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PhilippiansPhilippians

Joy Above the FrayJoy Above the Fray

Thanks for the gifts & Thanks for the gifts & aidaid

Philippians 4: 14-20Philippians 4: 14-20

* in chains or * in chains or defending/confirming defending/confirming the the GospelGospel* with false or true motives* with false or true motives* by life or by death* by life or by death* see you or hear about you* see you or hear about you* well fed or hungry* well fed or hungry* in plenty or in need* in plenty or in need

Philippians 1: 7, 1: 18, 1: 20, 1:27, 4: Philippians 1: 7, 1: 18, 1: 20, 1:27, 4: 1212

Whether…

* God is working for the good* God is working for the good

* salvation, eternal life* salvation, eternal life

* Christ has overcome the world* Christ has overcome the world

Joy…

Romans 8: 28

I Peter 1: 3-9

John 16: 33

““What has happened What has happened to all your joy?”to all your joy?”

Galatians 4: 15Galatians 4: 15

Worries of this lifeWorries of this lifeDeceitfulness of wealthDeceitfulness of wealth

Matthew 13: 22Matthew 13: 22

Joy & ContentmentJoy & Contentment

Proverbs 19: 23Proverbs 19: 23

Joy from PrisonJoy from Prison

Philippians 1: 1-11Philippians 1: 1-11

Completing the good Completing the good workwork

Philippians 1: 6Philippians 1: 6

“…“…mature and mature and complete, not lacking complete, not lacking

anything…”anything…”James 1: 2-4James 1: 2-4

Whatever the cost

Love growing in Love growing in knowledgeknowledge

Philippians 1: 9-11Philippians 1: 9-11

DiscernmentPurity & blamelessnessRighteousness

The The good good through the chainsthrough the chains

Philippians 1: 7-8, 12-14Philippians 1: 7-8, 12-14

Whether in chains or defending & confirming the Gospel

Chains advance the Gospel- palace guard- courageous speaking

Perfect MessagePerfect MessageImperfect MessengersImperfect Messengers

Philippians 1: 15-18Philippians 1: 15-18

““Indeed, we are all in Indeed, we are all in perilperil

if the flawed messengerif the flawed messengerinvalidates the invalidates the

message.”message.”

Philip YanceyPhilip Yancey

Soul SurvivorSoul Survivor

“…“…whether by life or by whether by life or by death…”death…”

Philippians 1: 18-27Philippians 1: 18-27Whether in chains or Whether in chains or

defending and confirming the defending and confirming the GospelGospel

1: 71: 7

Served to advance the GospelServed to advance the Gospel1: 1: 1212Will turn out for my deliveranceWill turn out for my deliverance1: 1: 1919

“…“…whether by life or by whether by life or by death…”death…”

Philippians 1: 18-27Philippians 1: 18-27

““To live is ChristTo live is Christand to die is gain.”and to die is gain.”

1: 1: 2121

““I desire to depart and I desire to depart and be with Christ…”be with Christ…”

Philippians 1: 23Philippians 1: 23

““absent from the body, absent from the body,

present with Christ…”present with Christ…”II Corinthians 5: 6-8II Corinthians 5: 6-8

Paul’s earthly missionPaul’s earthly mission

Philippians 1: 20-27Philippians 1: 20-27

Life = fruitful laborLife = fruitful laborFor your For your

progressprogress Joy in the faith Joy in the faith

Whatever happens…Whatever happens…

Philippians 1: 27Philippians 1: 27

You You knowknow how to act how to act

“What is that to you? You follow Me.”

If worthy of the Gospel…If worthy of the Gospel…

Philippians 1: 27-28Philippians 1: 27-28

One spiritOne spiritOne manOne manNo fearNo fear

Salvation or destructionSalvation or destruction

For it has been For it has been granted…granted…

Philippians 1: 29-30Philippians 1: 29-30

The fellowship of sufferingThe fellowship of suffering

Philippians 3: 10Philippians 3: 10

I Peter 4: 12-13I Peter 4: 12-13

I Peter 5: 8-9I Peter 5: 8-9

If knowing Christ has If knowing Christ has changed you in changed you in ANYANY way, way,

then…then…

Philippians 2: 1-5Philippians 2: 1-5

EncouragementEncouragement ComfortComfortFellowshipFellowship Tenderness Tenderness & & Compassion Compassion

If disunity & selfishness is If disunity & selfishness is displayed by an individual, displayed by an individual, class, or church, then…?class, or church, then…?

Philippians 2: 1-5Philippians 2: 1-5

The Holy Spirit drives us The Holy Spirit drives us toward:toward:

Unity in communityUnity in communitySelflessnessSelflessness

Benefit of othersBenefit of others

Philippians 2: 1-5Philippians 2: 1-5

““Your attitude should be Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ the same as that of Christ

Jesus:Jesus:Who…”Who…”

Philippians 2: 5-11Philippians 2: 5-11

“To whom will you compare me?

Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.”

Philippians 2: 6Philippians 2: 6

Isaiah 40: 25Isaiah 40: 25

“…equality with God…”

“I will make myself like the Most High.”

satan’s lifelong liesatan’s lifelong lie

Isaiah 14: 14Isaiah 14: 14

“You will be like God.”

Oppose God – exalt himself over God

Set himself up in God’s templeProclaim himself to be God

II Thessalonians 2: 4II Thessalonians 2: 4

Willfully:Willfully:* made Himself nothing* made Himself nothing

* nature of a servant* nature of a servant* likeness of a human* likeness of a human

Philippians 2: 7Philippians 2: 7

Humbled unto death;Humbled unto death;even death on a crosseven death on a cross

Philippians 2: 8Philippians 2: 8

““Greater love has no man than Greater love has no man than this…”this…”

Mark 10: 42-45Mark 10: 42-45

Deuteronomy 21: 22-Deuteronomy 21: 22-2323

Since He lowered Himself Since He lowered Himself lower than all men;lower than all men;

“Therefore God exalted “Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place.”Him to the highest place.”

Philippians 2: 9Philippians 2: 9

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us…”…”

“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Matthew 23: 12Matthew 23: 12

James 4: 10James 4: 10

I Peter 5: 6I Peter 5: 6

“For whoever exalts himself will be humbled,

and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

“I am God, and there is no other.”

Philippians 2: 10-11Philippians 2: 10-11

Isaiah 45: 22-25Isaiah 45: 22-25

Every kneeEvery tongue

“They will look on me, the one they have pierced.”

Philippians 2: 10-11Philippians 2: 10-11

Zechariah 12: 10Zechariah 12: 10

Zechariah 14: 1-9Zechariah 14: 1-9

Every kneeEvery tongue

““continue to work out your continue to work out your salvation with fear and salvation with fear and

trembling…”trembling…”

Philippians 2: 12-13Philippians 2: 12-13

Ephesians 2: 8-10Ephesians 2: 8-10

““continue to work out your continue to work out your salvation with fear and salvation with fear and

trembling…”trembling…”

GreekGreek

Work outWork out – complete, finish, – complete, finish, accomplishaccomplish

FearFear – terror, exceedingly afraid – terror, exceedingly afraid

TremblingTrembling – quaking with fear – quaking with fear

Philippians 2: 12-13Philippians 2: 12-13

““continue to work out your continue to work out your salvation with fear and salvation with fear and

trembling…”trembling…”

Philippians 2: 12-13Philippians 2: 12-13

Salvation is not the Salvation is not the endend of all of all things; it is the things; it is the beginningbeginning of all of all

thingsthings

No complainingNo complainingNo arguingNo arguing

Blameless & pureBlameless & pureWithout faultWithout fault

Philippians 2: 14-18Philippians 2: 14-18

““poured out like a drink poured out like a drink offering…”offering…”

based on what?based on what?

Philippians 2: 17-18Philippians 2: 17-18

Exodus 29: 38-Exodus 29: 38-4343

Timothy – Timothy – “I have no one else like him”“I have no one else like him”

Epaphroditus – Epaphroditus – “my brother, fellow worker “my brother, fellow worker

and fellow soldier”and fellow soldier”

Philippians 2: 19-30Philippians 2: 19-30

REJOICE!REJOICE!

Repetition = safeguardRepetition = safeguard

Philippians 3: 1Philippians 3: 1

The Perfect JewThe Perfect Jew- circumcised on 8- circumcised on 8thth day day- Israelite- Israelite- Tribe of Benjamin- Tribe of Benjamin- Jew of Jews- Jew of Jews- regarding the law? Pharisee- regarding the law? Pharisee- zeal? Persecutor of the church- zeal? Persecutor of the church- legalistic righteousness? - legalistic righteousness? faultlessfaultless

Philippians 3: 2-6Philippians 3: 2-6

consider everything a consider everything a losslossconsider them consider them rubbishrubbish

Philippians 3: 7-9Philippians 3: 7-9

“…that I may gain Christ...”

““I want to I want to knowknow…”…”

Philippians 3: 10-11Philippians 3: 10-11

become like Himattain resurrection

ChristChristPower of His resurrectionPower of His resurrection

Fellowship of sharing in His Fellowship of sharing in His sufferingsuffering

““I want to I want to knowknow…”…”

Philippians 3: 10-11Philippians 3: 10-11““But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.” 1 Peter 4:13

Fellowship of sharing in His Fellowship of sharing in His sufferingsuffering

““For whatever reason God For whatever reason God chose to make man as he is—chose to make man as he is—limited and suffering and limited and suffering and subject to sorrows and death—subject to sorrows and death—He had the honesty and the He had the honesty and the courage to take His own courage to take His own medicine. medicine. Whatever game He is playing Whatever game He is playing with His creation, He has kept with His creation, He has kept His own rules and played fair. His own rules and played fair.

He can exact nothing from man He can exact nothing from man that He has not exacted from that He has not exacted from Himself. He has Himself gone Himself. He has Himself gone through the whole of human through the whole of human experience, experience, from the trivial irritations of from the trivial irritations of family life and the cramping family life and the cramping restrictions of hard work and restrictions of hard work and lack of money to the worst lack of money to the worst horrors of pain and humiliation, horrors of pain and humiliation, defeat, despair, defeat, despair, and death.and death.

When He was a man, When He was a man, He played the man. He played the man. He was born in poverty He was born in poverty and died in disgrace and died in disgrace and thought it well worthwhile.”and thought it well worthwhile.”

Dorothy Sayers

““[The Bible] rarely, or [The Bible] rarely, or ambiguously, answers the ambiguously, answers the backward-looking question backward-looking question “Why?” “Why?” Instead, it raises the very Instead, it raises the very different, forward-looking different, forward-looking question, question, “To what end?” “To what end?”

Philip Yancey

I haven’t obtained all thisI haven’t obtained all thisI haven’t been made I haven’t been made perfectperfectI haven’t taken hold of itI haven’t taken hold of it

Philippians 3: 12-16Philippians 3: 12-16

“…that for which Jesus took hold of me...”

Acts 9: 15-16; 23:11; 26: 12-18Acts 9: 15-16; 23:11; 26: 12-18

““forgetting what is behindforgetting what is behindstraining toward what is straining toward what is ahead”ahead”

Philippians 3: 12-16Philippians 3: 12-16

Philippians 3: 4-6Philippians 3: 4-6

Acts 22: 3-5; 26: 9-11 Acts 22: 3-5; 26: 9-11

Galatians 1: 13-14Galatians 1: 13-14

I Timothy 1: 15-16I Timothy 1: 15-16

““Only let [me] live up to Only let [me] live up to what what

[I] have already obtained”[I] have already obtained”

Philippians 3: 16Philippians 3: 16

Follow my exampleFollow my example

(really?)(really?)

Philippians 3: 17Philippians 3: 17

“Follow my example as I follow the example of Christ.”

I Corinthians 11: 1I Corinthians 11: 1

Earthly citizensEarthly citizensHeavenly citizensHeavenly citizens

Philippians 3: 18 - 4: 1Philippians 3: 18 - 4: 1

“This world is not my home,I’m just passin’ through”

Hey, ladies, Hey, ladies, quit arguing and get back quit arguing and get back

to contending for the to contending for the Gospel!Gospel!

Philippians 4: 2-3Philippians 4: 2-3

Rejoice in the Lord most of the time.

I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to

almost everyone. The Lord is near.

Do not be anxious about most things, but in almost everything,

by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your

requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends most

understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ

Jesus.Philippians 4: 4-7Philippians 4: 4-7

Gentleness – Gentleness – something just beyond something just beyond

justicejustice

Philippians 4: 4-7Philippians 4: 4-7

Galatians 6:1Galatians 6:1

Anxious about Anxious about nothingnothingbut in but in everythingeverything

PRAYPRAYPETITIONPETITION

with thanksgivingwith thanksgiving

Philippians 4: 4-7Philippians 4: 4-7

And His peace protects usAnd His peace protects usfrom anxietyfrom anxiety

Philippians 4: 4-7Philippians 4: 4-7

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you”

True, noble, right, pure, True, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, lovely, admirable,

excellent, praiseworthyexcellent, praiseworthy

Philippians 4: 8-9Philippians 4: 8-9

“Every good and perfect gift is from above…”

True, noble, right, pure, True, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, lovely, admirable,

excellent, praiseworthyexcellent, praiseworthy

II Timothy 3: 1-5II Timothy 3: 1-5

Lies, base, wrong, filthy, Lies, base, wrong, filthy, ugly, repulsive, inferior, ugly, repulsive, inferior,

dishonorabledishonorable

I rejoice over your I rejoice over your concern, your giftsconcern, your gifts

Philippians 4: 10-20Philippians 4: 10-20

“God will meet all your needs…”

Colossians 1: 16-17Colossians 1: 16-17

ContentmentContentmentin need, in plentyin need, in plenty

Philippians 4: 11-13Philippians 4: 11-13

“I can do all things through Christ…”

Godliness with Godliness with ContentmentContentment

I Timothy 6: 6-10I Timothy 6: 6-10

“”Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content

with what you have…”

Hebrews 13: 5Hebrews 13: 5

Joy Above the FrayJoy Above the Fray

Philippians 4: 21-23Philippians 4: 21-23

The saints of Caesar’s household

* in chains or * in chains or defending/confirming defending/confirming the the GospelGospel* with false or true motives* with false or true motives* by life or by death* by life or by death* see you or hear about you* see you or hear about you* well fed or hungry* well fed or hungry* in plenty or in need* in plenty or in need

Joy Above the FrayJoy Above the Fray

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