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TURN to PHIL… CH. 2… V19

((19-30 TODAY))

OPEN W/ SCRIPTURE READING:

(T) THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITES,

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PASSAGE READING: PHIL. 2:19-30

Philippians 2:19–30 (ESV)

19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you.

20 For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.

21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.

23 I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me,

24 and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.

25 I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need,

26 for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.

27 Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

28 I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.

29 So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men,

30 for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.

OPEN in PRAYER....

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INTRO: "SHOW ME/GIVE ME EXAMPLE”

THEY SAY THAT PEOPLE LEARN THROUGH:

HEARING

SEEING

DOING

DISADVANTAGES to SERMONS

ANYONE ELSE VISUAL LEARNERS? YOU LIKE to SEE THINGS/HAVE EXAMPLES?

FIXING THINGS VIA YOUTUBE… BEING SHOWN RATHER THAN TOLD.

RECENTLY WORKING on CAR: INVISIBLE CAR PART…CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR

“SHOW ME”

I CAN’T

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SOMETHING FASCINATING— IN LIFE… YOU CAN LEARN FROM PEOPLE’S EXAMPLES…

1 Corinthians 11:1 (ESV)

1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

NEED:

ONE of the REASONS WE NEED THIS TEXT TODAY...

IT WILL SHOW US EXAMPLES of SOME LIVES WORTH EMULATING...

LIVE OUT PAUL’S TEACHING...

TRULY SOME LIVES PREACH BETTER THAN a SERMON EVER DOES...

**MAY WE BE THESE PEOPLE

** && LEARN FROM THESE PEOPLE...

(T) BUT BEFORE WE DIVE IN…QUICK RECAP:

IT WILL SHOW US to SOME DEGREE— WHAT it LOOKS LIKE to LIVE OUT PAUL’S TEACHING THUS FAR...

(T) BUT BEFORE WE DIVE IN THIS MORNING, I WANT TO OFFER A SHORT RECAP FOR THOSE WHO WEREN’T HERE LAST WEEK:

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RECAP: “SHINE BRIGHT”

Last Wk:

FINISHED SECTION of ETHICAL TEACHING (1:27-2:18)

WALKING WORTHY

LIVING W/ HUMILITY

WORKING OUT SALVATION

LAST WK: FINAL: AVOIDING COMPLAINING & ARGUING = ONE WAY to SHINE a LIGHT

WORLD = CROOKED & TWISTED...

WE CAN SHOWCASE WE’RE CHILDREN of GOD—SMALL WAYS LIKE THIS...

WHILE HOLDING ONTO: WORD of LIFE...

(T) AND SO, NOW, PAUL HAS BRIEFLY FINISHED HIS MAIN EXHORTATIONS

NOW HE’LL GIVE EXAMPLES—CHRISTLIKENESS, HUMILITY… ASIDE from JESUS HIMSELF...

TURN & LOOK @ V 19...

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PREACHING PASSAGE: PHIL. 2:19-30

THOUGHT 1: PAUL’S DESIRE TO SEND TIMOTHY (V19)

Philippians 2:19–30 (ESV)

19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you.

REMEMBER PAUL’S BEEN TALKING ABOUT the FUTURE...

HE’S HOPING/EXPECTING to BE RELEASED

NOT 100% SURE

LAST WK: HE MIGHT BE “POURED OUT”

HELPFUL REMINDER: EVEN GREAT APOSTLE PAUL DIDN’T KNOW the FUTURE!

USED in WRITING SCRIPTURE

STARTING CHURCHES

MOST INFLUENTIAL in SPREAD of CHRISTIANITY—APART FROM JESUS HIMSELF!

***EVEN HE HAD UNCERTAINTY ABOUT the FUTURE***

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HE HOPES to SEND TIMOTHY— COWORKER —PROTEGE— SPIRITUAL SON

HOPE is “IN the LORD JESUS”…

GNT: “IF it is the LORD’S WILL”...

I’VE GOT MY PLANS—BUT JESUS NEEDS to BE COOL W/ IT TOO...

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HOLDING PLANS LOOSELY:

APOSTLE JAMES (CH. 4): “IF the LORD WILLS,, WE’LL DO X, Y, Z”

“LORD-WILLING” ISN’T a STATEMENT VOID of MEANING

BUT a REMINDER—GOD is SOVEREIGN, I’M NOT.

HE KNOWS TOMORROW— I DO NOT.

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PAUL’S PURPOSE (SENDING TIMOTHY)— “SO THAT” HE MIGHT BE ENCOURAGED BY GOOD NEWS CONCERNING THEM

AGREEING

REMAINING STEADFAST in GOSPEL

PAUL—EVEN in JAIL— IS CARING ABOUT OTHERS!

(T) NOW, WHY DOES PAUL CHOOSE TIMOTHY?

WE’LL SEE A COUPLE REASONS.

FIRST, LET’S LOOK @ VS 20 AND 21

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THOUGHT 2: REASON #1 TIMOTHY’S PASTORAL CARE (V20-21)

20 For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.

21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

EXPLANATORY NOTE....

SENDING TIMOTHY… “FOR” — “BECAUSE” I HAVE NO ONE LIKE HIM

TIMOTHY GENUINELY CARED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

MANY OTHERS— SOUGHT THEIR OWN INTERESTS...

REMEMBER: CH. 1—PAUL SAID SOME PREACH CHRIST FROM ENVY & RIVALRY!!

BUT TIMOTHY PUT the INTERESTS of JESUS’ & OTHERS FIRST!!

Philippians 2:4 (ESV)

4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

TIMOTHY = MORE CONCERNED W/ KINGDOM-WORK THAN PERSONAL GAIN

MORE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHERS—THAN HIMSELF...

VISUAL LEARNERS??

LOOK @ TIMOTHY. HE’S WHAT this LOOKS LIKE in PERSON.

**ENCOURAGE YOU to FIND HUMAN EXAMPLES TOO!**

NOT to PUT on PEDESTAL…

BUT EXAMPLES to FOLLOW

(T) WE’LL SEE ANOTHER REASON TIMOTHY = COMMENDED...

LOOK @ V22-24

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THOUGHT 3: REASON #2 TIMOTHY’S PROVEN REPUTATION (V22-24)

22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.

23 I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me,

24 and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.

CONTINUING TIMOTHY’S RESUME...

PAUL’S GOT NO ONE ELSE LIKE HIM...

GENUINELY CONCERNED W/ OTHERS

DOESN’T SEEK HIS OWN INTERESTS—INSTEAD INTERESTS of CHRIST...

TIMOTHY’S BEEN PROVEN

GK: SENSE of HAVING PASSED the TEST

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FURTHERMORE...HE’S LIKE a SON to PAUL

HE’S SERVED in the GOSPEL

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(V23) PAUL HOPES to SEND HIM WHEN HE GETS ANSWER REGARDING TRIAL…

(V24) && THEN HE HIMSELF WILL FOLLOW

(T) BUT THERE IS ONE HE DOES PLAN TO SEND PRESENTLY,,,

IF YOU’D LOOK W/ ME NOW AT VS 25.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITES,

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THOUGHT 4: PAUL’S DESIRE TO SEND EPAPHRODITUS (V25)

25 I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need,

PAUL HOPES to SEND TIMOTHY — POST TRIAL RESULTS—

PRESENTLY IS SENDING EPAPHRODITUS — PROBABLY LETTER CARRIER HERE...

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WHO is EPAPHRODITUS??

**WE REALLY DON’T KNOW MUCH**

NAME ONLY MENTIONED 2X in ENTIRE BIBLE! (BOTH in PHILIPPIANS)

IT APPEARS:

ONE of PHILIPPIANS…

BROUGHT GIFT/SUPPORT to PAUL in PRISON && CAME to SERVE HIM...

(V25) PAUL SAYS: MESSENGER & MINISTER to MY NEED

IMPORTANT GUY…REMEMBER PAUL = IMPRISONED (PROBABLY in ROME)

Z.I.B.B.C. DESCRIBES ROMAN IMPRISONMENT IN THESE TERMS:

“ROMAN PRISON OFFICIALS MADE LITTLE, IF ANY, PROVISION FOR PRISONERS’ FOOD, CLOTHING, BATH, OR BEDDING, AND THE MEAGER AMOUNT OF THESE BASIC NECESSITIES THAT THE PRISONER MIGHT RECEIVE HAD TO BE PURCHASED AT THE PRISONER’S EXPENSE. THUS, PRISONERS WERE SOMETIMES ALLOWED TO KEEP A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THEM IN PRISON AND TO RECEIVE GIFTS OF FOOD AND CLOTHING FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY”[1]

PRISONERS NOT REALLY TAKEN CARE of....

APPEARS: PHILIPPIANS SENT EPAPHRODITUS to FILL THIS ROLE...

BRINGING FINANCES & CARE WHEN PAUL is LOCKED UP...

AN ESSENTIAL PART to CARING for PAUL

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(T) I’VE RECENTLY BEEN REALLY FASCINATED W/ ULTRA MARATHONS...

I’VE FOUND YOU DON’T DO THEM,, AT LEAST LONGER ONES,, ALONE

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE to RUN a MARATHON WITHOUT MUCH HELP...

BUT if YOU WANT to RUN 100 MILES…YOU NEED HELP

CREW—PACERS

NICK BARE, LEADVILLE 100 MILE ULTRA:

“THE TRUTH is ‘IF YOU WANT to GO FAST.... GO ALONE… BUT IF YOU WANT to GO FAR… GO TOGETHER’”

!HE POINTED to HIS TEAM MORE THAN HE POINTED to HIMSELF!

BEING a PACER: “WILL BRING YOU NO PERSONAL GLORY EVEN THOUGH IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT YOU” (REI ARTICLE)

KEEP PEOPLE ENCOURAGED

ON RIGHT TRAIL

TALK THEM OUT of BELIEVING HALLUCINATIONS

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(T) CONSIDER PAUL…IMPRISONED…

HERE HE WRITES 4 “PRISON EPISTLES”

EPHESIANS

PHILIPPIANS

COLOSSIANS

PHILEMON

PART of HOW GOD SUSTAINED HIM in JAIL WAS THROUGH NATURAL MEANS— THROUGH PEOPLE LIKE EPAPHRODITUS!

HIS TEAM as it WERE!

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EPAPHRODITUS = ANOTHER GUY WHO’S NAME ISN’T WRITTEN in LIGHTS…BUT IT’S WRITTEN in GLORY

DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM…BUT HE HELPED PAUL in JAIL...

DESCRIBED as:

“MY BROTHER”

“FELLOW-WORKER”

“FELLOW-SOLDIER”

MESSENGER & MINISTER/SERVANT

**NOT DESCRIBED as “2nd CLASS**

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ANYONE HERE WHO “PLAYED” SPORTS— POSITION WAS BENCH?

I’M SO GOOD at PLAYING BENCH I COULD PLAY IT IN MULTIPLE SPORTS!

**FREQUENTLY a SENSE of BEING “LESS-THAN”

FOOTBALL—YOU’RE a TACKLING DUMMY

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KINGDOM of GOD—WE MIGHT SERVE DIFFERENT ROLES—BUT THERE’S NO LESS-THAN,, NO SECONDARY PERSON...

WE’RE ALL RECIPIENTS of the SAME GRACE—

WE ALL NEEDED the SAME SAVIOR…

WE ALL SHARE in the SAME HOLY SPIRIT...

NO ONE is MORE VALUABLE THAN ANOTHER—ALTHOUGH WE TREAT OTHERS AS THEY ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN OURSELVES!

EPAPHRODITUS = AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE UNKNOWN DOWN HERE—

BUT WILL ONE DAY HEAR: “WELL DONE MY GOOD & FAITHFUL SERVANT”

(T) AND SO, PAUL = PLANNING TO SEND THIS GUY BACK TO THE PHILIPPIANS,

AND HE HAS REASON FOR THIS, LET’S SEE IN VS 26-28..

THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITES,

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THOUGHT 5: REASON FOR SENDING EPAPHRODITUS (V26-28)

26 for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.

27 Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

28 I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.

EPAPHRODITUS — DISTRESSED THAT HE CAUSED DISTRESS!

HE GOT SICK

SO SICK HE NEARLY DIED!

**WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS** JUST THAT IT HAPPENED...

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WHAT WE DO KNOW: GOD WAS MERCIFUL

WORLD MIGHT SAY THIS GUY = LESS-THAN

GOD in HIS MERCY—WATCHES OVER HIM!

ETERNAL

ALMIGHTY

CREATOR GOD

WATCHES OVER ALL…

SOMEHOW—HE SPARES EPAPHRODITUS...

MIRACULOUSLY?

PHYSICIAN?

MEDICINAL PLANT?

NO IDEA!

**ALL THAT MATTERS is GOD SPARED HIS LIFE**

GOD WAS W/ HIM in SUFFERING & BROUGHT HIM THROUGH...

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LEARNING TWO THINGS HERE:

IT’S OKAY to GRIEVE

PAUL SAYS “SORROW UPON SORROW”

EXTRA MEASURE of SORROW— EPAPHRODITUS PASSING...

BIBLICALLY GRIEF ISN’T SINFUL.

*** WE DON’T GRIEVE as the WORLD DOES…***

BUT GRIEF ISN’T INHERENTLY SINFUL.

JESUS CRIED WHEN LAZARUS DIED,, KNOWING THAT HE WAS COMING BACK!

PAUL’S SORROW FOR EPAPHRODITUS WOULD’VE BEEN JUSTIFIED

OTHERS CARE

SORROW UPON SORROW for PAUL—IF EPAPHRODITUS LEFT...

REMEMBER: “TO LIVE is CHRIST—TO DIE is GAIN???”

DEPARTING—SELFISHLY = the BETTER OPTION

STAYING— BETTER FOR OTHERS...

**SOMEONE CARES ABOUT YOU**

& GOD DOES TOO

IF YOU’RE HERE TODAY—YOUR LIFE HAS VALUE.

(T) AND NOW, IN LIGHT OF EPAPHRODITUS’S COMING,

PAUL ISSUES A FINAL COMMAND TO THE PHILIPPIANS AND WITH THIS,

OUR TEXT IS GOING TO CLOSE,

LOOK W/ ME AT VS 29 & 30.

THE APOSTLE WRITES,

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THOUGHT 6: PAUL’S COMMAND (V29-30)

29 So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men,

30 for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.

PAUL BEGINS W/ ENDORSEMENTS....

THEN COMMAND:

RECEIVE HIM W/ JOY & HONOR HIM

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***EPAPHRODITUS’ SICKNESS MIGHT HAVE CAUSED HIM to ABORT MISSION....

RETURNING HOME PREMATURELY...

COULD BE SEEN as a FAILURE...

PAUL SAYS: HE DESERVES HONOR… HE NEARLY DIED for the WORK of CHRIST....

PAUL FIRST SHOWED US —TIMOTHY = EXAMPLE of HUMILITY— PUTTING INTERESTS OF OTHERS FIRST...

NOW PAUL SHOWS US— EPAPHRODITUS = EXAMPLE of FAITHFUL...OBEDIENT... SACRIFICIAL SERVICE...

ONE COMMENTATOR POINTED OUT:

CHRIST HUMBLED HIMSELF to the POINT of DEATH

EPAPHRODITUS ALSO NEARLY DIED...

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PAUL DOESN’T CRITICIZE EPAPHRODITUS FOR BEING SICKLY...

HE ENSURES the CHURCH HONORS HIM...

WHY??

HE RISKED HIS LIFE for the “WORK of CHRIST”

!! PRETTY AMAZING WAY to REFRAME HIS SERVICE to PAUL!!

HE MIGHT BE BACKGROUND

HE MIGHT’VE to SOME DEGREE FAILED HIS MISSION

BUT HE’S a WORTHY SERVANT of CHRIST—DESERVING of HONOR

HE’S ONE WHO HAS LIVED W/ SACRIFICIAL OBEDIENCE...

HE DESERVES HONOR,, AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD of HIM...

(T) AND SO WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS PASSAGE TODAY, THE IDEA THAT,

HOMILETICAL IDEA:

ALL OF GOD’S SERVANTS ARE IMPORTANT IN FULFILLING THE GREAT COMMISSION… AND ALL WHO SERVE IN THE KINGDOM ARE WORTHY OF HONOR.

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Gospel: God so loved name

THESE PASSAGES ENCOURAGE ME....

WE HIT NAMES WE DON’T KNOW in SCRIPTURE—MAKE US NERVOUS to READ & WE DON’T THINK MUCH ABOUT THEM...

**BUT THEY WERE PEOPLE,, LIKE YOU & ME**

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WE SEE TODAY: THIS BACKGROUND CHARACTER = RECORDED in SCRIPTURE… AND WE SEE GOD WAS MERCIFUL to HIM...

GOD EXTENDED MERCY to HIM as an INDIVIDUAL

GOD LOVED EPAPHRODITUS...

NOT JUST BECAUSE HE MADE HIM WELL AGAIN...

BUT HE SENT HIS SON—TO PAVE a WAY—FOR HIM to BE FORGIVEN.

NOT TO JUST SAVE HIS BODY…BUT to SAVE HIS SOUL...

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GOD LOVES INDIVIDUALS…

GOD LOVED the WORLD, YES.

BUT the WORLD is COMPOSED of PEOPLE.

GOD SO LOVED: NAME, NAME, & NAME...

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NOT BECAUSE WE’RE AWESOME…OR DESERVING… OR LOVABLE...

HE LOVED US BECAUSE HE is LOVE… IT’S NOT JUST WHAT HE DOES…BUT IT’S WHO HE IS...

&& HE SAW US STEEPED in SIN...

UTTERLY HELPLESS

CHILDREN of WRATH DESTINED for DESTRUCTION...

Romans 5:6–8 (ESV)

6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—

8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

CHRIST DIED for the UNLOVABLE— THE GREATEST DISPLAY of GRACE—MERCY— & LOVE.

I THANK GOD TODAY THAT WHILE HE WAS on the CROSS—I WAS ON HIS MIND...

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HE SO LOVED US—HE MADE a WAY FOR US....

SO THAT…

PAUL (PERSECUTOR)

EPAPHRODITUS (GENTILE)

TIMOTHY

YOU

& ME

CAN ALL BE PART of the SAME FAMILY of FAITH...

WE CAN BE BORN-AGAIN,,

FREED FROM OUR SINS,,

AND ADOPTED as CHILDREN of GOD,,

MADE ANEW…BECAUSE of GOD’S MERCY

FOR CHRIST SUFFERED the PUNISHMENT WE DESERVED…

SO THAT WE COULD RECEIVE the RIGHTEOUS CREDIT WE DIDN’T DESERVE...

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IF YOU’RE HERE TODAY… AND YOU DON’T HAVE ASSURANCE YOU’RE PART of the FAMILY of FAITH

I’D LOVE to SPEAK W/ YOU AFTER the SERVICE TODAY...

(T) AND NOW, FOR ALL WHO ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY,

I WANT TO OFFER YOU SOME ENCOURAGEMENT IN CLOSING:

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APP: HONORING OTHERS

PAUL COMMANDS TODAY (CONCERNING EPAPHRODITUS):

RECEIVE W/ JOY

HONOR HIM

“HE NEARLY GAVE HIS LIFE for the WORK of CHRIST”

SOUNDS MUCH BETTER THAN:

“HE GOT SICK WHILE DELIVERING the PACKAGE”

BOTH WERE TRUE.

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PAUL SAYS HE’S WORTHY of HONOR

HE WASN’T ONE of the 12 APOSTLES,, OR PAUL

HE WASN’T FAMOUS

WE KNOW ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT HIM

GOD CARED ABOUT HIM

SO DID PAUL

HE WAS WORTHY of HONOR...

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CHURCH TODAY = COMPOSED of COUNTLESS EPAPHRODITUS’S & TIMOTHY’S...

THOSE WHO PUT OTHERS FIRST & DISPLAY the LOVE of CHRIST

THOSE WHO SACRIFICE

THOSE the WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW.

THESE GUYS ARE EXAMPLES WORTH EMULATING

THEY LIVED OUT PAUL’S TEACHING

THEY SHOWCASE WHAT it MEANS to BE a CHRISTIAN

SO IT IS TODAY:

MANY in BACKGROUND— FAITHFUL EXAMPLES of CHRISTIAN LIVING

THOSE WHO SACRIFICE

GIVE of THEIR TIME

RESOURCES

FINANCES

THOSE WHO PUT OTHERS FIRST

GENUINELY CARING FOR OTHERS...

**TO THOSE in THIS POSITION— THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE to the LORD— I HONOR YOU TODAY**

YOU MIGHT NEVER STAND BEHIND a PULPIT

YOU MIGHT NEVER MAKE the NEWS

YOU MIGHT NEVER BE “SEEN” BY OTHERS

YOUR WORK MATTERS

YOUR SERVICE to the KINGDOM MATTERS

YOU ARE a BROTHER/SISTER

YOU ARE a FELLOW-LABORER

YOU ARE a FELLOW-SOLDIER

YOU MATTER to GOD.

YOU MATTER to ME.

YOU MATTER to OTHERS.

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ENCOURAGE:

CHURCH SETS ASIDE OCTOBER as “PASTOR APP”

WE DO a MEAL FOR VOLUNTEERS...

BUT IF YOU SEE OTHERS WHO FULFILL THESE ROLES—

ENCOURAGE THEM. SHOW APPRECIATION & HONOR...

FAMOUS SAYING:

**IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANYTHING NICE to SAY—SAY NOTHING AT ALL....

I LIKE to FLIP IT:

BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING NICE to SAY…SAY IT.**

AMEN?

CLOSE in PRAYER