ACC ~ Philippians 3 v10a

THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION KNOWN THROUGH FAITH. CHRYSOSTOM: Knowledge therefore comes through faith, and without faith there is no knowledge. How so? It is only through faith that we know the power of his resurrection. For what reasoning could demonstrate the resurrection to us? None, but it is through faith. And if the resurrection of Christ in the flesh is known through faith, how can the nativity of the Word be comprehended by reason? For the resurrection is far more plausible to reason than the virgin birth. HOMILY ON PHILIPPIANS 12.3.10-11.

KNOWING THE BAPTISMAL CONFESSION THROUGH FAITH. THEODORET: To know “the power of his resurrection” means to know through faith that he is the God and Maker of all, he assumed our nature, he effected our salvation, and he was raised again in the body that he had taken as he conceived the common salvation of all humanity. To know “the power of his resurrection” is to know the purpose of his resurrection. EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 3.9-10.

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