To Know Him or Thinking the One Thing
I. Knowing Him or Solving Problems
- A. Disharmony and the disposition of Christ - Phil. 2:1-5
- B. Environments and the love of Christ - Rom. 8:28-39
- C. Differences and being according to Christ - Rom. 13:13-15:7
- D. Divisions and the fellowship of His Son - 1 Cor. 1:9-10
- E. Moral problems and joining ourselves to the Lord - 1 Cor. 6:13-20
- F. Right and wrong and Christ - 1 Cor. 6:1-8
- G. Marriage and remaining with God - 1 Cor. 7:24
- H. Demonic attacks and My grace and My power - 2 Cor. 12:7-10
- I. Religious alternatives and holding the Head - Col. 2:8, 18-19
- J. Blame or the peace of Christ - Col. 3:13-15
- K. Legalistic considerations or union with Christ - Gal. 2:16-21
- L. Handling our disposition or merging with Christ - Gal. 5:15-25
- M. Doctrinal disturbances or growing up into Him - Eph. 4:14-16
- N. Apparent problems and the real problem - 2 Cor. 12:19-21
II. Supplied to Know Him
- A. The knowing of Him is in the life - John 17:3; 1 John 5:20
- B. The spirit is the realm of life - John 6:63; 2 Cor. 3:6; Rom. 8:2
- C. The movement of life - 1 John 2:20, 27
- D. The consciousness of life - Heb. 8:10-11
- E. The supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ is to supply Christ to
us as an indwelling of an inner most consciousness - Phil. 1:19-21; John
14:16-20
- F. Working the supply - Phil. 2:1; 2 Pet. 1:1-11
- G. Cooperating with the supply - Phil. 2:5, 12-14
III. The Nature of Knowing Him
- A. Experiencing the ability of the surpassing betterness of Christ
- Phil. 3:7b-8; Heb. 1:1-6
- B. Gaining Christ - Phil. 3:8
- C. Being found in Christ - Phil. 3:9a
- 1. The way we are found in Him - Phil. 3:9b
- D. The necessary condition to know Him - Phil. 3:9-10
- E. Knowing the power of His resurrection - Phil. 3:10
- 1. Operating power - Eph. 1:19-23; 3:16-21; Phil. 2:12-13; 3:21
IV. The Evidences of Knowing Him
- A. The changing of our inner tendencies - Phil. 2:2, 5; Rom. 8:5-6
- B. The changing of our values and what we esteem - Phil. 2:6; 3:7-8;
1 Thess. 5:13;
Heb. 11:26
- C. The force of our appreciation of Christ - Phil. 3:8
- D. The realization of a relationship - Phil. 3:8 ("my Lord")