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! Introduction
!!! Review of Last Week
!!! God’s Gym vs. the Worlds Gym ----you must have a membership card!
A. The worlds gym focuses on the outward, the flesh
B. God’s gym focuses on the inward, the spirit
C. The worlds gym will reap temporal things that will fade away
D. God’s gym will reap eternal benefits that will never fade away
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No pain, no gain—growing muscles vs. growing spirits
2. Spotter when working out—Jesus is our spotter
3. Push the wait upward
!!! I. To Work Out One’s Own Salvation With Fear & Trembling /v.12/
II.
To Work At Obedience—To Work Out the Stirring of God Within the Heart /v.13/
III.
To Work At Not Murmuring /v.14/
IV.
To Work At Being Pure /v.15/
a. Blameless/ v.15/
b. Harmless, sincere /v.15/
c. Without Fault /v.15/
V. To Work At Witnessing /v.16/
VI.
To Follow the Example of Sacrificial Labor /v.17-18/
This week I want to focus on the faithful example of others.
Nothing seems to challenge the human heart any more than the faithful example of others.
This passage gives us the dynamic of a young man who willingly served in second place, 2:19-24
/Verse 19/
!!! I. Bckgrd: Timothy-A Young Man Who Willingly Served In Second Place
A. Paul is deeply concerned about the Philippian church and its believers.
B. He loves them and he deeply longs to minister to them, this is the heart of a pastor.
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He wants to know their state condition, welfare (v.19)
2. He wants to care for them (v.20)
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But Paul is in prison; he cannot personally visit the church.
What can he do?
D. He does the next best thing, he plans to send his faithful companion and co-worker, Timothy
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.
(1 Corinthians 12:18 NKJV)
Serving in second place is a privilege.
The second man not only leads those under his responsibility, but he also contributes to the life & ministry of the first man.
A. An assistant is one who /backs up, undergirds and supports another/, one who /follows after another/.
B. The business of the assistant pastor is to /complete the task the Senior Pastor cannot/.
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An assistant pastor is one who is able to /take off on his own/ and able to /get things done/.
a. Look for things that need to be done & do them
D. Matt.6:5
–An assistant pastor /does not look for someone to pat him on the back/ or to /compliment him/.
/Verse 20/
!!! II.
He Had A Brotherly Spirit In Caring For Others
A. An assistant must have a servant’s heart.
If the heart is not right, nothing else will work right.
B. Jesus said that the greatest in the kingdom was the slave of all
C.
He also said that we must learn to be the servant of all, not to act like one but to be one
D. True servants act, talk, and think like servants.
E. Timothy cared for the church just as Paul cared for them, his heart /naturally cared for them/
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It was deep from within
2. It was genuine and sincere
3. It was the same kind of care that a genuine brother would have, a true concern
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Timothy was the only one who had the same kind of genuine interest in the Philippians that Paul had.
G. Timothy was like-minded with Paul, which means he had the mind of Christ and he was characterized by humility.
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2 Timothy 3:15—/From childhood, Timothy had known the Scriptures./
2. Acts 16:2—/As he grew up he was highly recommended by those who knew him best./
3. 1 Corinthians 4:17—/He was Paul’s beloved and faithful son in the Lord./
4. Romans 16:21—/Fellow worker./
5. 1 Thessalonians 3:2—/Brother and minister of God, & fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ./
Ask Jesus to give you the heart of a servant!
"And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
(Jeremiah 3:15 NKJV)
"I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking," says the LORD.
(Jeremiah 23:4 NKJV)
/Verse 21/
!!! III.
He Was Willing To Deny Himself-To Be Obsessed With The Things of Christ
A. Sometimes even well meaning believers put their own interest before those interest that belong to the work of God
B. Remember their were others who were seeking their own glory (1:15-18 cf. 2 Timothy 4:10,16), & willing to belittle Paul.
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They did not have the right motives in preaching the gospel
2. They preached the gospel out of envy & strife
3. Selfish ambitions, not sincerely wanting to add more affliction to Paul being in prison
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Timothy did not seek his own things, he denied himself, seeking the things of Christ.
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He wasn’t selfish – he did not live to make a good impression on others.
2. He was humble – thinking of others being more superior than himself.
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He thought about what others needed rather than upon what he needed.
4. He denied himself, took up his cross daily and followed the Lord Jesus Christ.
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He counted all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus his Lord
D. Timothy Followed Paul who followed Jesus Christ
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Do not look to the world for role models, you have the one’s to follow in Scripture.
2. We must make the right choices when choosing our friendships
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