{"id":1259,"date":"2021-01-08T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christiancompositions.com\/blog\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2021-01-08T14:33:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:33:15","slug":"new-song-that-i-may-know-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christiancompositions.com\/blog\/new-song-that-i-may-know-him\/","title":{"rendered":"New Song – That I May Know Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was asked a few weeks ago if I would consider writing a song on the phrase, “That I May Know Him.<\/em>”\u00a0 This is from a beautiful, and familiar, passage of Scripture.<\/p>\n

“But what things were gain to me,
\nthose I counted loss for Christ.
\nYea doubtless, and I count all things but loss
\nfor the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord:
\nfor whom I have suffered the loss of all things,
\nand do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
\nAnd be found in him, not having mine own righteousness,
\nwhich is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
\nThat I may know him, and the power of his resurrection,
\nand the fellowship of his sufferings,
\nbeing made conformable unto his death;”
\n(Phil. 2:7-10)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I began to read this passage and the surrounding chapters, and to pray about writing a song on this thought. What an amazing privilege we have to know Christ! Paul, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, so eloquently expressed his greatest desire and aspiration – to know Christ more fully. Everything else in his life paled in comparison.<\/p>\n

We see in Philippians chapter two that Jesus Christ was willing to humble Himself, to be a man, to be a servant, to be our sacrifice. Why? That I may know Him.<\/p>\n

In chapter three, we see that Paul, because of all that Christ had done for him, was also willing to lay aside his previous attainments, his personal aspirations and desires, even his freedoms and comforts. Why? In his words, “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.”<\/p>\n

I have tried to convey, in musical form, these thoughts. The hymn-style sheet music<\/a> is now available.
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\nI pray that this song will encourage each of us to consider all that Christ has done for us, and to desire, as Paul did, “that I may know Him.”<\/p>\n