Living in the Power of the Resurrection
by Rev. Kirby Williams
Learning what it means to become like Christ in His death by living in the power of His Resurrection!
Text: Phil. 3:9-11
Date: 08/18/2024, the Evening service.
Series: "Evenfall; Sunday Evening Worship" Part 21
Description:
As Paul continues to use His own experience and relationship to Christ as an example for the church at Philippi, he strengthens our understanding of what it means to truly "know" Christ and be found in Him. He expresses the core of the Gospel by re-affirming that His righteousness is not His own but the imputed righteousness of Christ-- a righteousness that is the gift of faith. And then in several enigmatic statements he uses the glory and love expressed in Christ's death to define the power that now reigns in his life. We will carefully make our way through each of these to see that Paul is not speaking of joining Christ in death, but rather enjoying a fullness of life in Christ and for Christ, as he lives in the power of His resurrection!
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I. Introduction
II. Exposition of the text, Phil. 3:9-11.
A. Context
B. Towards a deeper knowledge of Christ.
1. The source of righteousness, vs. 9.
a. Being "found" in Christ.
i. A forensic sense.
ii. The complement of "assimilation", John 6:51,53-56.
b. The core of the Gospel.
c. Righteousness through faith.
i. The essential element in justification.
ii. Sola Fide!, Heb. 11:6; Rom. 1:17; Eph. 2:8; Gen. 15:6.
2. Knowledge and Power, vs. 10.
a. Gaining knowledge of Christ, Phil. 3:8; 1Cor. 2:2; Acts 26:14.
b. The power of the Resurrection.
i. The power to change.
ii. The power to redeem and sanctify.
1) The power to redeem.
2) The power to sanctify.
iii. Two kinds of righteousness.
c. Knowing Christ by sharing in suffering.
i. An oft-repeated theme, Phil. 1:29-30; Col. 1:24; Matt. 5:10-12; James 1:2-4.
ii. Reinforced by the grammar.
iii. Becoming like Christ in His death, Phil. 1:21.
3. Resurrected from spiritual deadness, vs. 11.
a. Not speaking of martyrdom.
b. The nuance of the word "resurrection", 2Cor. 5:17.
III. Conclusion
