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{{___ There is power of His resurection.
{{___ Php 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
{{___ But where does this power come from? Scripture says this resurected power comes from the Jesus Christ and His finished work of the cross.
{{___ 1Co 1:18 -For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
{{___ Many songs have been written about resurection power but this is like writting a song about the sun rising instead of writting a song about the creator of the sun Jesus Christ. The power that gave resurection is the power of the cross and the resurection power is noting other than the power of the Jesus Christ and His finished work of the cross.}}
2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
The meta-nominal Christian is a new creation, a precursor, along with his resurrected Lord, of the new heavens and new earth to come. As such, his new kind of life, eternal life, is an embodiment of the power of the resurrection. Already in use. And usable through faith to do more. To walk in those good works which God has already prepared for him to walk in. The following verses expand on this new kind of life and its source:
Galatians 2:20 KJV I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Romans 6:4 KJV Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 8:10 KJV And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Colossians 3:3 KJV For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
You chose a good passage to illustrate the power of the resurrection. Unfortunately, that part of Philippians suffers even more that the above passages from a traditional lack of certitude about the believers position both in translation and interpretation.
Philippians 3:8-10 KJV Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, (9) And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: (10) That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
The sense of the passage in the original language is:
Philippians 3:8-10 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: through whom I have had all things removed, (and I do count them but dung,) in order that I might have Christ as gain, (9) And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: (10) That I might know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, having been made (and being made) conformable unto his death;
It is the new birth that accomplishes these things, not the heroic sanctity of Paul, as is traditionally inferred.
It is faith in having been crucified with Christ, having died (in fact not figure, physically as well as spiritually, despite the lack of physical evidence) in Christ, that leads to faith in the ability to walk in the good works already prepared for each, the ability to share the fellowship of His sufferings and the power of His resurrection.
2 Corinthians 4:10 KJV Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
