Philippians 2:21 (NASB20)
For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
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What a rebuke of fellow Christian’s…… For it is other Christian’s Paul is addressing….. But why would Paul say such a thing about other Christian’s that were saved and belonged to Christ just the same as he…?
Because even though they were Christ’s and were saved and Heaven bound, they had not yet denied self and were still under the power of self and the self life doing what was right in their own eyes…. That would be trying their best to serve God under the power of the flesh and had not yet learned to walk by faith and trust Christ to live His life in and through them…. Henceforth own will was the leader in life, what they thought, what they wanted, what they could figure out, rather then seeing the truth that whatsoever was not of faith was sin…. Or in other words, that which is not of faith was of own interests and not those of Christ Jesus….
For only and active pursuit after righteousness in all things is an active pursuit after Christ in all things…. And seeing how this is an absolute impossibility for man to achieve on his own, faith in Christ living His life in and through one has been given to undertake and succeed in this work… Being that all things come through the faith of the heart turned towards God, for the pursuing of His will and not those interests of the life of self…..
Be blessed in one’s walk before God to the pleasing of Him….
A fellow belong-er to Him, Not me
For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
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What a rebuke of fellow Christian’s…… For it is other Christian’s Paul is addressing….. But why would Paul say such a thing about other Christian’s that were saved and belonged to Christ just the same as he…?
Because even though they were Christ’s and were saved and Heaven bound, they had not yet denied self and were still under the power of self and the self life doing what was right in their own eyes…. That would be trying their best to serve God under the power of the flesh and had not yet learned to walk by faith and trust Christ to live His life in and through them…. Henceforth own will was the leader in life, what they thought, what they wanted, what they could figure out, rather then seeing the truth that whatsoever was not of faith was sin…. Or in other words, that which is not of faith was of own interests and not those of Christ Jesus….
For only and active pursuit after righteousness in all things is an active pursuit after Christ in all things…. And seeing how this is an absolute impossibility for man to achieve on his own, faith in Christ living His life in and through one has been given to undertake and succeed in this work… Being that all things come through the faith of the heart turned towards God, for the pursuing of His will and not those interests of the life of self…..
Be blessed in one’s walk before God to the pleasing of Him….
A fellow belong-er to Him, Not me