How to Enjoy the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19

   Have you ever wondered what the basic thought of the Bible is?  Take at look at this statement  that begins Chapter 36 of the Life-Study of Philippians:  The basic thought of the Bible is that the Triune God desires to work Himself into man so that man may take Him as life and live Him.  Then Witness Lee points out that instead of taking the Bible as food Christians come and pick up ethics, culture, religion, and philosophy. 

He gives 2 classic verses on the Bible being food—

With some of my grandkids checking out crabs!

Thy words were found and I did eat them.  Jeremiah 15:16

Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4

In Chapters 35-37 of the Life-Study of Philippians Witness Lee shares about how praying the word or pray-reading as he calls it is a great way to receive the bountiful supply of the Spirit.  These excerpts come from pages 318-320: 

The best way to eat the word is to  pray-read….When we read the word, we should mingle our reading with prayer. As we exercise our eyes and our mind, we should also exercise our spirit to touch the Spirit. Then all that is in the Word will become in our experience the bountiful supply of the Spirit….In their time of personal devotions some Christians may read Psalm 133. As they read, they may begin to analyze and to ask about the precious ointment, the beard, the skirts, the dew, and Mount Hermon. Instead of receiving the bountiful supply, they are left with many unanswered questions.  But if we pray-read Psalm 133, we shall take this portion in the way of life.  As we pray-read, we may say, ‘Behold, amen! How good and how pleasant, amen.’ By taking the Word in this way, we shall apply the all-inclusive Spirit to our inner being  (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Philippians. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1980, Print).

     Like most of us learned along the way, the foods that we eat contain germ killing elements.  And as we eat, we’re not even aware that this process is taking place.  By eating properly, our body can fight disease. Isn't it amazing that it’s the same for maintaining our spiritual health?  At the end of this chapter brother lee encourages us to come to the word of God prayerfully every day.  So in more ways than one we are what we eat!

You can listen to excerpts from the Life-Study of Philippians given in 1980 on The Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.  The commentary is excellent.

Blog Update 5/22/14:  Check out the  new free book put out by Bibles for America called A Life of Forbearance But Without Anxiety. 

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What is the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19?
What Does It Mean to Magnify Christ in Philippians 1:20-23?
How Does Religion, Philosophy & Culture Relate to Philippians 3:5-6?
Have You Ever Wondered What Gaining Christ is in Philippians 3:8?
Why Does Paul Put Anxiety and Prayer Together in Philippians 4:6?
What's Paul's Secret in Philippians 4:12?
What Does It Mean to Live Christ in Philippians 1:19-21?
From the Life-Study of Philippians:  What's the Theme of the Bible?
What is the Sacrifice of Faith in Philippians 2:17?

What's the Connection Between Forbearance and Anxiety in Philippians 4:5-6?

  Anxiety.  Or you could just call it stress.  It eats us up sometimes. No one is exempt from it. Family, kids, job, house, education, illness--you name it, everything causes it.  This past week I had my fair share of it--with job challenges, getting sick, house responsibilities, and doing taxes. And you undoubtedly had your own set of situations to deal with. 

Winter day at the marina.

    That's probably why this phrase "God's assignment" really caught my eye in chapter 60 of the Life-Study of Philippians: 

If we would have a life free of anxiety, we need to realize that all our circumstances, good or bad, have been assigned to us by God...We need to have this realization with a full assurance...If this brother has the full assurance that his circumstances come from God's assignment, he will be able to worship the Lord for His arrangement...All the sufferings we undergo are assigned to us by God for a positive purpose...Although God has assigned such sufferings, He has not assigned anxiety. After God made His assignment, Satan came in to cause anxiety through the sufferings assigned by God (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Philippians. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1981, Print).

So nothing's accidental. God assigned it.  And just like in winter time--there are cold, gray and drizzly days--especially here in Washington.  And in the closing chapters of this Life-Study of  Philippians,  Witness Lee points out that in Philippians 4:5-6 you see forbearance in verse 5 and anxiety in verse 6. The footnote in the Recovery Version says that forbearance is Christ and anxiety comes from Satan to disturb us from living Christ.  

What I got out of all this was when we receive the bountiful supply of the Spirit that Paul speaks of in Philippians 1:19, we get the life supply that swallows up anxiety. This made me think of John 6:63 where the Lord says  ...the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.   Stress can't eat us up when we spend time eating the words of life!

You can listen to excerpts from the Life-Study of Philippians given in 1980 on The Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.  The commentary is excellent.

Blog Update 5/22/14:  Check out the  new free book put out by Bibles for America called Knowing Christ as forbearance or A Life of Forbearance But Without Anxiety. 

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What is the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19?
What Does It Mean to Magnify Christ in Philippians 1:20-23?
How Does Religion, Philosophy & Culture Relate to Philippians 3:5-6?
Have You Ever Wondered What Gaining Christ is in Philippians 3:8?
Why Does Paul Put Anxiety and Prayer Together in Philippians 4:6?
What's Paul's Secret in Philippians 4:12?
What Does It Mean to Live Christ in Philippians 1:19-21?
From the Life-Study of Philippians:  What's the Theme of the Bible?
What is the Sacrifice of Faith in Philippians 2:17?

What is the Sacrifice of Faith in Philippians 2:17?

     Faith is more than just believing.  It is actually God's very element being infused into our hearts!   I read about this in Chapter 50 of the Life-Study of Philippians, and this chapter was talking about Philippians 2:16-17 which says:

Holding forth the word of life, so that I may have a boast in the day of Christ that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.  But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and I rejoice together with you all.  Philippians 2:17.

   
    Witness Lee shares that it's pretty difficult to understand verse 17. And even after reading this chapter and looking back over it as I was writing this, I realized it's hard to get Paul's meaning here. In the early part of the chapter he points out that the meaning of faith mentioned here is a bit different than that used in other  Bible passages. It is not an objective affirmation of faith in God but rather what occurs in our hearts when we hear God's word. We know the word is powerful, and he says that the Gospel of John shows us that the Lord's Word is Spirit and life (John 6:63).  

    But not only does God's word supply us with the Spirit and enliven us, it fills us with faith.  I've always liked Romans 10:17 So faith comes out of hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Paul reminds us of this again in his letter to the Ephesian believers: In whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, in Him also believing…  Anyway the tie into Philippians 2:17 is that this kind of faith can become a sacrifice offered to God by the apostle. 

     Here are some lines that touched me on pages 439 and 445:
  The first function of the Word is to infuse us with faith...In order to have the sacrifice of faith, we need to touch the word of life in such a way that it becomes in our experience the bountiful supply of the Spirit. Then we shall have faith, faith which is the result of the Word and the Spirit mingled with our appreciation. This is the sacrifice which can be offered to God...As used in 2:17, faith stands for the enjoyment of Christ, the experience of Christ, and the gaining of Christ. Our enjoyment, experience, and gaining of Christ become a sweet sacrifice to God... (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Philippians. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1980, Print).

   A lot of what he's talking about here is personal. And like what I got out of last week's reading, this faith is infused into us when we come to the Bible prayerfully.  He says towards the end of the chapter that "What we enjoy in faith always depends on what is conveyed to us by the Word" (Page 441).  The verses that we pray over infuse us with some element of Christ, and that infusion fills our hearts with an appreciation of Christ. Don't you think that this is what motivated Paul to know Christ, gain Christ, and pursue Christ? The version that I quoted from is the Recovery Version of the New Testament,  and you can order it free from Bibles for America.

You can listen to excerpts from the Life-Study of Philippians given in 1980 on the Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee. The commentary is excellent.

Blog Update 5/22/14:  Check out the  new free book put out by Bibles for America called A Life of Forbearance But Without Anxiety. 

Other Posts on the Life-Study of Philippians:

What is the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19?
What Does It Mean to Magnify Christ in Philippians 1:20-23?
How Does Religion, Philosophy & Culture Relate to Philippians 3:5-6?
Have You Ever Wondered What Gaining Christ is in Philippians 3:8?
Why Does Paul Put Anxiety and Prayer Together in Philippians 4:6?
What's Paul's Secret in Philippians 4:12?
What Does It Mean to Live Christ in Philippians 1:19-21?
From the Life-Study of Philippians: What's the Theme of the Bible?

From the Life-Study of Philippians - What's the Theme of the Bible?

     Every book has a theme.   Most literature classes that I took focused on analyzing the writer’s theme and writing essays dissecting this theme from different angles. I loved literature classes, but sometimes you almost have to crawl into the author’s brain to figure out what their message is.  

     And maybe because the Bible has 66 books it may seem hard to pinpoint the theme.  Chapter 36 of the Life-Study of Philippians totally answers this question though.  It opened up with this here’s what the Bible’s all about in a nutshell kind of sentence:   “The basic thought of the Bible is that the Triune God desires to work Himself into man so that man may take Him as life and live Him.”  Have you ever thought about the Bible like that before?   I know I didn’t.

      Then Witness Lee points out that in order for God to work Himself into us, we need to come to the Bible as food and not look at it as a book of knowledge, ethics, or religion.  Have you ever thought of the Bible as food?  I know I didn’t until I listened to Witness Lee open up verses like these two classic verses: 

Thy words were found and I did eat them.  Jeremiah 15:16

Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4

    Not only did many men of God in the Bible pray back the words of the Bible, but also many renowned men of God had this practice. Witness Lee shares his own personal journey of reading the Bible prayerfully on Page 397-400, this is a bit longer than I usually quote so please realize it's because it's a special testimony of his experience in this matter: 

"Many believers throughout the centuries had the practice of praying with the Word of God...One of those who practiced pray-reading the words of the Bible was George Whitefield, a contemporary of John Wesley.  George Whitefield's practice was to pray the New Testament in Greek while on his knees.

 ...I have been reading and studying the Bible for more than fifty years. When I was a young man, I loved the Word of God, and was ambitious to know it thoroughly.  However, I only knew to read the Bible with my eyes and my mind.  Then someone encouraged me not only to read the Word, but also to meditate on it…. I was also helped by reading George Mueller's autobiography.  According to Mueller, we should not only read the Bible and meditate on it, but also pray over it"  (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Philippians. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1980, Print).

    And to understand what it's like to exercise the spirit while reading the word, he gives a great illustration.  He explains a match contains phosphorous, but it won't ignite unless it's struck. In the same way, the Word of God contains the Spirit, but we can't experience it until we pray the Word with our spirit. When we pray over the verses in the Bible, we receive the divine fire that's in the Word.  

You can listen to excerpts from the Life-Study of Philippians given in 1980 on The Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.  The commentary is excellent.

Blog Update 5/22/14:  Check out the  new free book put out by Bibles for America called A Life of Forbearance But Without Anxiety. 

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What is the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19?
What Does It Mean to Magnify Christ in Philippians 1:20-23?
How Does Religion, Philosophy & Culture Relate to Philippians 3:5-6?
Have You Ever Wondered What Gaining Christ is in Philippians 3:8?
Why Does Paul Put Anxiety and Prayer Together in Philippians 4:6?
What's Paul's Secret in Philippians 4:12?
What Does It Mean to Live Christ in Philippians 1:19-21?
From the Life-Study of Philippians:  What's the Theme of the Bible?
What is the Sacrifice of Faith in Philippians 2:17?
How to Enjoy the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19

What Does it Mean to Live Christ in Philippians 1:19-21?

    The phrase “instant salvation” in a Life-Study caught my eye last week. My son told us about a roller coaster he went on at Busch Gardens over winter break and he said it dangled over a drop and then careens down an almost vertical slope at 80 mph!  I thought to myself    When life gives you an unexpected drop, that’s when you need an instant salvation!   

    When I was reading chapter 34 of the Life-Study of Philippians, I was going wow inside.  The presentation was incredible. Early in the chapter Witness Lee goes through the steps of the Lord’s life. Have you ever thought that all the things the Lord experienced like His incarnation, human living, death, resurrection, and ascension had a goal?  They weren’t just personal achievements that went back with him into heaven. 

     Look at John 20:22 again. When the Lord breathed on His disciples, He said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit."  And one of the truths Witness Lee loved to present was 2 Corinthians 15:45b which says, "The last Adam became a life giving Spirit."  By putting these two verses together Witness Lee cracked wide open this truth that in resurrection the Lord became the Spirit which is likened to air so easy to receive and breathe in so that He can live out of us.  Here’s a great part I liked on pages 299-300, 302:

Just as we must breathe in order to live physically, we must breathe spiritually to live Christ. The way to breathe spiritually is to call on the name of the Lord.  From my experience I have learned that the way to live Christ is to call on Him continually….Call on the Lord in every situation even when you are about to lose your temper.  By calling on the Lord you will live Christ….Instead of trying to control your temper, turn to the Lord and call on Him. Say, ‘Lord Jesus, I love You. Lord, I am going to lose my temper. Be one with me in this.’ If you do this, you will be saved from your temper and will live Christ….I  encourage you to call on the Lord, saying, ‘Lord Jesus, I love You.’ (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Philippians. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1980 Print).

    This has been coming back to me.  When we’re zooming into a curve or plummeting over the edge, we can call out—Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus!  No matter what's going on we  can get the instant salvation we need.

You can listen to excerpts from the Life-Study of Philippians given in 1980 on The Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.  The commentary is excellent.

Blog Update 5/22/14:  Check out the  new free book put out by Bibles for America called A Life of Forbearance But Without Anxiety. 

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What is the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19?
What Does It Mean to Magnify Christ in Philippians 1:20-23?
How Does Religion, Philosophy & Culture Relate to Philippians 3:5-6?
Have You Ever Wondered What Gaining Christ is in Philippians 3:8?
Why Does Paul Put Anxiety and Prayer Together in Philippians 4:6?
What's Paul's Secret in Philippians 4:12?
What Does It Mean to Live Christ in Philippians 1:19-21?
From the Life-Study of Philippians:  What's the Theme of the Bible?
What is the Sacrifice of Faith in Philippians 2:17?
How to Enjoy the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19

What is Paul's Secret in Philippians 4:12?

    Some verses may seem a bit baffling.  Philippians 4:12 was a verse like that for me.   What was the secret Paul was talking about?   The background Witness Lee gives on this passage in Chapter 29 of the Life-Study of Philippians helped open up its meaning to me.

     "I know also how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to hunger, both to abound and to lack." 

   First he points out in the chapter that Paul wrote this letter from a Roman prison.  Second he points out that before Epaphroditus  brought the Philippian's gift (4:18), Paul was in material need.  He didn't just write this because it sounded good, it was his actual experience.  So what was the secret that he learned?  I appreciated these excerpts on pages 247-249:

My reason for dwelling on this matter is to point out that our circumstances are always sovereignly arranged by God.  Sometimes His sovereign arrangement puts us in a  low situation, and at other times in circumstances that are quite good….When the opportunity was available, the Philippian believers sent a gift to Paul. This supply brought him out of the humiliation, want, and abasement and set him on a high peak. But he did not know how long that would last….In verse 13 we find a basic principle related to the apostle's secret of sufficiency in Christ: I can do all things  in Him who empowers me….Have you seen the secret? Do you have this secret? Our circumstances may change. In certain circumstances we may abound, and in others we may be abased.  But whether we abound or are abased, the enjoyment of the Lord is the same (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Philippians. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1981, Print). 

There have been countless times that words like this have given me insight and encouragement.  

You can listen to excerpts from the Life-Study of Philippians given in 1980 on The Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.  The commentary is excellent.

Blog Update 5/22/14:  Check out the  new free book put out by Bibles for America called A Life of Forbearance But Without Anxiety. 

Other Posts on the Life-Study of Philippians:

What is the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19?
What Does It Mean to Magnify Christ in Philippians 1:20-23?
How Does Religion, Philosophy & Culture Relate to Philippians 3:5-6?
Have You Ever Wondered What Gaining Christ is in Philippians 3:8?
Why Does Paul Put Anxiety and Prayer Together in Philippians 4:6?
What's Paul's Secret in Philippians 4:12?
What Does It Mean to Live Christ in Philippians 1:19-21?
From the Life-Study of Philippians:  What's the Theme of the Bible?
What is the Sacrifice of Faith in Philippians 2:17?
How to Enjoy the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19

Why Does Paul Put Anxiety and Prayer Together in Philippians 4:6?

      Life is full of anxiety.  There are a lot of books on how to deal with it.  But in chapter 27 of the Life-Study of Philippians Witness Lee shows that the scriptural remedy is actually found in Philippians 4:6-7:

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses every, man’s understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.                       Philippians 4:6-7

       
                                         

 It seems like anxiety and prayer are on two opposite poles; so what he says on page 231 really helped me:

The peace of God is actually God as peace (v. 9), infused into us through our fellowship with Him by prayer.  This peace is the counterpoise of troubles and the antidote to anxiety (John 16:33).  Bad news or difficult situations may cause us to worry or to be anxious.  We find the antidote to this anxiety when we pray….Then spontaneously, even unconsciously, the peace of God is transfused into our inner being….This transfused peace becomes the counterpoise of trouble and becomes the antidote to anxiety (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Philippians. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1980, Print).  

 We know that when we pray, peace that we didn’t formerly have suddenly fills our heart and it changes everything.  It may not, as he says, change the actual situation, but somehow we are at peace in it.  In this passage he says the Greek word for guard means mount guard over. This gives me the mental picture of God’s peace standing guard like a soldier over both our hearts and our thoughts in order keep us calm.  It's like God's peace has got us covered. 

Blog Update 5/6/14:   Here's a beautiful song from the CD  The Comfort Abounds called In Nothing Be Anxious.

Blog Update 5/22/14:  Check out the  new free book put out by Bibles for America called A Life of Forbearance But Without Anxiety. 

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What Does It Mean to Magnify Christ in Philippians 1:20-23?
How Does Religion, Philosophy & Culture Relate to Philippians 3:5-6?
Have You Ever Wondered What Gaining Christ is in Philippians 3:8?
Why Does Paul Put Anxiety and Prayer Together in Philippians 4:6?
What's Paul's Secret in Philippians 4:12?
What Does It Mean to Live Christ in Philippians 1:19-21?
From the Life-Study of Philippians:  What's the Theme of the Bible?
What is the Sacrifice of Faith in Philippians 2:17?

How to Enjoy the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19

Have You Ever Wondered What Gaining Christ is In Philippians 3:8?

   Food is a great picture of a lot of spiritual experiences.  And in Chapter 21 of the Life-Study of Philippians, Witness Lee gives a great illustration about food to help get what it means to gain and experience Christ. 

     Here’s the verses that bring this out:   But moreover I also count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the  loss of all things and count them as refuse that I may gain Christ... Philippians 3:8 

Here’s the illustration and the connection that he gives on page 172:

…Gaining Christ may be compared to buying groceries, and the experience of Christ may be compared to the eating of the food we have purchased and cooked. However, before we buy any groceries,  we must first have the excellency of the knowledge of the groceries…In like manner, Paul first received the excellency of the knowledge of  Christ.  Then he paid the price to gain Christ and be found in Him, and finally He experienced Christ and enjoyed Him…(Lee, Witness. Life Study of Philippians.  Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1980, Print).

    So here’s  my own application of this. This past year I heard and read some interesting stuff about quinoa.  It sounded amazing--it’s a complete protein, and  it’s a seed and not a starch like rice so it’s better for your body. You could say according to verse 8 I received the excellency of the knowledge of quinoa.  Then I went to Costco and bought a bag of it.  

      I knew I would need to Google some recipes with quinoa so that I could get my family to eat it, which in this illustration would be  experiencing  it.  So I made Mexican quinoa casserole, and I made a condiment platter of avocados, lettuce, tomatoes and onions and served it with beans.  Needless to say everyone enjoyed eating that quinoa casserole because it was delicious! So we all had the full experience of quinoa.

    So I guess this sentence on page 173 really wraps this up for me: “Our experience of Christ can never surpass the excellency of our knowledge of Christ.” His bottom line in this chapter is the more we SEE who Christ is, we'll be spontaneously infused with His worth and that’s what motivates us to count all other things loss and to pursue to gain and experience Christ.  

Blog update 11-9-17:  Here's a song from the New York City Young People's CD entitled Overcome!  This song is called Pursue Him and Know Him.

You can listen to excerpts from the Life-Study of Philippians given in 1980 on The Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee. The commentary is excellent.

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What is the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19?
What Does It Mean to Magnify Christ in Philippians 1:20-23?
How Does Religion, Philosophy & Culture Relate to Philippians 3:5-6?
Have You Ever Wondered What Gaining Christ is in Philippians 3:8?
Why Does Paul Put Anxiety and Prayer Together in Philippians 4:6?
What's Paul's Secret in Philippians 4:12?
What Does It Mean to Live Christ in Philippians 1:19-21?
From the Life-Study of Philippians: What's the Theme of the Bible?
What is the Sacrifice of Faith in Philippians 2:17?

How Does Religion, Philosophy & Culture Relate to Philippians 3:5-6?

    Religion, philosophy, and culture.  Can you see them in Philippians 3:5-6? Witness Lee says in chapter 18 of the Life- Study of Philippians that  these are the things Satan uses to frustrate people from knowing and experiencing Christ.   He then goes on to say religion, philosophy, and culture are not just things outside of us, but they are also deeply rooted within us.  We grow up in a culture that permeates us, and everything of that culture is based on different philosophies. I appreciated his insights on page 148:

"However, Paul realized that the things which truly frustrate people from experiencing Christ are mainly the things of religion, philosophy, and culture.  For the most part, the thoughtful, philosophical peoples are not preoccupied by material things...Before Paul was converted, he was not one who loved material things. On the contrary, he was a person fully given to Jewish religion, philosophy, and culture....The same is true, of course, for every people of every race, culture, and nationality….At the time the book of Philippians was written, most of the people in the Roman Empire were for religion, philosophy, or politics.  In fact, the three main elements of Western culture, then as well as now, were Jewish religion, Greek philosophy, and Roman politics" (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Philippians. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1980, Print). 

    Two sentences on page 147 in Chapter 18 made me stop and go wait a minute--“When we come to these verses, we come to the heart of this book. Here we are initiated into the experience of Christ.”  Then in verse 7-8 Paul goes on to say that  he counts all of these things loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ.  

    The Life-Study says that Paul's just counting his worldly possessions loss is to make these verses too superficial. He underscores that it's these three things that really hinder the building up of the Body of Christ. Because in Philippians Paul's burdened to show us  the experience of Christ is FOR the building up of the church.

You can listen to excerpts from the Life-Study of Philippians given in 1980 on The Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee. The commentary is excellent.

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What is the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit in Philippians 1:19?
What Does It Mean to Magnify Christ in Philippians 1:20-23?
How Does Religion, Philosophy & Culture Relate to Philippians 3:5-6?
Have You Ever Wondered What Gaining Christ is in Philippians 3:8?
Why Does Paul Put Anxiety and Prayer Together in Philippians 4:6?
What's Paul's Secret in Philippians 4:12?
What Does It Mean to Live Christ in Philippians 1:19-21?
From the Life-Study of Philippians: What's the Theme of the Bible?
What is the Sacrifice of Faith in Philippians 2:17?