EPISODE 571 – GROW IN THE RICH KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST

Friday 16th August, 2024

GROW IN THE RICH KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST

“Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ.”

Philippians 3:8 (NKJV)

Lives and destinies are sustained by knowledge. And the relevance, advancement and influence of men are determined by their level of knowledge.

Who you are, is not a great threat as compared to when you know who you are.

When you are born to be a king and you have zero knowledge of it, you cannot function as a king.

What you know is what makes the difference. This is not just a phenomenon among men. This is a reality in God and in the spirit. Your greatest limitation is your ignorance. The dimension of knowledge you operate in defines your manifestation of purpose.

The greatest thing to happen to you, is to grow in the rich knowledge of Christ.

Until the appearing of Christ, it was the Jews who were referred to as the people of God (Deuteronomy 7:6-8). They had a covenant with God through the circumcision of the flesh, the oracles and the law of God were committed to them.

They were reckoned as the worshippers of God. The prophetic word of the Lord concerning the Messiah was entrusted to them.

Now the law which was given them was their greatest revelation of God. And they esteemed their attempts to keep the law, as a means unto righteousness.

Now in Philippians chapter 3, Paul (the apostle) outlined these credentials and reckoned them as nothing as compared to the REVELATION OF JESUS.

No matter how the Jews boasted about their relationship with God through the laws and their circumcision, they never experienced the complete fullness of the knowledge of God.

To the Jews, it was a mystery they couldn’t decode. Though the oracles of God were first entrusted to them, they saw them as unsearchable riches of wisdom.

Therefore when Paul encountered Jesus, he beheld the glory which transcends the one distributed through the law of Moses. For the glory of the law fades away (2 Corinthians 3:7-18). The light of the knowledge of the glory of God shines in the face of Jesus. Until you behold and know the Lord Jesus, you cannot experience the transcending glory of God.

In Christ Jesus, we have the priceless privilege and access to the deepest revelation of God.

“But whatever former things were gains to me [as I thought then], these things [once regarded as advancements in merit] I have come to consider as loss [absolutely worthless] for the sake of Christ [and the purpose which He has given my life]. But more than that, I count everything as loss compared to the priceless privilege and supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord [and of growing more deeply and thoroughly acquainted with Him—a joy unequaled]. For His sake I have lost everything, and I consider it all garbage, so that I may gain Christ” Philippians 3:7-8 (Amplified Bible).

The things considered as advancement by Jews are worthless and to be counted as loss, in comparison to the excellency or priceless privilege and supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus our Lord.

The knowledge of Christ is the summit of God revealed.

Look, the more you know Jesus, the more you assimilate the reality of the highest power and authority of the entire universe (of things in Heaven, on Earth and under the Earth. The authority which supersedes all principalities and powers).

No wonder the epistle reckons your growth in the knowledge of Christ a priceless privilege and supreme advantage.

Make it your daily desire to grow in the knowledge of Jesus.

Shalom.