The Gospel is Advancing, Will you go joyfully?

Philippians 1:12-18.

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Introduction

10,000 Sermon Illustrations (The Boy Scout) The Boy Scout

A noted brain surgeon, Dr. Bronson Ray, was taking a stroll when he saw a boy on a scooter smash headfirst into a tree. Realizing that the boy was seriously injured, the doctor told a bystander to call an ambulance. As he proceeded to administer first aid, a boy not much older than the injured one nudged through the crowd that had gathered and said to Dr. Ray, “I’d better take over now, sir. I’m a Boy Scout and I know first aid,”

Don’t you wish you had that type of confidence? I would freak out

In our passage today we will be seeing that Paul is incredibly confident in one thing. That no matter his circumstance, no matter those who are actively trying to go against Him, he is confident that the gospel is advancing in his circumstance.

Philippians 1:12–18 “I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice.

Pray

Context

All the things

Use your circumstance to spread the gospel. V. 12-14

Look at Paul

Illustration

Application

What is your circumstance?

Who are the people in your group that do not know or have a relationship with Jesus?

Have a Proper heart in sharing the gospel. V.15-17

Rejoice when the gospel is shared V.18

Small Group Questions

Where do you think the gospel needs to go to the most?

How can you help the gospel get there?

Who is one person you need to share the gospel with this week?