Section 5
This is to magnify Christ through death. Thus, whether through life or death, Christ was mag nified in Paul's imprisoned and chained body. This is the genuine experience of Christ.
In verse 19 Paul mentions the bountiful sup ply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. If we allow the bountiful supply of the Spirit to work in us, our daily living will be changed. We shall be burdened to magnify Christ always and with all boldness. Through our magnifying of Christ, others will see His greatness and His unlimitedness. To mag nify Christ in such a way surely is to live Him.
At the time Paul wrote the book of Philip pians, he was an elderly person. No doubt, the guards expected him to be exhausted by his im prisonment. But far from being exhausted, Paul was full of joy and rejoicing in the Lord. I am confident that he was shining forth Christ and expressing Him. Such an expression was a dec laration of the unlimited greatness of Christ and a declaration that Christ is inexhaustible.
Our love is eventually exhausted, but Christ as love is inexhaustible. Likewise, our natural patience is limited, but Christ as our patience is without limit. We all have the capacity to be patient, but only to a certain extent. Then we be come provoked and angry. For example, a brother