Knowing Christ

Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Knowing Christ. that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death, if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Philippians three, ten and eleven. When Paul speaks of knowing the Lord Jesus, he stresses the process involved in reaching the desired level of knowledge.

These particular points of awareness are not mere academic achievements, but part of the process of experiencing life and personal study of God's Word that produces confident knowledge. John's letter gives several key signs on how to know the Savior, one of which is keeping God's commandments. The lifestyle of obedience provides the experience that produces the knowledge. Paul's reference to the power of the resurrection is reflected in the wonderful promise of Ephesians 1, 17-21. There, Paul says that we can know the exceeding greatness of his power that was demonstrated in the resurrection of our Lord Jesus, that very power being beyond anything that can be observed in this or any age to come.

The fellowship that we now share in Christ's sufferings is merely the process by which we are being made conformable unto his death. Paul noted that we were crucified with Christ, but are still alive since Christ liveth in us. Our bodies are to be living sacrifices so that we can prove the good and acceptable and perfect will of God having been transformed by our renewed minds. These many life processes are what our gracious God has decreed for our ultimate eternal possession, being conformed to the image of His Son. ROMANS eight twenty nine.

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