III. Opportunity being given, we should be numbered amongst the perfect, those who have attained to a certain skill in running. Jewish hostility was violent beyond measure in Macedonia: see Acts 17. we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God. But especially are those perfect who, when opportunity has been given, have gone on from the state of babes or mere starters in the race to a certain maturity of Christian experience. , was used of initiates into the religious 'mysteries' of the time, at the final stage of qualification; the party in view claimed, under this designation, to have acquired an esoteric 'knowledge' of Christianity going deeper than simple 'faith': see. To gain him is to gain his moral spirit. They lived above Cookson's shop in Penrith, Cumbria. We must know him as we know a person. They are to expect it. By joyousness. But we are blamed if we are not pressing on to it and rest contented with anything short of it. III. Christ's risen body is the type of this. He became attached to nature, and, when he was finally sent to school in Hawkshead, he was able to fully enjoy the countryside. Sin, the principle of death, is in it. I. ); but libertine Christians were numerous, and might travel that way. 1. "That I may win Christ." Sojourners on earth, they are not to be surprised if they miss some of the treasures of those who have only earthly possessions. ", , brings the close of the letter in sight (see Intro. What more would one want to attain in this life than the success of Paul the apostle? Then arises before Paul’s mind the image of one running a race. that it may be conformable to the body of his glory. The whole faith of the gospel turned upon Christ's resurrection (see, ); the new life of the believer springs from His opened grave (, ), to which St. Paul was admitted from the outset: see, . [13] Otherwise they will be a snare, and out of the very fruit of good deeds may be distilled the poisonous narcotic that will prevent the repetition of them. They enjoy heavenly privileges. It is not simply that the scale dips. Sit at my feet and learn. He is sole focused upon obtaining the prize for winning this race. The temperaments, disposition, and characters of men are widely different. That we be invested with its rights. And do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him; now, at the last day, always, Not having mine own righteousness, which is of the Law. Elsewhere he says, "I truly am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the Law of the fathers, and was zealous before God" (Acts 22:3, Acts 22:4). Generally they are to shape their lives according to the celestial polity. This is a righteousness which is of God, i.e. Every right step brings us nearer Christ, both in resemblance and in fellowship. Even in my life as a missionary with a blessed marriage and family and overseeing an influential Christian television station in Uganda, East Africa, I yearn for a closer walk with the Lord and for a greater calling in the Kingdom of God. They become so as soon as they are regarded as essential, apart from the inner spirit which makes them live. This is a thing perfect in itself; it can be strengthened, but is incapable of any modification. ), which literally means, "stretch" plus "out" plus "towards." Challenging these perfectionists, who imagined that Christ in their present state had reached the goal of His work of redemption, St. Paul protests: Brethren, for my part I do not reckon myself as yet to have apprehended; but one thing—! The carnal mind…is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be, follow…holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord, "Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward", "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.". We were apprehended and saved for good works and perfection. 1. WE MUST NOT CONSIDER ANY PRESENT ATTAINMENT SUFFICIENT, St, Paul was no novice when he wrote this Epistle. And now, follow me as an example, live by this rule, because there are those who don"t live by this rule. Like the runner who will lose the prize if he mistake any point short of the goal for the end, or if he waste his time in looking back on the course traversed, the Christian must press forward with his face towards Christ, unresting till the great race is won. 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 which are before. We are apparently to think of them as nominal Christians—owning the cross of Christ in their profession, disowning it in their practice. Let us not be satisfied with present attainment. , etc. Waiting for the return of him who is the supreme Object of his love. So, those things which we once gained, those things which were once so important to me, I counted loss, and I forget those things which are behind, because I am pressing forth for those things which are before. Not unfrequently means are so multiplied that the end is obscured rather than forwarded. What philanthropic heart does not rejoice in the enterprise of any man to mitigate the woes and increase the happiness of his species? It has prescribed to us our course. We may be assured that all that is humiliating and provocative of evil will vanish, while greater sensitiveness and flexibility in ministering to the soul and responding to its ideas and volitions will be enjoyed.—W.F.A. Perfection is absolute Christ-likeness. And, although he did not count himself perfect, yet he had earnestly endeavored to come up to this idea of his duty. That is, I do not claim to have already won the prize.”, “I forget everything in the past and all the progress I have already made! (Ojai, California: King's Farspan, Inc, 1973), 62. — "and reaching forth unto those things which are before" -, The word "reaching forth" is the Greek word (. 1. A COMPARATIVE OBLIVIOUSNESS TO THE PAST. Perhaps to avoid misapprehension on the part of those whom he has (Philippians 2:3) rebuked for their self-conceit, he reiterates with greater plainness what he has already said, both as to what he has gained, and his striving for something higher. II. This is necessary, not only in the cultivation of spiritual life, but in the promotion of any purpose. He was simply proceeding on what belonged to the relation subsisting between them. At the same time, there are many who appear to be making such progress without any clear idea of these conditions or any definite grasp of the gospel scheme. 2. By lowering the body itself to sinful ends we turn it into a visible proof of our degradation. The human body is, from first to last, the object of His miracles. Because the conduct of such mere conventional Christians was a mal-representation of Christ, the chief object of his love. What is it to win Christ? St. Paul's knowledge of Christ will culminate in his, attaining unto (arriving at) the full (or final) resurrection from the dead, ; hitherto he 'knows in part,' then he will 'know as' he 'is known' (. Let us act on the same principles on which we have hitherto acted in any attainment we have made. 4. The words suggest that this progress implies three things. 3. They are enemies to the cross of Christ, not to Christ Himself, but to that aspect of suffering with Him,", "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, but it doesn"t yet appear what we are going to be, but we know when He appears, we are going to be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is", "I"ll show you a mystery, we are not going to all sleep, but we are all going to be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of any eye. We know the power of his resurrection in our being quickened together with him; but this not by itself. TO GAIN CHRIST IS SO PROFITABLE THAT THE LOSS OF ALL THINGS ELSE COUNTS AS NOTHING IN COMPARISON. In this Paul echoes the words of the psalmist, "Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy Law." The mere fact of our suffering does not bring us into fellowship with Christ in his sufferings. The knowledge of Christ: its degrees and its purpose. the persecution of the church (, "Now, you must be satisfied with this production", reaching forth unto those things which are before, "no longer to be influenced by or affected by. 2. The Judaizers are dogs because they cling to carnal ordinances. He has made the last turn on the track and has the finish line in sight. . In another place he refers to himself as "hearing about in his body the dying of the Lord Jesus." The object of his faith was Christ, i.e. Hence one use of biography, knowledge of mankind, etc. Such a man was Paul, and a greater than Paul never lived; and here he is in tears. If you haven't seen it already, I would recommend "The Chosen"! It is true that they who have not an opportunity of knowing Christ may be benefited by other religious aids. Two things make us citizens of a state. Let us look to God to show us wherein we are in error. Their character is notorious: the Apostle has, (they honour sensual appetite like a god: see, (they pride themselves on sensuality: see, )—the delineation ends in amazement. I can"t get over that. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended -, I. ", "Don"t you realize that they that run in a race run all, only one receives the prize, so run that you may obtain. Other men are ruled by earthly influences—laws of the state, social customs, worldly expediency, etc. St. Peter did not learn the power of Christ's resurrection until he had received the Holy Ghost. I. Suppose it so, citizenship is not dependent on distance. No being is absolutely perfect but God; fallibility belongs to all rational creatureship. THE COST WHICH THE APOSTLE PAID FOR HIS CHRISTIANITY. Therefore he must wish others to agree with him. WHOM TO TAKE WARNING FROM. Citizenship is a privilege. Against the third class of opponents (see Intro. During the last year of my residence at Cambridge, 1794, I became acquainted with Mr. Wordsworth's first publication entitled Descriptive Sketches; and seldom, if ever, was the emergence of an original poetic genius above the literary horizon more evidently announced. The end is to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect (Matthew 5:48). Brethren, I count not myself yet to have apprehended. Wordsworth wanted to join his friend, but was forced to decline over monetary issues; Wordsworth was unable to provide for both himself and his sister in such an expensive town, and they instead moved to Goslar. This righteousness he laid hold of by faith. The goal of the Apostle's career lies beyond this world; hence he proceeds: or am already made perfect; but I am pressing on, if so be that I may apprehend (lay fast hold of) that for which I was apprehended (laid fast hold of) by Christ Jesus. A glorious transformation. BY THESE STAGES WE ARE MADE CONFORMABLE TO HIS DEATH. He did not set himself exclusively forward for their imitation. The germinal principle is essentially growable. "He gave himself a ransom for many." THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS. 4. This requires concentration. Notice—. (whose worship is inspired by the Holy Spirit), (in any external privilege or performance). His mind and will are pressing his physical body forward with all of its energy. "Though I might also have confidence in the flesh," etc. "If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.". 3. ); the Apostle has only a few supplementary counsels to give—prefaced by the, which is the prevalent note of the Epistle (, )—and to make acknowledgment of the contribution sent through Epaphroditus. 2. For others. They are to look for "a city which hath foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God." There is need of justice, self-control, an even temper, and an absence of caprice and partiality. The apostle feels that the object is difficult of attainment. ", "My desire is to know Him, and to be found in Him. ", "Don"t know what is going to happen tomorrow, so hey, I will jump this ship and get on this one and I will gladly throw overboard the old life, with the struggle and the effort in my flesh, in order to live this new life after the Spirit, believing and trusting in Jesus Christ, to do for me what I really can"t do for myself. He will even drink of the cup of Christ's suffering; he will have the stamp of Christ's death on his, if that will secure its attainment. 2. If we do not follow good examples we go after the bad. "For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh." Our moods and our circumstances change, but our Lord is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Today we shall be attending a variety of seminars and workshops ranging from: - The Co-op franchise - The Future of the Higher Education Sector There was a specialty n the apostle's sufferings. II. The necessary experience of the Christian life involves a fellowship in the sufferings of Christ. "Whose end is destruction." It is a disgrace for an Englishman, on visiting a country of savages, to abandon the decencies of civilization and adopt the practices of the natives. The body of his humiliation has been changed into the body of his glory. Rarely is it called for. [12], His discontent with his familial situation provoked Wordsworth to spend his time wandering away from his home, an action Wordsworth relates as uniting a childish imagination with both nature and mankind in The Prelude. "Rejoice in Christ Jesus." By this I mean, not dissatisfaction with the events and circumstances of life—Divine providences—this would be foolish and impious, but with present moral attainments, for he says, "Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect." "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.". Therefore the remedy for impurity of thought and action is not the observance of rigorous ritual, but the cultivation of a spiritual tone of mind. This is very clearly scan when our duties are concerned with the training and teaching of others. (Verses 12-16.). The volume gave neither Wordsworth's nor Coleridge's name as author. 1. It should lead to living worthily. THAT THE CONDUCT OF MERE PROFESSORS OF CHRISTIANITY IS VERY HEART-DISTRESSING TO GENUINE CHRISTIANS. If we have attained to any skill in the Christian race, it is because we have followed the Bible as our rule. reveals that there is always a place of a greater anointing, a higher calling, or a greater work to do in the Kingdom of God, even for spiritual giants. He constantly describes the process of our union with Christ as involving our repetition of Christ's experience of life, suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension. The true law of spiritual progress has been laid down by St. Paul in the foregoing verses. For some reasons the greatest "enemies of the cross" are mere conventional Christians; they practically deny that which they profess theoretically to believe. His moral spirit is himself—that which marked him off from all other men that have lived—that is the Christ. The fact that the body, so fearfully and wonderfully made, is a mark of humiliation, proves that we have a higher nature and belong to nobler living. Let us hold fast that which we have proved to be good. Paul's Example of Genuine Perseverance in the Faith -. Our highest model is God, for we are to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect. This is not their rest. )—provided that they faithfully practise the truth already grasped: whereunto we have attained, by that same rule let us walk, . We are human, and there are wholesome uses of memory. To be admitted into the sacred temple of the sorrows of Christ, to be touched with the solemn awe of his agony, and to feel in ourselves some faint throbs of this sublime passion, all this is to be called above the earthly scenes of folly and sin and to receive a baptism of purification. They confess supreme allegiance to a heavenly Lord. He will try all means of attaining to it. AS A THEME. Hope that he will come to free us from this divided service. The illustration of the racer, already suggested, is now distinctly brought out. THAT THE MORAL PERFECTION ATTAINABLE IN THIS LIFE IS ESSENTIALLY PROGRESSIVE. Contempt should only be for the baseness of a character, never for the human soul in which that baseness dwells. It is foolish to dwell in idle regrets, for thus we neglect the duty of to-day in lamenting the neglect of yesterday's duty! As a being conformed unto Christ's death. In his early career as a poet, Wordsworth wrote poems like An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches. In their origin and primary purpose, of course, they could not be so, or they would never be privileges. After the death of his mother in 1778, his father was inconsolable and sent his children away to be raised by their relatives. We have outgrown our body. The old life, you know, I accounted loss. THE FORMER THINGS AND ALL THINGS NEW (. OUR BODY IS A MARK OF OUR HUMILIATION. In ordinary life there must be much of sameness. No. It is time, brothers, for us to estimate truly and to feel deeply the awful incongruity between the spirit of modern Churches and the spirit of Christianity. 1. By Divine confidence. All the commandments he kept "from his youth up." II. I want to hold on to the things of the flesh. That year, he met Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Somerset. They then become loss instead of gain, and actual hindrances to the promotion of that which they were designed to promote. Christians are citizens of heaven. But why rejoice in him? He will know the doctrine who keeps the commandment.—W.F.A. And this points to the possession of higher privileges. "Let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing." The process of conformation was already begun. IV. All life has its archetypes or ideals. Chrysostom says, "When the sun doth appear it is loss to sit by a candle."—D.T. ITS DIVINE CHARACTER. Conventional Christians as viewed by genuine. THAT THE CONDUCT OF MERE PROFESSORS OF CHRISTIANITY IS VERY BAD IN THE EYES OF GENUINE CHRISTIANS. Here, Wordsworth gives his famous definition of poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility." Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary, G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Gary Hampton Commentary on Selected Books, Gary H. 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Kretzmann, Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture, Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Bible, Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary, Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament, Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible, Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament. We are now clothed with a "body of humiliation.". Note three particulars suggested by the context. The acorn struggles to rise into majestic forests, infants into men, the unfledged eagle to soar into the heavens and to bask itself in sunny azure. He received a legacy of £900 from Raisley Calvert in 1795 so that he could pursue writing poetry. "That I may know him." not merely to the extension of life after physical death, but to the complete resurrection, which is the entire victory over every form of death, natural or spiritual.—V.W.H. I am rejoicing here, in the Lord. ", "No, I came out of that. The separation, with the expenses, made it impossible for Wordsworth to spend time with Coleridge until after the winter of 1798. The truly circumcised were such as, with or without the form, worshipped God in spirit and in truth. We honor our noblest heroes by selecting them for the most arduous tasks. Who does not know men of the dog spirit? III. He refers to his religious persuasion. who appoints our dying, inasmuch as we are called to die in the spirit in which Christ died, inasmuch as we are called to magnify Christ in our dying, we also may cherish the ambition of our having the stamp of Christ's death on ours. Because of his benevolent enterprise. "Wordsworth: Poet of the Unconquerable Mind". 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