There is something very full in the "excellency of the knowledge of Christ." It is the revelation of an object in heaven, one that man despised on earth; He it is who is there. He is there showing His perfect acceptance, saying the whole question of sin is settled, and here I am occupied with you. Do you know that Christ as a living Person in the glory as Paul did? Is your knowledge of Him the fruit of your intelligence merely, or is it in a God-given power beyond nature?
Is it Jesus you see there, who loved you and gave Himself for you, and allows your heart to be twined around Him as a person to be loved?