All I want is Christ and to know that I belong to Him
Home “ All I want is Christ and to know that I belong to him . I could not make myself acceptable to God by obeying the Law of Moses. God accepted me simply because of my faith in Christ. All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him to life. I want to suffer and die as he did, so that somehow I also may be raised to life. ” [Philippians 3:8-11] All I want is Christ and to know that I belong to Him I n these verses, it sounds like as if Paul was still seeking to gain Christ. Actually, he had won Christ when he first acknowledged His as Lord and Savior. But the present tense indicates that this is still his attitude—he still counts all else as rubbish when compared to the value of knowing the Lord Jesus. The great desire of his heart is : “That Christ may be my gain.” Not gold, or silver, or religious reputation, but Christ. Paul had made his choice. He had abandoned all else in order to be found in Christ. The moment he believed on ...