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PHILLIPIANS
Updated: June 19, 2007
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[C]2000-07 by Richard L Zorek
Phil 1:1: "Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Phillipi, with the bishops and deacons."
Paul could not have written these letters if he hadn't written out of the light within him. We should share our heart and what is real to us.
Phil 1:6: being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. If God began a good work in you, He will complete it.
Phil 1:9: And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, More knowlegde and depth of insight will make your love abound even more.
Phil 1:10: so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, And this love which will abound more will improve your discernment.
Phil 1: 13: As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. Paul was not ashamed and it was clear to all around why he was in chains. This may have touched many hearts.
Phil 1:18: But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, Don't worry about the motive. As long as Christ is preached.
Phil 1: 20: I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.Paul was not certain whether he would live or die....that didn't matter. Christ would be exalted.
Phil 1:21: For living is Christ to me, and death is gain. For Paul, Christ had been the beginning of life, for on that day on the Damascus road it was as if he had begun life all over again. Christ had been the continuing of life; there had never been a day when Paul had not lived in his presence, and the frightening moments Christ had been there to bid him be of good cheer (Acts 18:9-10), Christ was the end of life, for it was towards his eternal presence that life ever led. Christ was the inspiration of life; he was the dynamic of life.
Phil 1:22: If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! Paul does not know which he would choos, but God makes the choice, anyway. And God Keeps him around for awhile.
,u>Phil 1:23: For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better This should be the way we feel normally.
Phil 1:29: For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him, There is honor in suffering for Christ.
Phil 2: 11: and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. The church's earliest baptismal confession "Jesus Christ is Lord" was taken from here. A lord, sovereign, or God, for such is the meaning of kurios, is total owner and controller of us, and baptism means that God is now our Lord, our owner. Nothing can be withheld from Him.
Phil 2:13: For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure He creates the desire and the power.
Phil 2:17-18: "Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me." Paul believed that to live was Christ and to die was gain. If he lived he served the victorious Christ. If he died he went to paradise, and he did so in service to his Lord.
Phil 2:25-30: Yet I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and the one who ministered to my need; since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. For indeed he was sick almost unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. Therefore I sent him the more eagerly, that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful. Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such men in esteem; because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply what was lacking in your service toward me. There is something very moving in the sight of Paul, himself in prison and awaiting death, seeking to make things easier for Epaphroditus, when he was unexpectedly and unwillingly compelled to go home.
Phil 3:13-14: Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: (A)forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Paul out of passion. Passion is a necessity in the performance of Christian faith.
Phil 4:5: "Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand." "Moderation" in the Greek is a word meaning reasonableness. "The Lord is at hand" means, "The Lord is near (engus)," meaning He is near either in time or place. We must always live before God, governed by His law-word and manifesting a reasonable, conscientious, and God-governed life.
Phil 4:19: But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus The Lord has a storehoue of abundance with which to meet our every need.
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