We can only know Christ through spending time with Him - listening to Him and meditating on His words Joh 5:39 Joh 8:31.<p>The Power of His resurrection eliminates fear Heb 2:15. In this fearlessness we are able to testify of Him to every man and so come to experience rejection, hatred and persecution Mat 24:9.<p>Such knowledge, power and sacrifice makes us conformable unto His death. We are living sacrifices Rom 12:1.<p>The world that Paul lived in needed Him as such. The world that we live in is no different.<p>When we deny ourselves and share the Gospel of Christ Jesus we enter into a level of fellowship with Him that those who do not submit never experience.