But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ. Philippians 3:7-8
If all the fanfare about Easter doesn't culminate to the above experience, then it is another form of pretense. Yes, He died, yes, He rose again, Alleluya! But what is the meaning of it all if it leaves us the same in our way of thinking, living and doing things?
Christ didn't die and was buried, and rose again after three days just for us to put on fancy clothes to a religious service somewhere in the name of commemorating easter. He didn't go through all he went through just to offer us three days of meaningless activities in our churches that changes nothing in the way people think, live and do things. The death and resurrection of Christ is an indication that God means business. The question is, what business?
To understand the business I am talking about, we have to revisit the genesis for a revelation of God's original plan and expectation for making us (Male and Female) in his image and likeness. Without this foundation, we would be dancing when we should be sober. This Easter is the number 2018 since Christ ascended to heaven. When the history of an event is that long, what serious people do is not just to celebrate, but to deliberate on the achievements within the 2018 years and the task in the now and tomorrow. Evaluation is what we should be doing; both in our personal lives and the world at large.
As for the Apostle Paul, after careful consideration of all Christ did for him and humanity, his resolve was penned down in the following words. "But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ."
What about you?
When we have time in the future, we will look at "THE EXCELLENCY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST," which compelled the educated Apostle Paul, who studied under one of the brightest minds of his time by name Gamaliel, to rubbish everything he once thought was gain and counted them as loss and dung just to win Christ. Acts 22:3.
May we use this Easter period to examine ourselves whether we are the satisfaction of the travail of his soul. Isaiah 53:11. Happy Easter! DrBenard Etta
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