The Nugget:
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
My Comment:
The life of Paul, considered alone, is sufficient to fully prove the validity and truth of Christianity. Paul surely knew what it meant to trust in Christ. He knew he could do all things through Christ. Paul wrote 13 books of the New Testament, 14 if you count Hebrews. Paul’s conversion was a most remarkable event in the history of Christianity. Yet I have read and heard some Christians demeaning Paul. Some are of the “Hebrew Roots Movement.” Now, it is fine to study the Hebrew roots of Christianity and the Bible. But some in the Hebrew Roots Movement are a name cult, a false cult. Stay away from them. At a Bible study they tried to prove to me that Paul or Saul was a heretical rabbi. Paul, they said, was a liar, because he could not keep his own conversion story straight. As to this last claim, I said differences in what was said of his conversion story hardly constitute contradictions or falsehood. He just told some things in one instance of telling of his conversion, and mentioned other details at another time. My wife pretty well stopped them in their tracks when she read to them Acts 9:15, “But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. [16] For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.” Very clearly, God himself (or the Lord Jesus Christ) chose Paul and appointed him to the ministry. Remember, when Paul wrote the book of Philippians, he was in jail!
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 1377 for Philippians 4:13.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 1397 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Philippians 4:13.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:
Philippians 4:13. can do. or, am strong for. Gr. ischuō (S#2480g). Ge 18:14. Nu 13:30. Jsh 17:13. 1 Ch 22:16. Jn *15:4, 5, 7. 2 C *3:4, 5. all. **FS171A, Ex +9:6. through Christ. Ge +*17:1. Jsh 14:12. 1 S 17:45. Ps 44:5. Is 40:29-31. *41:10. 45:24. Ho 14:8. Mt 11:30. 14:29. Lk 17:5. Jn +*5:19. 14:13. Ro 1:7. 1 C +**15:10. See on 2 C **12:9, 10. Ga *2:20. Ep *+3:16. 6:10. Col *1:11. 1 T +1:12. 2 T 1:8. He *13:21. strengtheneth. Gr. endunamoō (S#1743g, Ac 9:22). Ex 15:2. Dt 11:8. 31:23. *33:25. Jsh =17:17. Jg 1:19. 7:11. 1 S *2:4. *15:29. 2 S 22:30, 33. 1 Ch 16:28. *29:12. Ne 6:9. Ps +18:1. 27:1, 14. 43:2. 68:35. 71:16. 81:1. 84:5. 86:16. 89:17. Ps +*119:8, 28, 173. *138:3. Pr 10:29. Is *26:4. 45:24. Da 10:18. Zc 10:12. Hab 3:19. Zc 10:12. Ac 9:22. 1 C 16:13. 2 C 4:1. **12:9, 10. Ep *3:14-17. 2 T 2:1. 1 P 5:10. 1 J 2:14. Re 3:8.
ph 4.13 i can do all things through christ that strengtheneth me. i couldnt make it
without this promise. isa 41.10 is another favorite i love. fear th0u not; for iam with
thee; yea, be not dismayed; for i am thy god; i will strengthen thee; yea, i will help
thee; yea, i will uphold thee with the right hand of my righetousness. vs 13. for i the
lord thy god will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, fear not, i will help thee.
psm 71.16 i will go in the strength of the lord god; i will make mention of thy right
ousness, even of thine only. psm 46.1 god is our refuge and strenth, a very present
help in trouble. isa 40.31 but they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they
shall walk, and not faint. psm 28.7 the lord is my strength and my shield; my heart
trusted in him and i am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth and with my song
will i praise him. 28.8 the lord is their strength and he is the saving strength of his
anointed. psm 29.11 the lord will give strength to his people; the lord will blss his people with peace.
jn 15.5 i am the vine ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and i in him, the same
bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing. ii cor 12.9 my grace is
sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. most gladly therefore
will i rather glory in infirmities, that the power of christ may rest upon me. eph 3.16
that he would grant you,according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with
might by his spirit in the inner man. eph 6.10 finally brethren, be strong in the lord
and in the power of his might. rom 11.36 for of him, and through him, and to him,
are all things to whom be glory for ever . amen thank you jerry for ” standing on
the promises”