Reliance Upon Christ

According to Philippians 3 there are three consequences or blessings which flow from knowing Christ. The first blessing is gaining Christ. Our sovereign Lord and Savior who still directs the wind and the waves! It is He whom we have come to know.

The second blessing a believer receives is union with Christ. This speaks of a mystical relationship with the Lord in which we are united to Him in and through all things.

The final blessing mentioned in this passage is a life lived in reliance upon Christ.

Herein is the Gospel! Though Adam could not save himself, nor could any man for that matter; all are born with sin. God became man. Christ perfectly fulfilled the stipulations of the covenant — He never sinned! And then He forfeited His life in our place thus accounting to us His own righteousness —the righteousness of God.