Section 5
the second, that Christ would be magnified in Paul's body. Paul expected that his situation would turn out to his salvation so that in noth ing he would be put to shame, but that Christ would be magnified in his body.
PAUL'S GRACE AND OURS
Let us now consider the meaning of the words "my grace" in Philippians 1:7. If we con sider this expression in the context of the entire book of Philippians, we shall see that the grace which was Paul's grace was nothing less than the Triune God whom Paul enjoyed and expe rienced and of whom Paul was a partaker. Thus, Paul's grace was not God in an objective way; it was God subjectively and experientially, the Triune God processed to be his portion. Paul truly enjoyed and experienced the processed Tri une God. He was rich in his experience of the Father, Son, and Spirit. This processed Triune God was Paul's grace.
Grace is the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—processed for our expe rience and enjoyment. Today our Triune God is no longer the unprocessed God, or the "raw" God. Rather, He has been processed through incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection. God