Episode 088: Philippians 3
Join The Journey
Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX
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🗓️ 4 May 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
What does Philippians 3:11 mean when Paul says, "that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead?" And what is sanctification? In this episode Emma Dotter tackles an interpretive challenge in today's chapter and helps us better understand sanctification.
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter. |
| 0:08.8 | Thanks for joining. Have you ever felt like you've arrived or like you've made it? |
| 0:14.5 | In today's Devo, Jesse reminded us that when we trust in Jesus, our identity changes. |
| 0:20.0 | We press on to know him more and we await the day when we are transformed Jesus, our identity changes. We press on to know him more, and we await |
| 0:22.4 | the day when we are transformed and join him in heaven. And for some of us, we know that to be true, |
| 0:28.7 | because we're waiting, maybe tired of waiting. But others of us, we can forget that life on this |
| 0:35.2 | earth is temporary. It isn't the goal. |
| 0:38.3 | And if you're a believer in Christ, it definitely isn't what we should be putting our hope or our identity in. |
| 0:44.3 | When I was in high school, prom was reserved for juniors and seniors, unless someone older |
| 0:49.8 | asked you to be their date. |
| 0:51.4 | And I got to go as a sophomore. |
| 0:56.5 | And let me tell you, I thought that was the absolute coolest. I thought I'd made it. Have you ever felt like that? Like you've made it. |
| 1:04.1 | Maybe you've finished a big hike or finished a marathon. It's that feeling of accomplishment. |
| 1:09.3 | And that feeling isn't necessarily a bad thing unless it's that feeling of accomplishment and that feeling isn't necessarily a bad thing unless it |
| 1:15.0 | starts to rule your life. Today, we're reading Philippians 3 and Paul says something really |
| 1:21.2 | interesting in verses 11 and 12. After recounting all of his sufferings on this earth, Paul says in verse 11. He says, |
| 1:28.9 | that by any means possible, I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Attain the resurrection |
| 1:35.5 | from the dead. What does that mean? Well, according to most commentators, there are a few options. |
| 1:41.7 | First, Paul could be speaking of his spiritual co-resurrection with Christ, |
| 1:46.7 | but Dr. Constable points out that in context, Paul was talking about physical experiences, |
| 1:52.9 | not spiritual ones. And besides, Paul has already experienced a spiritual resurrection because |
| 1:59.3 | he was a believer in Christ. A second understanding of |
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