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Who's the Greatest?
Philippians 2.1-11
Paul challenges the Philippians to pursue “we” not “me” by putting away selfishness and empty conceit and with humility of mind looking out for one another.
Unity doesn’t just happen. It’s something that we have to pursue. Just like our own “knowing God more”, our walk down Torah Road. It takes intentionality. It takes practice. We will fail at it, but it’s not just about…
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God has been working
“For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:13 NASB, 1995)
“And that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” (Ephesians 4:23-24 NASB, 1995)
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One in Christ
1 If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. 3 Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, 4 each looking out not for his own interests, but [also] everyone for those of others.
5 Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,
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Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.
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Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
coming in human likeness;
and found human in appearance,
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he humbled himself,
becoming obedient to death,
even death on a cross.
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Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
that is above every name,
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that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
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and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Obedience and Service in the World
12 So then, my beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work. 14 Do everything without grumbling or questioning, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world, 16 as you hold on to the word of life, so that my boast for the day of Christ may be that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. 17 But, even if I am poured out as a libation upon the sacrificial service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with all of you. 18 In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.
Travel Plans of Paul and His Assistants
19 I hope, in the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be heartened by hearing news of you. 20 For I have no one comparable to him for genuine interest in whatever concerns you. 21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know his worth, how as a child with a father he served along with me in the cause of the gospel. 23 He it is, then, whom I hope to send as soon as I see how things go with me, 24 but I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon.
25 With regard to Epaphroditus, my brother and co-worker and fellow soldier, your messenger and minister in my need, I consider it necessary to send him to you. 26 For he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was ill. 27 He was indeed ill, close to death; but God had mercy on him, not just on him but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 I send him therefore with the greater eagerness, so that, on seeing him, you may rejoice again, and I may have less anxiety. 29 Welcome him then in the Lord with all joy and hold such people in esteem, 30 because for the sake of the work of Christ he came close to death, risking his life to make up for those services to me that you could not perform.
— Philippians 2 | New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE)
The New American Bible, Revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Cross References: Numbers 28:6-7; Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 16:11; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 49:4; Isaiah 50:5; Isaiah 52:13; Matthew 11:29; Matthew 13:5; Mark 9:14; Luke 2:14; John 1:1; John 3:29; John 13:13-14; Acts 16:1,2 and 3; Romans 15:1; Romans 15:5; Romans 16:2; 1 Corinthians 10:24; Philippians 3:1; Philippians 4:3; Philippians 4:10; Colossians 3:12; Philemon 1:22; Hebrews 5:9; Revelation 5:3
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“that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,”
Philippians 2:15
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Church notes - April 2024
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Raising Up Righteous Reinforcements
19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20 For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. 21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel. 23 I hope therefore to send him just as…
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REMARKABLE RESOLUTIONS
The Two Books explores the Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards and the Power of God to accomplish them in our own lives as He perfectly ordains.
The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards and the Power of God to Accomplish them as He Ordains
There is no doubt that Jonathan Edwards was a remarkable young man even among his contemporaries – and all the more when contrasted with today’s average teenager. Though coined near the turn of the century, it wasn’t until the postwar boom of the 1940s that the term “teenager” entered common use. Today,…
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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather in HUMILITY VALUE OTHERS ABOVE YOURSELVES, not looking to your own interest but each of you to the INTEREST of the OTHERS. Ph 2:3-4
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Rejoice instead of Complain (Philippians 2:14-18, 3:1-4a)
Complaining and rejoicing cannot come out of the same mouth at the same time. The two of them mix about as well as toasters and bathtubs.
Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on…
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Philippians 2:12-13 | ¹² Therefore, my beloved, just
as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence
but now even more in my absence, continue to work
out your salvation with fear & trembling. ¹³ For it
is GOD who works in you to will & to act on behalf of
HIS good purpose.
Charles John Ellicott, Theologian [1749-1905] | Philippians 2:12-30
5. Exhortation & Commendation
[1] EXHORTATION TO WORK OUT THEIR SALVATION
through the in working of GOD, & so to be lights
in the world, & the glory of the Apostle, even in
the hour of martyrdom [v.12-18]
[2] PAUL’S INTENTION TO SEND TIMOTHY, AND HOPE
TO COME HIMSELF SHORTLY [v.19-24]
[3] PRESENT MISSION OF EPAPHRODITUS, now
recovered from his late sickness, & strong
commendation of his zeal [v.25-30]
[12-18] By the word “wherefore” Paul connects
this exhortation with the great passage above.
For the main idea is here of the presence of GOD in
them, working glory thru a condition of humiliation,
on condition of their fellow-working with HIM; so
they shall appear as the “sons of GOD” & as “lights
in the world.”
In all this there is clearly the imperfect but true like
-ness of the indwelling of GODhead in our LORD’s
humanity, exalting it thru the two-fold humiliation
to the unspeakable glory.
[12] As ye have always obeyed—It is notable this
Epistle is the only one which contains no direct
rebuke.
The Philippian Church has the glory of having “always
obeyed,” not [like Galatian Church] “as in HIS presence
only, but now much more in HIS absence.”
This “obedience” was to the will of GOD as set forth
by HIM; in referring to it, there is an allusion to the
“obedience” of CHRIST [v.8]; hence their obedience
includes also that willingness to suffer which HE
HIMSELF has shown.
[Philippians 1:29-30]
To this, perhaps, there is a further allusion in the
“fear & trembling” spoken of below.
[See 2 Corinthians 7:15; Ephesians 6:5]
Work out your own salvation—To “work out” is to carry
out to completion what is begun [per Ephesians 6:13]
This is the function of man, as fellow-worker with GOD
first in HIS OWN soul, & then among HIS brethren.
GOD is the “beginner & perfecter” of every “good work”
[see Philippians 1:6]; man’s co-operation is secondary &
intermediate.
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Walking Torah Road
Philippians 2.12-30
Unity requires that we as individuals, work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Out and not for. We are saved (justified) by grace through faith. Period. We are also to work out our salvation (sanctification). We are to walk in obedience. To let our lights shine. To follow Torah Road. The good news is…God gives us both the will and the ability to do so. It is a divine…
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Isaiah 50: The Obedient Servant
The third Servant Song describes Messiah as one who trusts and relies completely on God, and knows with conviction that He will be vindicated.
That is every Christian's calling and grace.
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In the third Servant Song, Isaiah prophesied about the Messiah as both a scholar and as a willing sufferer in complete submission to the Father’s will, as the pioneer and perfecter of faith.
Perfect Faith
The Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced;therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame; he who vindicates me is near.Who will…
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Fill Up My Joy By Being United In Love And Humility
1 If then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any deep-feelings and compassions, 2 fill-up my joy, which is that you be thinking the same thing, having the same love, united-in-spirit, thinking the one thing, 3 doing nothing based-on selfish-interest nor based on conceit, but with humble-mindedness regarding one another as surpassing yourselves; 4 not each looking-out-for your own things, but also each the things of others.
Think And Behave Like Christ Did
5 Be thinking this in you, which also was in Christ Jesus— 6 Who, while being in the form of God, did not regard the being equal with God a thing-to-be-grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, having taken the form of a slave, having come in the likeness of humans. And having been found as a man in outward-appearance, 8 He humbled Himself, having become obedient to the point of death— and a death of a cross! 9 Therefore God also highly-exalted Him, and granted Him the name above every name 10 in-order-that every knee should bow at the name of Jesus— of heavenly ones and earthly ones and ones under-the-earth— 11 and every tongue should confess-out that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Work Out Your Salvation As Shining Lights In The World, Holding Out The Word of Life
12 So then my beloved, just as you always obeyed— not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence— be working-out your salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For God is the One working in you both the wanting and the working, for His good-pleasure. 14 Be doing all things without grumblings and arguments 15 in-order-that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without-blemish amidst a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you are shining as lights in the world, 16 holding-out the word of life— for a boast for me in the day of Christ that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain!
But Let Us Rejoice Together No Matter What Happens To Me
17 But if I even am being poured-out upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am rejoicing [over it], and rejoicing-with you all. 18 And you also be rejoicing the same way, and be rejoicing-with me.
I Am Hoping To Send Timothy To You, And To Come Soon Myself
19 Now I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon in order that I also may be cheered, having come-to-know the things concerning you. 20 For I have no one likeminded who will genuinely be concerned-about the things concerning you. 21 For the ones all are seeking their own things, not the things of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know his approvedness, because he served with me for the good-news as a child with a father. 23 So indeed I am hoping to send this one at-once, whenever I see the things with-respect-to me. 24 And I am confident in the Lord that I myself also will come soon.
I Sent Back Epaphroditus, Your Precious Servant To My Need. Rejoice In Him.
25 But I regarded it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus— my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your delegate and minister of my need— 26 because he was yearning-for you all, and was being distressed because you heard that he was sick. 27 For indeed he was sick nearly to death. But God had-mercy-on him— and not him only, but also me, in order that I should not have grief upon grief. 28 Therefore I sent him more-eagerly, in order that having seen him again you may rejoice, and I may be less-grieved. 29 So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and be holding such ones precious, 30 because he drew-near to the point of death for the sake of the work of Christ— having risked his life in order that he might fill-up your lack of service to me.
— Philippians 2 | Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT)
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
Cross References: Numbers 28:6-7; Deuteronomy 32:5; 2 Chronicles 30:12; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 50:5; Matthew 13:5; John 1:1; John 3:29; John 13:16; John 17:11; Acts 16:1-2 and 3; Romans 2:8; Romans 14:9; Romans 15:1; Romans 15:5; 1 Corinthians 10:24; 1 Corinthians 16:18; 2 Corinthians 7:15; Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:6; Philippians 1:25; Philippians 3:1; Philippians 4:10; Colossians 3:12; 1 Peter 4:9; Revelation 5:3
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Church notes - 17th March 2024
17th
Philippians 2:1 - 4
Communion
Luke 4:17 - 21
1 Corinthians 11:23 - 27
Sermon
Philippians 3:1 - 11
Vs 1
Filled with joy.
vs 2
Analogy
Proving Marriage
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A new name
A new female
Vows before God
A relationship with each other
Proving as a Christian
Grew up in Church
Baptised
But, even the Devil himself believes in God.
And a professor in Theology doesn't believe that Jesus is the Son.
vs 3 - 6
Paul's credentials
A Jew
A member of the tribe of Benjamin
A Pharisee
He persecuted the Church
He was faultless by the Law
vs 7 - 9
Is knowing Jesus the greatest thing in your life?
Is Jesus all you want?
Paul knew he was a Christian because he had put his faith in Jesus.
Bank Statement
Debt | Credit
SIN . | (The Cross)
Sins of commission - what is done
Sins of omission - what is not done.
Debt is wiped out because of what Jesus has done on the Cross. Jesus lived a Holy life. He never sinned. That is why He paid the price.
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The Lost Virtue of Humility
There is an idea going around in our culture that pursuing what is right for me as an individual is the greatest good. I ought to make decisions based on what I consider to be best for myself. I can do and be anything I want as long as it makes me happy.
But if this a sound idea, why do we find a trail of destruction in its wake?
Broken hearts. Shattered childhoods. Dysfunctional families. (To…
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