CCXXIV. The Glorious Destiny of the Human Body.
PHIL. iii. 20, 21. "The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He…
CCXXIII. Our Citizenship.
PHIL. iii. 20. "For our conversation is in heaven." "TELL me, art thou a Roman?" The inquirer's eye lights up with a glance of pride and envy: "Didst thou step…
CCXXII. Minding Earthly Things.
PHIL. iii. 19. " Who mind earthly things." I. WHAT Paul does not mean. 1. He does not hold out the slightest encouragement to neglecting plain obvious duties of daily…
CCXXI. Things Before.
PHIL. iii. 13. "Things which are before." I. THERE are certain things before every Christian. There is no growth before a self-deceiver, there is no growth in imitations; but before…
CCXX. Pressing to the Mark.
PHIL. iii. 13, 14. "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things…
CCXIX. Progress.
PHIL. iii. 13, 14. "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, for- getting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those…
CCXVIII. Paul’s Desire.
PHIL. iii. 10, 11. "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…
CCXVII. The Power of the Resurrection.
PHIL. iii. 10. "That I may know the power of His resurrection." THE power of His resurrection may signify the power which effected it, or the power of the fact…
CCXVI. False and True Grounds of Trust.
PHIL. iii. 7, 8. "But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of…
CCXV. The Things of Christ.
PHIL. ii. 21. "For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's." THE first thought that strikes one is the alarming possi- bility that a man's own…