Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness… For this very reason, make every effort…

—2 Peter 1.3,5

For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.

—Colossians 1.28

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in…because we’re responding

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in…because we’re responding

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

Beware of the least sin against conscience. The heart, at first being tender, will endure nothing, but the least sin will trouble it. Just as water, when it begins to freeze, will not carry anything, not even the weight of a pin. But after a while it freezes and will bear the weight of a cart.

Even so, at the beginning the heart, being tender, trembles at the least sin and will not bear with any one; but when it once gives way to sins against conscience, it becomes so frozen that it can endure any sin, and so becomes more and more hard. —Richard Sibbes, The Tender Heart

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in…because we’re responding…to a God who enjoys doing this

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in…because we’re responding…to a God who enjoys doing this

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We live out by shining in the world (v14-16)

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in…because we’re responding…to a God who enjoys doing this

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We live out by shining in the world (v14-16) …we live in the world

Not really in the world at all…

Simeon Stylites (c388-459)

Anthony the Great (c251-356)

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in…because we’re responding…to a God who enjoys doing this

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We live out by shining in the world (v14-16) …we live in the world

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in…because we’re responding…to a God who enjoys doing this

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We live out by shining in the world (v14-16) …we live in the world …without self-centred grumbling

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in…because we’re responding…to a God who enjoys doing this

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We live out by shining in the world (v14-16) …we live in the world …without self-centred grumbling …because we’re centred on Jesus

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in…because we’re responding…to a God who enjoys doing this

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We live out by shining in the world (v14-16) …we live in the world …without self-centred grumbling …because we’re centred on Jesus …we shine as children of God

We work out what God has worked in (v12-13)…we work out obediently…what God has worked in…because we’re responding…to a God who enjoys doing this

Work out what God has worked inPhilippians 2.12-16

We live out by shining in the world (v14-16) …we live in the world …without self-centred grumbling …because we’re centred on Jesus …we shine as children of God …because we’re doing what God does