Section 9
to live the God-man, who is now the pneumatic Christ.
FOUND IN CHRIST
If we live Christ as the God-man, we shall be found in Christ (Phil. 3:9). As one who was the reproduction of the God-man, Paul desired to be found in Christ by all his observers. He aspired to have his whole being immersed in Christ and saturated with Christ so that all His believers would discover him fully in Christ.
EXPRESSED IN OUR HUMAN VIRTUES
When we are found in Christ, living Him as the God-man, He will be expressed in our human virtues. Paul's word in Philippians 4:8 indicates this: "For the rest, brothers, whatever is true, what ever is honorable, whatever is righteous, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is well- spoken of, if there is any virtue and if any praise, take account of these things." Here to be true is to be true ethically, not in matter of fact. To be honorable is to be venerable, worthy of reverence; it is also to be noble and grave (1 Tim. 3:8, 11; Titus 2:2). The word implies the idea of dignity, which inspires and invites reverence. To be right eous is to be right (not just) before God and