Over the last couple of Sundays, we’ve discovered that there are some surprising ways that we develop a deeper and more intimate knowledge of our Savior. In Philippians 3:10-11 the Apostle Paul sets out three pathways whereby believers enter into a deeper understanding and personal knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Last week we examined the first of these ways. And you will recall that it is through our daily experience of the awesome “power” of our Lord’s “resurrection.” This Lord’s Day, we will consider the other two ways: through our fellowship with His “sufferings,” and by means of our conformity to His “death.”

As we prepare our hearts for this message from God’s Word, let us keep in mind that the goal of life is not that we might know more about Christ, or know more about the truths of the Gospel–as essential as these are–but that we would know Him more!