{"id":2380,"date":"2024-11-13T08:41:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T13:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2024-11-13T08:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T13:41:23","slug":"philippians-program-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=2380","title":{"rendered":"Philippians (Program #23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bible_light.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>Philippians (Program #23) &#8211; Gaining Christ by Pursuing Him<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I pursue, if even I may lay hold of that for which I also have been laid hold of by Christ Jesus&#8221;, Philippians 3:12 and in it the apostle Paul tells us that Christ Jesus has lay hold of us for a purpose, a specific purpose and that purpose is that we may lay hold of or gain Him.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on Philippians 3:12-14 and this conveys a picture of the apostle Paul pursuing after Christ to gain Him. But this happened only after Paul had been gained by Christ. This is a wonderful picture of the Christian life, Christ gaining us beginning with our salvation for a purpose and then our life becomes fills with meaning as that purpose become for us to gain Him. This is marvelous. 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