Section 5
all things refuse in order to gain Christ (v. 8) and be found in Him (v. 9), to know Christ, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suf ferings, being conformed to His death, that he might attain to the out-resurrection. According to grammar, this is the proper interpretation of verses 8 through 11. Paul's goal was to attain to the out-resurrection.
In this booklet we need to consider how to attain this goal of the out-resurrection. For this, we must know Christ in the power of His resur rection, we must know Him in the fellowship of His sufferings, and we must know Him by being conformed to His death.
DYING TO THE OLD CREATION
AND LIVING TO GOD
By incarnation the Lord Jesus took on human nature. He put on a body of blood and flesh. Did this body belong to the old creation or the new creation? Blood and flesh are part of the old cre ation. First Corinthians 15:50 says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God." This includes the flesh and blood of the Lord Jesus. The principle here is that nothing which belongs to the old creation has anything to do with the kingdom of God. Therefore, the body