In Bondage and Chains

15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

To All the Saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi 1:14-16

It appears as such a strange thing here as this . Just maybe you have seen a lot of strange things in your life. It seems at times like these it is all a part of the natural human condition. Some are just borne into tragic situations or issues and others find themselves running into them later. Perhaps if man had not fallen from his own original condition, the earth too would not be half hardly broken, engaged in it is own perpetual struggle, a fight against people. Then again, in case you have not heard it just yet, all creation groans also for its own release from bondage though hopefully not as long as supposed. It has had to wait an awful long time in the being it seems. Adam too by his disorder did quite a number here on the earth and Eve with the serpent with their differing levels of spiritual growth had not helped matters hardly from here. There were reasons though for my telling you aside from ascribing some original fault in condition. Paul here had faced a similar issue. Sometimes it helps when you were going through something like this to know of others also who have had to struggle as well. Then too, it does not help some people half as much, not when it is become a contest and stuff. In times like these, you were better off it seems making plans of a sort for the running out of the issue. Paul here though as we would been speaking had not any sort of these options open and ready, available too at disposal. It seems then he had a bounty on his head, for those who would hunt him much later, all in the name of seeking the Lord. Nor did he want above all else to be heard very much , for everyone to follow him, or even in starting his own personal religion. I would understand very much the authorities wanting to shut all that stuff down. Then at times such as these you were tempted in finding fault with the Lord as a person. That is where the issue comes into being as some are out there preaching Christ as a person. Some have seen him very much as being the Lord. Still others know he is good of a sort no matter what comes it is supposed, regardless of Pauls bonds on him rather whether or not they were plainly so visible. Then again, some were in the habit of seeing the situation turn out for good in the hands of the Lord. Others though had grown bitter and missing, as they blamed Christ and his people as though some fault were there in the issue. Still others though wished to find fault with Paul also, using his absence as merely an excuse for running the church. Still others though knew that even this would turn out for some benefit to be had in affliction though not seeing any just yet of this stuff. Given all this abundant perspective, is it any wonder the little church there was not just left for the wolves but that is what happens when you behold Christ as a person. Then again, it is about time you were seeing his glory as ones who would eventually be meeting up with him later. Small wonder then the issue was not to be found with Christ and his clothes nor even the putting on of immortality as much as supposed. Probably then a good thing this seeing Christ as a Savior and also his people.