I.B.S. #36

Philippians 3:11

- "If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead."

Well this verse doesnt make much sense to me. I have read this over and over and in the context and I cannot figure out how to write something down that will come straight out of reading this verse. I begin to read it in context and figure out something, but then I realize that what I figure out comes out of the verse before this one. The most I can seem to get out of this verse is this, that we have to give up everything that is not of the Lord before we can gain anything from Him. If we want the Lord to bless us, we need to have the heart for it. We need to actually want/strive/do something about our situation to recieve blessings from God which in this verse is the ressurection from our deaths. We all will die, but because of what we do with our lives, if we live for Him, for the kingdom to come, we will be resurrected from our sinning bodies and live in perfection forever in His presence. We need to be doing what ever we can, by any means possible to live for Him in order to actually grasp this resurrection

I need to go back and read the story of Jesus' resurrection