Knowing Christ: The Beauty that Drives Our Joyful Obedience
( Phil 3:8; Ezek 37:14, 34:23-24, 27; John 17:4, Heb 8:10-11, Matt 13:44, Ps 50:2, Is 33:17, Ps 27:4, Jer 31:12-15, Jn 17:5, Heb 12:2, Ps 40:7-8, Heb 10:7-9, 1 Jn 5:3, Matt 11:28-30 )
Paul wrote he counted the loss of all things as mere rubbish when compared to knowing Christ. In fact, he saw death as gain since it would bring him to Christ. Christians can live this way too as they grow in rightly knowing God which will lead to them to seeing and savoring His beauty.