We, like Paul, should resolve to know nothing except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified; and to count all former identities as dung and rubbish, as Paul did when he renounced his Jewish nationalism, his title as a Pharisee, and his tribal heritage saying: “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him” (Philippians 3:8-9).
