Pursue Toward The Goal For The Prize Of The High Calling
PURSUE TOWARD THE GOAL
FOR THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING
This booklet will focus on two words found in Philippians 3:14—goal and prize. If we reach the goal, we shall receive the prize. Thus, pur suing toward the goal is for obtaining the prize. But what is the goal, and what is the prize? Many would answer that both the goal and the prize are Christ. Although such an answer may be re garded as correct, in this booklet we need to see from Philippians 3:10-14 something particular concerning the goal and the prize.
Philippians 3:10-13 helps us understand the goal and the prize in verse 14. In verse 11 we may say that the out-resurrection is actually a synonym for Christ. In verse 10 Paul speaks of knowing Christ, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings. This verse indicates clearly that if we would know Christ, we must know His resurrection.
Paul's desire was to gain Christ and be found in Him, to know Him, the power of His