your relationship with our Lord and in the experiencing of Him….

Unto Him be our all,  Not me 

Edited April 30, 2022 by Not me