Today's Bible Study, Authored by Arthur
Cincotti. 07/24/2022
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In Christ Alone
“What is more, I
consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ
Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.” Phil.
3:8
Once again we see, in the Christian faith, the complete,
singular and exclusive uniqueness, separating it from all other religious
systems, in that the person of Jesus Christ is both central to and indivisible
from the system.
It’s all about Him!
Just to be clear, it’s not as though Jesus showed up, and
brilliantly designed a religious system that, indeed, would be uniquely all
about Him. We see Him in the Old Testament, both in type and form, and
understand Him, from the Scriptures as the preexisting, eternal God, with all
the attributes of God, taking on flesh and dwelling among us. Col. 1:15-18; Jn.
1:3 NASB
In Acts 17:28, speaking in Athens, Paul says, “for in Him
we live and move and have our being…”
Col. 3:4, “When Christ who is our life appears,
then you also will appear with Him in glory.”
This is all powerful
language that drives us into a deeper, richer, more
intimate, loving relationship with Him.
It compels us to serve
Him!
It compels us to please
Him!
It compels us to know
Him, and to long to be like Him!
Serving Christ
The Apostles described themselves as “bond servants”.
The word in Greek is
“doulos” and is more appropriately translated “slave” John MacArthur wrote a
whole book emphasizing this point. We have been set free, by Christ, from the
bondage of sin (Rom. 6:6) the cruel and relentless task master, that we might
be “betroth to another – to
Him who was raised from the dead”. Rm. 7:4
It is our honor, and
glory, and purpose to serve Him:
As His “ambassadors”
II Cor. 5:20.
As His hands and feet, I
Cor. 12:27, “Now you are the body of Christ.”
As His, “chosen
instrument” Acts 9:15 NET
Pleasing Christ
In a betrothal, who doesn’t seek to please the
object of their love?
Eph. 5:32, “This is a
great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and
the church.”
I Th. 4:1, “we urge
you in the Name of the Lord Jesus to live a way that pleases God.”
I Jn. 2:17, “But
anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
Knowing Christ and longing
to be like Him.
Jn. 17:3, “And this is eternal live, that they may know
You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”
Phi. 3:10,11 “that I may know Him and the power of His
resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His
death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection fro the dead.”
I Jn. 3:2, “...but we know that when He is revealed, we
shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”
This love affair that we
have with Christ has captivated our hearts in such a way as no empty, cold,
lifeless religious system can.
Let us enjoy Him today and forever!
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