(The Fight of Faith Crowned), The Christian's strength (Thomas Watson, "The One Thing Necessary"), "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." This verse is not a blank check. But He never gives up, Like Paul, you can be an overcomer. Think of your dignity in Christ — not of the dignity of your manhood, but the dignity of your regenerated manhood, and say, “Can I do all things, and yet am I to shrink first at this, then at that end then at the other?” Be as David, who, when Saul said, “Thou art not able to fight with this Goliath,” replied, “Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them,” and he put his stone into the sling and ran cheerfully and joyously, so Goliath fell; and he returned with the bloody dripping head. It pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell, a full supply for all a believer’s wants. “See,” he said, “she did it… … No,” said the children, “you helped her. —Nillingham If your treasure is in this world, your heart will be in this world, which isn’t the most secure environment! Luke 20:26 And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and marveling at His answer, they became silent. The truth is, you will know contentment when you give generously to the Lord’s work, whether to world missions, to the local church, or to meeting the needs of the poor through Christian ministries. What does it mean practically to seek first God’s kingdom and righteousness? Every different situation brings with it some correspondent duties: prosperity demands humility and vigilance; adversity calls for patience and contentment. Amen. what a comment! They talked for some time, and finally the merchant left. As the student walked away, she saw him limping. It is remarkable that very many poor timid and doubting Christians during the time of Mary’s persecution were afraid when they were arrested that they should never bear the fire, but a singular circumstance is, that these generally behaved the most bravely, and played the man in the midst of the fire with the most notable constancy. If our focus is on our Savior and on doing what He has called us to do for His kingdom, which includes growing in personal holiness, then we can be content with what He provides. Who will deliver me from this body of death?" Would you be holy? To put this another way, coveting is a theological issue: Ultimately, it concerns our relationship with God. 2:6; 15:7; 17:13; 19:11; 25:8; 32:7; Esther 4:17; Job 36:9, 31; Ps. Victor), Through Him is literally in Him, a key phrase here and in all of Paul's epistles for it speaks of the believer's vital union and identification with Christ, so that even as a branch apart from a vine can bear no fruit, even so a believer apart from abiding in the "Vine" can do nothing of lasting import (Jn 15:5, 8, 16). We must go out against our spiritual antagonists in the strength of Christ—like David went out against Goliath in the name of the Lord (1Samuel 17:45). It is the result of vital union with Him. If his master should appoint him to a throne, he would rule well, or should he bid him play the menial part he would make the best of servants: in all places and in all duties the Christian is always strong enough, if the Lord his God be with him. He could attempt all which duty required, and he could succeed in all; for to him the epithet "impossible", in an ethical aspect, had no existence… It is also to be borne in mind that this ability came not from his commission as an apostle, but from his faith as a saint. My brother, you shall not disown your Lord, for through Christ that strengtheneth thee, the dove can play the eagle, and thou who art timid as a lamb can be mighty and courageous as a lion. Im a teardrop from a girl who loved a man and lost him. Galatians 2:20. Now, then, stand up all of you — my friends or my foes, whichever you will; it is all the same, I have God to help me, and it must and shall be done.” Such are the men that write their records in the annals of posterity; such the men justly called great, and they are only great because they believed they could be great — believed that the exploits could be done. I change with the changing sky, Perspective helps, doesn’t it! You see, I can’t do all things, but I can do all things which God has for me to do from the time He saved me to the time He will take me out of this world." They have leagued and banded together for your destruction. You can be sure that as you look back on your day, you'll praise and glorify the Lord as you realize what He has enabled you to do.—Joanie Yoder (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. Christ is not wisdom and righteousness only to His people, but sanctification also. We can’t jump into the presence of God, but Jesus can lift us into the presence of God. But doesn't your disability color your life?" After telling his audience that he’s experienced both poverty and affluence, the Apostle Paul writes these well-known words: “I can do … The NAS renders ischuo as able(5), am strong enough(1), been able(1), can(1), can do(1), could(8), good(1),healthy(2), in force(1), means(1), overpowered(1), prevailing(1), strong enough(2), unable (2). The secret to enjoying this kind of contentment is to be so satisfied with God that we are able to accept whatever he has or has not provided. The two can no more co-exist, than light and darkness can co-exist in the same space. Whenever we give in to this temptation, we can repent by practicing the godliness of contentment. Thou, thou, who darest to teach the absurd dogma that a crucified man is able to save souls, that he is actually king in heaven and virtually king in earth! 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus : To Guard the Deposit. He can ask for the provisions needed to carry out the work and expect God to answer. He had learned that the Lord’s commands are always the Lord’s enablements. What glorious lives might be the lot of the readers of these lines, if only they would abjure their own strength be it wisdom, wealth, station, or any other source of creature aid; and if they would learn that the true strength is to sit still at the source of all might and grace, receiving out of His fulness, and mingling the song of the psalm, with the glad affirmation of the Apostle: "I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength;" "I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me! John Piper May our years be holy years with our souls, and then they will be happy ones! Do not be deceived! Wiersbe, W: With the Word: Chapter-by-Chapter Bible Handbook. And you, who may have to follow some very humble occupation, you have had grace enough to follow it, and to be happy in it, and to honor Christ in it. (Ro 7:25-note). PHILIPPIANS 4:13 - Jerry Bridges defines contentment as believing that God is good to me right now (The Practice of Godliness). We too can live by Paul's secret. For example, Webster (Ed: remember to look up Biblical words in an English dictionary - you will many times discover a wonderful illumination/amplification of the passage you are studying) says that to infuse something is to to cause it to be permeated with something else (Ed: in context this would be Christ), the infusion resulting in an alteration which is usually for the better -- this is a good picture of what happens to the believer who submits/yields/surrenders so that he or she is constantly "infused" with Jesus! And I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it.". The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” — Philippians 4:13. "… Where unassisted humanity should sink and be vanquished, he should prove His wondrous superiority. The word content (Php 4:11-note) comes from a Greek word that means self-sufficient or independent. (Ep 6;10-note), Paul used this word repeatedly in his epistles to Timothy, initially writing. So when passing through Rome, he got in touch with Timothy and arranged an interview with Paul the prisoner. We’re always on the move, looking for a better house, a better job, a better place to live and raise a family, a better place to retire. We are enjoined to defeat Satan in our warfare with the evil one. He gives me sunshine for my shadow, As a *Roman *colony, itscitizens possessed the same rights and laws as those who lived in Italy. I give you wisdom (1Co 1:30), “I feel all alone” It was, therefore, after a very profound experience of the extremes of human life, and of all the variations between, that the Apostle made that confident assertion: "I can do all things. 1989. Strengthens (1743) (endunamoo from en = in + dunamóo = from dúnamis which means to be able or to have power Click for in depth word study of dunamis) means to enable one to do or experience something. If you know the Lord Jesus as your Savior, victory is possible through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. 1989. This includes prayers and encouragement (Philippians 4:1–9) and a focus on God's provision (Philippians 4:10–20), followed by a short conclusion (Philippians 4:21–23). To be superior to every need; to bear prosperity without pride, and adversity without a murmur; to feel that there is no earthly circumstance that can disturb the soul from its equilibrium in God; to be able to yoke the most untameable difficulties to the car of spiritual progress; to have such a sense of power as to laugh at impossibility and to sing in adversity; to help the weak, even though we might seem to need every scrap of power for ourselves; to feel amid the changing conditions of life as a strong swimmer does in the midst of the ocean waves, which he beats back in the proud consciousness of power--all this, and much more, is involved in the expression, "I can do all things.". Every time a plane would fly overhead, I’d look up and wish I was flying it. you will have much to answer for with regard to the souls of your fellow men. Do not sit down and excuse yourself by saying, “Another man can do this, but I cannot; the fact is, I was made with this fault, it was in the mould originally, and it cannot be got rid of, I must make the best I can of it “ You can get rid of it, brother, there is not a Hittite or a Jebusite in all Canaan that you cannot drive out. (Ro 7:24-note). Think so, and you will be little as long as you live, and you will die little, and never achieve anything great. It gets into Samson’s hands. “A strong man” (Mt 12:29): a mighty famine (Luke 15:14): his letters are powerful (2 Cor. “I can do all things through Christ. Paul visited Philippi again onhis third journey (Acts 20:1-6). Then Paul meant also that he could perform all duties. So it is this relationship with Christ, expressed by beholding Him in His word and depending upon Him in prayer, that enables us to draw from Him the power essential for a godly life. We are to feed upon Him daily. If you are called to any work, go straight at it, wilting this upon your escutcheon. Without Christ he can do nothing, but with Christ he can do all things. They cast therefore, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish. He will not impose upon you one needless burden. 4 Always be joyful, then, in the Lord; I repeat, be joyful.. 5 Let your good sense be obvious to everybody. 5:6; Php 4:13; Heb 9:17; Jas 5:16; Rev 12:8. Many men might be Christian victors, if they had known how to use the all prevailing weapon of prayer; but forgetting this they have gone to the fight and they have been worsted right easily. God’s promise: All things are possible (Luke 18:27), “I’m too tired” I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28, 29, 30), “Nobody really loves me” For Paul, being aware of Christ’s presence was as natural as breathing (Ed: cp "abiding" in Him). Is Paul advocating a veritable "holy omnipotence?" But closer consideration removes each supposition; and we find ourselves face to face with a prisoner bound to a Roman soldier, who had run through the whole scale of human experience, now touching its abundant fulness, and anon descending to its most abject want; one who said himself: "I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound; in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want." Where’s the balance between being content and yet trying to better your situation or solve certain problems? Do you feel this day a real hearty desire to be holy? 15 All of us, then, who are mature … We know not how much capacity for usefulness there may be in us. Look at old Ignatius. Greek: panta ischuo (1SPAI) en to endunamounti (PAPMSD) me. It can speak of having the required personal resources to accomplish some objective as here in Php 4:13 or conversely with the negative speaks of that which is good for nothing (Mt 5:13-note). We can do all things through Christ, because He is love. By “all things,” Paul means that he can do everything that God has called him to do in his service for His kingdom. Those words are the keynote of Blessedness, first struck by our Lord, and repeated with unwearying persistence by His immediate followers, to whom they were the secret of an overcoming life. I have to admit I've really been complaining about it. (Ryken, P. G., Hughes, R. K. Exodus: Saved for God's glory. Sometimes God supplied abundantly, and so Paul had learned how to live in prosperity. So do you my dear brothers and sisters. Our source of power is in the risen Christ, and we stay connected to Him by beholding Him in His word and depending on Him in prayer. It was at first his repeated prayer that it might be removed; but when the Lord explained that His strength could only be perfected in weakness, and that the presence of the thorn was a perpetual indication and reminder of the weakness of his flesh, driving him to the Strong for strength, and making him a fit subject for the conspicuous manifestation of God's might at its full then he protested that he would most gladly glory in his weakness, that the strength of Christ might rest upon him; for when he was weak, in his own deep consciousness, then he was strong in the strength of the strong Son of God (2Co 12:9). Luke 8:43 And a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone. We can do all things through Christ, for He is the victor. Eight Ways Paul Encourages Euodia and Syntyche to Come to One Mind Philippians 4:2–3, Part 3. We are to put Him on continually. Then, whenever he accomplishes something unusual or difficult, he records it in his diary in the evening. The fog comes chilling around, Part of seeking first God’s kingdom means serving Him with your money and possessions, which are not really yours, but His, entrusted to you as manager. Only by Christ strengthening him. In Philippians 4:13, the verb is present tense, meaning, God’s continual, day-by-day infusing me with strength as I serve Him. Always labor in the strength of Christ. Christ puts his hand upon thy loins to day, and he saith, “Up and be doing;” and do thou reply, “Yea, Lord, I will be doing, for I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” I am persuaded there is no work to which a Christian can be called for which he will not be found well qualified. 6:6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11). Write a note? ", The Secret for Contentment He is our righteousness. This is what Godet is saying. Charles Simeon. Philippians 4:4-13 NIV. Privation, suffering, and martyrdom could not subdue him and what might seem impracticable should be surmounted by Him in His borrowed might. For example, he may write, "Today I was enabled to share my testimony with a friend." ... thanks for the best commentary ever,please keep up the fantastic work. They are building up a wall of sand; their work runs down as fast as they throw it up. the Peace It is exceeding broad for it says, “I can do all things.” We cannot, of course, mention “all things,” this morning; for the subject is illimitable in its extent. Matthew 26:40 And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? Missionary Dan Crawford had a difficult task—following in the steps of David Livingstone, the missionary who gave his life in ministering the Word of God in Africa. But I know that we two shall win in the end— “When I was a kid I used to sit in a rowboat down there, fishing. Other foundation of holiness can no man lay than that which Paul laid, even Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:18 ... Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary. "I know," the barber replied. The one purpose of our life should therefore be to remain in living and intense union with Christ, guarding against everything that would break it, employing every means of cementing and enlarging it. You are not equipped for every good deed (2Ti 3:16, 17-notes) if you’re an emotional wreck. To be even more specific, all we need is Jesus. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. “I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.” Some Christians are called to sudden changes, and I have marked many of them who have been ruined by their changes. Luke 14:6 And they could make no reply to this. If He has called you to give large amounts to further His work, He will provide you with those funds. Contentment comes from focusing on the Lord as the Savior whom I must serve. 4:19 - Needs, not Greeds. 1. This truth is Jesus’ essential teaching in His illustration in John 15 of the vine and the branches. Then mount up to heaven. "I can do all things through Christ." Ischuo can mean “to be effective” or “to be capable of producing results” in Gal 5:6 states that the physical act of circumcision is not effective or is not capable of producing results. It is an inner sense of rest or peace that comes from being right with God and knowing that He is in control of al that happens to us. Jan 7, 2020. Vincent explains the root word ischus exhibits the idea …, of indwelling strength, especially as embodied: might which inheres in physical powers organized and working under individual direction, as an army: which appears in the resistance of physical organisms, as the earth, against which one dashes himself in vain: which dwells in persons or things, and gives them influence or value: which resides in laws or punishments to make them irresistible. The answer lies buried in the midst of a thank-you note. In a wonderful book called The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, the Puritan Jeremiah Burroughs explained what we ought to say to ourselves whenever we are tempted to be discontent: “I find a sufficiency of satisfaction in my own heart, through the grace of Christ that is in me. "I've tried to quit a thousand times but I just can't." Simply to Your cross I cling; 6:2; 7:11; 1 Ki. Where Christ is most precious—there sin is exceedingly sinful; and self is humbled and loathed! Even the people in his church back home weren’t sure he could carry on the work. As Paul expressed it (1Co 15:10), “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.”. Instead continually "be desperate" for Him and your need to continually abide in Him. But the point is, if you live for yourself and your own pleasure, you will not know God’s contentment. Let me remind you of some of the sayings of the martyrs, which I have jotted down in my readings. Author unknown, William Mason (1773) had the following thoughts some of which relate directly and some indirectly to Philippians 4:13…. May all who read these pages know these things by experience and not by hearsay only! When I was in school I was the high jumper, but I can’t jump anymore. Certainly God cannot be blamed for our sins, but only He can provide the spiritual power to enable us to live godly lives. “You can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth us.” I may be speaking to another who has felt a peculiar weakness of disposition, a proneness to be timid, and yielding. True, there was a time in his life when Asaph was disappointed with God. “You can do all things.” Then may you look beyond this world into the world of spirits. “I can—through Christ!” was Paul’s motto, and it can be our motto too. Now the Christian is “like a tree that is planted by the rivers of water, and bringeth forth its fruits in its season.” It is to this change of circumstances that the Apostle more immediately refers in the text: “I have learned,” says he, “in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. “I can endure all things,” he says “for Christ’s sake.” He daily expected that he might be led out to die, and the daily expectation of death is more bitter than death itself, for what is death? (Philippians 4:13: One Word You Shouldn't Say In 1993). Amen. In short, he had learned the "secret", he had counted the cost and paid the "cost", and in the crucible of testing wrought by both good times and bad times, he had come to the point of realization that his sufficiency was solely in his Savior. Are you struggling to break some stubborn habit? This is the principle of Divine Direction. We enjoy every minute of it now that there’s no goat--only the nine of us.” (Reader’s Digest [12/81].) Philippians 4:19 “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” Explanation and Commentary on Philippians 4:19. It was the very note which his eagles screamed amid the battle. While Joshua was fighting, Moses was praying on the mount (Exodus 17:11). They are baling water out of a leaky vessel; the leak gains on them, not they on the leak. Bible > Philippians > Philippians 4 > Philippians 4:13 Clarke's Philippians 4:13 Bible Commentary I can do all things - It was not a habit which he had acquired by frequent exercise, it was a disposition which he had by grace; and he was enabled … Make me holy. All these things refers to what you shall eat, what you shall drink, what you shall wear (Mt 6:25-note). (Young's Literal reads "very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man"). God always gives enough strength for the next step. To ease another's burden, help to carry it. Baby sit? And "beauty for ashes" here.-- Crabbe Then Php 4:13—"I have learned through the power of Jesus Christ that I can face whatever comes my way." He is the root and beginning of all holiness, and the way to be holy is to come to Him by faith and be joined to Him. People rarely stay at the same address for more than five years. When Paul and Silas were imprisoned at Philippi and their backs were raw from beatings, they sang hymns (Acts 16:23, 24, 25). A minister in Iowa was preaching on the text, “I can do all things in him who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). 18. Because the Lion of the tribe of Judah has defended them! You can do all things for your fellow-men. We can’t jump out of our selfishness and fears, but, if we let him, Jesus can lift us out of our selfishness and fears.”. The most helpful explanation I have found of what it means to abide in Christ comes from the nineteenth century Swiss theologian Frederic Louis Godet: To abide in me’ expresses the continual act by which the Christian sets aside everything which he might derive from his own wisdom, strength, merit, to draw all from Christ. When John Ardley was brought before Bishop Bonner, Bonner taunted him, saying, “You will not be able to bear the fire; that will convert you; the faggots will be sharp preachers to you.” Said Ardley, “I am not afraid to try it, and I tell thee, Bishop, if I had as many lives as I have hairs on my head, I would give them all up sooner than I would give up Christ.” That same wicked wretch held the hand of poor John Tomkins over a candle, finger by finger, saying to him, “I’ll give thee a taste of the fire before thou shalt come there,” and as the finger cracked and spurted forth, Tomkins smiled, and even laughed in his tormentor’s face, being ready to suffer as much in every member as his fingers then endured. 14 Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." II. Notice that there is a need to learn not only how to get along in times of need, but also how to live with abundance. Where the finger of God points, the hand of God provides the way. Let us pray that God will enable us to overcome all our ghostly enemies. Thus have I discussed the first part of our subject — the measure; I shall now talk for awhile upon The Manner. And there are times when “even the youths faint and are weary, and the young men utterly fall,” But “if we wait upon our God we shall certainly renew our strength, and mount up with wings as eagles.” If we look “to Him on whom our help is laid,” the experience of David shall be ours: “In the day when I cried, thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.” Let not any difficulties then discourage us. I never more firmly believed than now, this truth of my Lord, "Without Me, you can do nothing." Please take note that He promises to supply our needs, not our greed. 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No; God gives us Jesus and says, “Even if you don’t realize it, he is all you really need.” When we come to Jesus, we receive the forgiveness of our sins through his death and resurrection. Preaching the Word), Deny self-confidence (cp Mk 8:34, 35, 36, 37, 38, Lk 9:23). I beseech— He repeats this twice, as if speaking to each face to face, and that with the utmost tenderness. I once heard someone say, “When I do something wrong, I have to take the blame, but when I do something right, God gets the credit.” This person was complaining, but he was exactly correct. Ischuo is the equivalent of to have efficacy, to avail or to have force. Translate, "I have all" that I want, "and more than enough." C H Spurgeon. May we all feel the importance of holiness far more than we have ever done yet! My friend uses the word enabled because he knows he couldn't do these things without God's help. Our attitude in trials and our deliberate submission to His sovereignty in the trial is crucial. So she quickly added, "I didn't mean anything except admiration. Philippians 4:13 is one of the most popular verses in any of the 66 books of the Christian Bible, having been printed on millions of key chains and t … The Christian’s power being so extraordinary, we may well inquire after, II. In all things I continue to be strong by the One Who infuses the power into me. Paul expresses this relationship as “living in Christ.” He says in Colossians 2:6–7, “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith.” The context of this statement is that all the wisdom and power for living the Christian life are to be found in Christ rather than in manmade philosophies and moralisms (Col 2:2, 3, 4 and Col 2:8, 9, 10). Men sometimes try to make themselves holy first of all, and sad work they make of it. The boy commented, "I understand. Read What Philippians 4 Can Teach You about Contentment - (Philippians 4:12-13) - Your Daily Bible Verse - November 3 from today's daily devotional. 2. They run in vain and labor in vain, and little wonder; for they are beginning at the wrong end. “Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrils,” but cease not to serve your God; but the rather in Christ’s strength do it with greater vigor than before. You may see the dark gate of death; you may behold that iron gate, and hear it creaking on its awful hinges; but you may say, “I can pass through that; Jesus can meet me; he can strengthen me, and my soul shall stretch her wings in haste, fly fearless through death’s iron gate, nor fear the terror as she passes through. Only lay hold on that Divine strength, and if the world, the flesh, and the devil, should beleaguer and besiege you day after day, you shall stand not only a siege as long as the siege of old Troy, but seventy years of siege shall you be able to stand, and at last to drive your enemies away in confusion, and make yourselves rich upon their spoils. Will you hold yourselves back? Do not think to make yourself ready. But notice, Paul learned to be content in all conditions. 2:10 - Whenever I say, “Not your will, but mine be done” I forfeit contentment and step out of God’s will. J Vernon McGee recommends some caution when interpreting and applying this verse writing, When Paul says all things, does he literally mean all things? Because Paul had learned the secret (Php 4:11, 12-note) of continually abiding in Christ, Paul justifiably felt that it was impossible for life to confront him with anything that he and the Lord could not handle, no matter how severe or how favorable! 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