Participating in the sufferings of Christ

The suffering of a new worldview

“worldview” has commonly been used to describe a person’s perspective on life. Every person has a worldview that influences his or her beliefs and actions. A worldview has also been described as the glasses through which a person sees life. As followers of Jesus, Christians are to develop a worldview or perspective that reflects the values of the Bible (2 Tim 3:16–17)

Edward E. Hindson

Philippians 3:5–6 NIV

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.

Philippians 3:8 NIV

What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ

Philippians 3:8 NIV

What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost

The suffering the world brings against God’s people.

Suffering with Christ leads to rising with Christ.

Philippians 3:9–11 NIV

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.