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Samuel Bagster

Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected … I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.§ We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a...

Bible Verses: Genesis 17:1Philippians 3:12Philippians 3:13Philippians 3:14Genesis 5:242 Peter 3:182 Corinthians 3:18John 17:1John 17:15John 17:23

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Samuel Bagster

Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.Therefore you shall be perfect. § Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all...

Bible Verses: Joshua 13:1Philippians 3:12Matthew 5:482 Peter 1:52 Peter 1:62 Peter 1:7Philippians 1:91 Corinthians 2:91 Corinthians 2:10Hebrews 4:9Isaiah 33:17

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Miles Stanford

 But ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Cor. 6:11).


The fact of our position, which we can see in the Word, may take years to realize in life. Many believers feel that their appropriation of a truth must result in...

Bible Verses: 1 Corinthians 6:11Philippians 3:12Ephesians 4:131 Thessalonians 5:23

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Miles Stanford

Not as though I had already attained. . . but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also l am apprehended of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3:12).


The heavenly Husbandman develops a believer on the same principle that He does a tree: planting, growth, consolidation, rest, and...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:12Philippians 3:8

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Miles Stanford

I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord" (Phil. 3:8).


Positionally, our Father subjected our old nature to the Cross and its resultant death. Experientially, He applies the work of the Cross to our old life, thereby progressively...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:8Philippians 3:12

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Miles Stanford

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect; but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus"" (Phil. 3:12).


In faith we apprehend the growth truths; in fact the Lord Jesus apprehends us for growth in those...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:12Romans 4:3Philippians 3:14

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Miles Stanford
That I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3:12).

Our spiritual puppy-love is soon lost, to be replaced through the years by our bridal-love. The bride always gravitates to her Bridegroom. "My beloved spoke, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away" (SoS. 2:10).

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:12Song of Solomon 2:10Philippians 3:8

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Miles Stanford
I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3:12).

To know our position in the Lord Jesus is necessary so that we may understand His ways and rest in His means. Then, by processing through the years He slowly narrows the discrepancy between our heavenly position and our...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:12Colossians 2:7

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